not all the exhaust systems for the vq retain the stockish note. true duals dont sound as "exotic" (if u want to use that word). the nismo and tanabe, imo, are the closest. swapping in some test pipes or high flow cats on a stock system just makes it deeper (and basically perfect)...i opted for the more obnoxiously loud (and more aggressive, imo) nismo exhaust (w/ test pipes).