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Again, tons of sources cause the same distortions, and if your heard the distortions from my speaker in person you wouldn't be discounting it, it is severe. If it was only minimal distortions like in your video, I would not be complaining at all.
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Took some time today to mess with the speaker and recorded a few videos. I suggest you use headphones or a good sound system to watch the videos, and certainly dont use a phone/tablet or a laptop, or you will hear distortions where there aren't any.
If you tl;dr just skip to the last video for the lulz. |
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It seems one of your speakers are installed improperly.
What is going on with this speaker installation below? At this point I have to agree that it is the source or the file not the speaker. If you play a factory CD (not a copy or burn) you would probably not have this issue or at a minimum purchase a speaker test CD to test.
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Thanks. Subtle I could live with, but in my car is pretty bad. I have a speaker on order from Bimmertech, I will update this thread to see how it compared. My only worry is that it might not clear the grille. |
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Valid point on CD. If you do not have RSE you cannot play a CD for process of elimination purposes or use a speaker test CD for diagnostic purposes.
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I've been messing with all these speakers, I hooked them up to a house amp and I notice that at the same volume level, the "B&W" speaker is a lot louder than the others, at least 50% louder than the "Logic 7" speaker.
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This is over a $100,000 + car without options, B&W should be ordered as the price is irrelevant. Especially if leasing, it's an extra $20 a month? (I just threw out a number).
I ordered the B&W for my '21 F95 comp without testing at a dealership, as I have the B&O system in my current F85. Personally, I feel that the H&K in my F83 sounds better than the B&O, but my music is EDM, Sirius BPM. Harmon has the B&W licensing for the automotive market: https://news.cision.com/propel-techn...ded-a,c9310829
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I have HK in my 430d Gran Coupe but have yet to collect my X5 M50d with HK so can’t compare 4 Series HK to X5 HK just now. For what it’s worth though, I did give the B&W system in the 45e a brief audition and I wasn’t blown away. I’m into really good audio and I’d love to report that it was a night & day upgrade listening to my fav beats in the new X5 with the B&W compared to my 2016 HK-equipped 430d -but it wasn’t. That said, HK in the 430 Gran Coupe is very good, IMO. (Anyone else have a view on this?) My M50d is a demo so I don’t have the option to spec it. However, my OCD would not allow me to pass B&W on the options list without checking the box. I assume it must be better, just in my brief audition, I didn’t have my soul woken! You only live once, may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb... drive on and load that sucker up! We’ll all cheer you on! |
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So jealous of your X5M - mad pricing here in Ireland: €200,000 / US$235,000... taxes on automobiles is mental here. |
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TBH, I've said this a few times to a few friends. Most people won't like a true Audiophile system because they are too used to bloated frequency systems.
I am not saying that B&W in this car is a true Audiophile system but to say that HK sounds better makes me wonder. We had HK in our last G05 X5 and it's not even close. Not even on the same planet.
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Also, I've been doing some testing with my speakers connected to a desk amp, and I pretty much determined that the distortions with the B&W speaker and the Logic 7 speaker are volume related - if I reduce volume enough there are no distortions, so maybe the system just isn't very well balanced, or these speakers are particularly sensitive to certain frequencies. It's just annoying that sometimes they distort at relatively low volume levels when playing certain frequencies with a lot of echo or resonance. My package with the Bimmertech Alpha One speaker should arrive at some point today, and I will record another video of Logic 7 vs B&W vs Bimmertech. |
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FWIW: I tried changing my speakers to Alpha One in an E60 -new Amp, harness... the works. Could not get the system tuned to the vehicle. Was an expensive disaster. I would be slow to do that sort of surgery in a new vehicle.
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then there arre countries like norway, iceland greenland etc. who have even stricter tax, fuel prices and annual charges. people in the US have no idea how good they have it; even at the highs of 2008 gas prices.
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