[catz]

Maybe. One reason I listen to classical music is that it is nice if you study with it and it drains out the background music. (e.g. I find it less distracting to work with classical music on than with Korn or Papa Roach).

A few people I know is like that - but they would for sure not have a classical music CD in their car.

[chops]

they would for sure not have a classical music CD in their car.

Point taken, but an aside:

I find listening to classical music in the car to be an exercise in futility. The dynamic range of classical makes it so that you're constantly adjusting the knob so that you can hear then quiet parts, then turning it down when it starts blasting your face off.

For the car, I just prefer the "normal" stuff, which has a much smaller dynamic range and is more conducive to listening over the background noise of a moving car.

[jamesbritt]

"I find listening to classical music in the car to be an exercise in futility."

Also, the better stuff demands attention, which I prefer to give to the road and other drivers.

(I'm a fan of post-rock, which, for lack of a proper description, is sort of like prog rock meets Michael Nyman on the way to Brian Eno's house.)

[spkthed]

That's why getting a good soundsystem (read, one with a very nice range) is important. It's also why having an EQ is very handy.