Probably because he was coming from a Phaeton which is in a different league audio wise
You speak the truth. After 16 speakers of pure unadulterated audio excellence in a car just a little smaller than The Albert Hall, the return to a 4 door family hatchback and the commensurately smaller and less sonicaly beautiful sound stage has been a bit of a wrench. But, then again, having filled the 20Gb hard drive with enough AC/DC and Joe Satriani to blow any traffic light queue away I am quite happy with my lot. No stereo playing and a thumping engine exhaust note is a lot more satisfying than the hushed world of a Phaeton. I often thought the engine wasn't running in the Phaeton and only knew from the rev counter reading!