Trough Lolly, Stop while your ahead mate. Take this as a lesson that one should always read and learn more about people and what they know or own before they start insulting them. I would love to see your van one day MS700, I am a closet doff doff listening man. I ran a very small system in my old car ( still have it ) I dont know the SPL levels it produced I just know it was damn loud to me. I am now paying the price with what I suspect is hearing loss. Anyone who says it doesn't do it to you will find the answer out themselves in the end so its is useless trying to tell them otherwise if they aint listening. ON topic, I do find the Prem sounds to distort very early IMHO. As to where the source of it is one of the audiophiles here may hold the answer. Head Unit, AMP, Speaker, Cables. who knows be glad to here the answer. I don't however want to listen to it that loud but once up into the 25's it does sound harsh and distorted so yes NYOPA, I just turn it down to a comfortable level and hope my hearing doesnt get any worse. Does anyone else feel that the effort made on teh LCD display of the stereo is a poor attempt. In an age where stereos come with flashy lights of all sorts. It seems food has provided us with a dos style interface that is plain and boring when you consider that the LCD is a true full colour device. I wonder if there is anyway to get some new software put intot he head unit that would make some cool rrrs displays come up like a nice flashy spectrum thigy or something. I think the Premium system is good value for what you get but it could be a hole lot more with very little effort to glam it up a bit. Scruffman