2011 taco poor sound quality

Ok I have a question about my 2011 4door short bed the radio sucks! No sound have to max it out to hear over windows down my wife's 08 four runner sounds great! Poor lil taco needs help

 

With windows down that doesn't sound too out of the ordinary. I feel the same way. It's not the reason I started my audio build but it's definitely a positive outcome.

 

Bum deal I was hoping it was something like my dodge that had a blown amp in the factory radio

 

The factory headunit is pretty pitiful. I kept the stock speakers and put in a Kenwood DDX271 and it gets significantly louder now. Overall sound quality is better too.

I also have a small 8" sub, but even with that off it's a huge improvement over stock.

 

The best thing you can do is if you enjoy your music replace the whole system. I did on my 98, 08,10, and now I'am having my 2015 soon to be done. As you can tell I enjoy my music. To me it is worth taking out the factory system. It just sucks.

 

My '09 is the same way. The sound is reasonable (far from good) with the windows up, but windows down is pitiful. I just turn the radio off most of the time and enjoy the ticking engine.