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I've come to accept the HK audio for what it is. And yes, you have to play with the EQ if audio quality is important to you. I'm the type who needs a clear separation between highs and lows. So i pretty much used the same EQ setting from my old M5's B&W. See pic. Still waiting for the speakers to fully break in, before deciding on any driver upgrades. But for now, i can safely say i feel somewhat satisfied (not overall).
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I'm wondering - whether or not the B&W equipped cars can have the soundstage coded out (I'm assuming it's possible as it can be coded onto cars with HK). One of my annoyances with the B&W I found was no matter which setting you chose, there always seemed to be an artificiality to the sound - wonder if you could effectively switch it off by just coding out the B&W from the car. Its major advantage I found over the HK was the clarity at higher volumes, that's where the HK falls apart and starts to distort badly. If I end up keeping my car longer term I will definitely be upgrading it. |
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I would like to add something.
If you loves to stream audio. Make sure that you are connected to the car via wire. Audio quality via bluetooth is the worst. Bluetooth will compress the audio during transmission and will create some distortion. Got customer that complained after speakers upgrade and I connect the phone to the car via cable and with same song, distortion was fixed. I even tested the car with FLAC audio on USB which is much2 better. M8Bimmer It is hard to calculate the dimension because BMW uses the chassis cavity as woofer's enclosure. The underseat woofer is mounted to a plastic box with a port that is connected to the side chassis cavity. This is an improvement since older F-Chassis. Lastly, what I've also noticed, the HK speakers quality on today BMW are different than the early F-Chassis HK. I wish I have some pictures, but I do remember that the HK coming off from my F06 650GC is different than what comes off my G-chassis BMWs (G30 540, F97 X3MC, and G05 X5) or any newer BMW that I've worked on.
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Very interesting that info you have on the cavity. It must a least 2 inches deep to accommodate that sub woofer. And it's ported you say? So a real sub enclosure built in....cool. On both side to boot! |
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I wish I have pictures. 99% of the time, got caught up doing the work and forget to take pictures.
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Wow that is pretty cool for sure. Yes pics would be very interesting to most of us who never see the seat out or the driver. With the seat in place you can't see a lot under there. I could barely find my phone once under there. Slid under the seat bracket itself.
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That should end up with a result vastly superior ro the stock HK. No need to mess with the midrange drivers and tweeters as the HK will get the job done and all set with the EQ. |
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Irony is the listed US dealer on the Audio Tech Fischer website is here locally in the Phoenix area. So my options may have improved if I pick up a 2023 off the list for a "deal" vs placing an order if it's sans B&W. However, pretty sure I'm just going to buy out the lease and sit in the sidelines until I see what 2024 brings to the table. The Lexus LC500 should have the new Infotainment system rolling out in some of the new 2022/2023 models and of course the new SL.
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Granted marketing material but if true to the claims I'm even interested as between the two I'd be able to configure a better sound than the B&W DSP profiles. Also see this post in the thread that confirms the HK/hybrid approach to absolute satisfaction. https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=29221008 |
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Not happy with the results or perhaps just want to do it right and customized for the 8-series, then download their free DSP PC-Tool 5 which runs on a Windoze laptop plus get a decent mic and go to town on a total customized experience based on the cars cabin. Basically, equivalent to the Audyssey or Dirac room calibration tools that used to be exclusive for high-end audio systems but now available on low to midrange gear as well. |
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Let me know if you guys need a quote on Match / AudioTec. I am their reseller.
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