10-06-2019, 01:40 AM | #1 |
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The Bowers & Wilkins, aka Buffalo Wing, BW Speaker in X5
How does it sound? would the satelite radio be enough or should I prepare some CDs?
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10-06-2019, 02:21 AM | #2 |
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10-06-2019, 04:59 AM | #3 |
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The car had 30GB of storage for media files so if you still have a pc with cdrom player you can rip your cd’s to FLAC and enjoy losless audio quality in the car (I suppose FLAC is supported?) I own my B&W nautilus speakers for 20years now and with all high end speakers it’s sh*t in sh*t out, so you will hear a low quality source |
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I have the B&W system in my X5, and B&W 800 series speakers in my home theater. IMO, it doesn't get much better. With a quality source, of course.
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10-06-2019, 11:01 AM | #7 |
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With Amazon HD, I wonder if the controlling factor is going to be the transfer from your phone to the B&W system. If it's through Bluetooth, not sure BT can handle that bitrate. If it's USB, I'm guessing you're OK.
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10-06-2019, 01:37 PM | #8 |
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Yeah that's a good point. I just tried to experiment in my i3 with HK system and couldn't get Amazon music to work through the USB. I get my X5 in a few weeks so will have to try some more then.
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10-06-2019, 01:50 PM | #9 |
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Looks like there an amazing music app for idrive so that would be your best bet I would think
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10-06-2019, 06:06 PM | #10 |
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FLAC is supported, DSD is not. FLAC or ant lossless codec are 110Z% the best way to do things. j have 600-700GB if FLAC audio and keep ~30GB on the car and the rest on external flash drives or my SSD
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10-06-2019, 06:29 PM | #11 |
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Bluetooth isn’t great. USB is the winner for sound quality. I’ve streamed Tidal and it sounds great. Amazon HD should be similar.
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HD radio sounds pretty good, compared to my 19 land rover meridian sound system its sounds about the same if not better . also love that it lights up i'll have to try USB but most of my streaming is from google play so its not super high quality either
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I'd like to think I'm a discerning music listener. I converted all of my music to ALAC (apple flac) onto my iphone. I don't have any of the streaming music services because I still only really listen to all the music I grew up with and I have all of it on my phone. In any case, so all of my library is as high quality as it can be.
In our F15, we have the Harmon Kardon system, and its perfectly fine. It doesn't distort unless you get to ear splitting levels. The bass could be a bit more but its still perfectly fine at reasonable listening levels. We want to get a g05 but there's no real way for me to audition the B&W system, none of the X5s they stock at the dealership has that option, nor would they appreciate it if I sat there trying to listen to my music for a long enough time or at a loud volume to justify its price point. My question is, how good is the B&W system? is it really worth the price? |
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