[Soiset]

I have the Carver system, and the subs don't just underperform, they sound like absolute crap. I'm not being picky, either. They don't sound like the voice coils are shot, and the surrounds are fine, but they sound like mud. The bass is really blobby and sloooooowwwww - not tight at all.
It's so bad I am tempted to just unhook them and turn up the bass a little on the head unit. Maybe get the Bavsound Stage One and disconnect the subs. Right now I just turn the bass down several notches and keep the volume low enough that I don't hear them much.

Could it be the amp? There is simply no way that Carver (I'm a big Rane and Sunfire fan) would have allowed this sound to be associated with them. Others have said that the stock Top Hifi system is at least decent, but I can't see how anyone could describe my stereo that way.