ENJOY THE SILENCE
@stevefowler
ROLLS-Royce can rightly claim to make some of the finest cars in the world – models that offer the very best comfort and quality you can find on four wheels – and its cars also offer near silence for their occupants. But what if you want that silence broken by your favourite sounds, from rock to rap, or Strauss to Stormzy. Surely the best car in the world has to have the best stereo system, too?
Auto Express decided to put that to the test with our own editor-in-chief – a former editor of What Hi-Fi – plus the help of a very special expert (see panel overleaf). And what better car to test an audio system in than the Rolls-Royce Phantom – all £446,000-worth in the commission (Rolls-Royce cars are commissioned, not ordered) we had.
We’ve experienced some great and not-so-great in-car audio over the years. Highlights include the Naim system in the latest Bentleys, plus Bowers and Wilkins stereos in BMWs, McLarens and Volvos, Mark Levinson systems in Lexuses, and even the B&O Play set-up in the Ford Fiesta.
In true Rolls-Royce fashion, it has done things differently, though. Rather than reach for an audio specialist
