B&O sound system does not sound all that fantabulous - am I missing any setting

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I’m not an audiophile but I am an audio /home theater enthusiast and I think the B&O is decent once you tailor the bass/mids/highs to your liking. The factory “sub” peters out below about 40Hz and is the easiest bang for the buck upgrade.

As stated above, the DSP that has been applied is tailored to the OEM B&O speakers and MME interior characteristics. However, that doesn’t mean a good set of 2 or 3-way direct fit speakers couldn’t improve the sound via improved frequency response and imaging.

Regarding the Bose comparisons - yeah Bose is just marketing BS mostly. Catchy terms like acoustimass, direct reflecting, stereo everywhere etc. cannot hide the fact that Bose uses inferior paper cone tweeters rather than domes and that their sorry bandpass “subs” usually struggle with any bass below 45-50Hz. “No highs, no lows, gotta be Bose” is what we used to say.
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In very happy with the sound quality of the B&O, my Porsche has the Bose and tbh I don’t think it’s better.
 

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B&O sound system does not sound all that great in my mach e 🤔
It sounds good, but I don't know could be better for a brand.

I feel like the bose system in any car sounds better. I have all the sound settings to normal.
am I missing any setting
It's okay but "Bose system in any car sounds better" makes me laugh. You think the MME audio is bad? Try the base Ioniq 5 trims with Bose. Heck the Ioniq 5 Limited is not much of an upgrade and still worse than the MMM's B&O audio system.

I like the Tesla audio system a bit more and I vastly prefer the BMW i4 Harman Kardon audio system over the MME and Tesla.
 

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All my exp w Bose systems have been Nissan and Infiniti and they have been good but they each sound... In the bass like Bose, some people hate it because its well what Bose does

Teslas are a non branded top end speaker, someone told me I forgot

The mme is not bad, its just not top end, imo

The Harmon karden in the xc90 imo was worse than their stock unbranded system
 


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I mostly listen to spotify via CarPlay and recently went into my spotify settings on my iPhone and changed the equalizer to the preset of music I listen to. Makes a big difference in how good the B & O system sounds and definitely don’t need to crank the treble and bass as high anymore for good feedback! I’m sure most apps will have an equalizer setting. R & B equalizer preset on Spotify is now my go to.
 

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I am happy with the B&O in the MME and the B&O Unleashed in our F-150. I know there are complaints for both, but as others have said I have to imagine part of it is the audio source for many. Not saying it's a 10/10 experience, but for a non-premium car and the fairly small up charge of the system, I am happy to have it over the base audio.

Sirius sounds significantly worse than a high quality source because they have their music so compressed to fit as many channels as they can on satellite. FM is going to sound "warmer", but the quality will vary a bit depending on your distance from the tower.

When I stream from Apple Music with streaming quality settings maxed, it sounds very good. I know it's all subjective, but I feel like it's 8 or 9/10 for the price paid for it, but maybe 6/10 for the best sound you can get from an OEM overall. Like a Porsche Taycan sound system is better, but I didn't pay Porsche Taycan money for this car so it's plenty good.
 

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Mind you, I'm not streaming 128Kbps music via Bluetooth. I'm talking Lossless audio via lightning cable connection. There is nothing high-fidelity about this sound system.
I'm guessing it doesn't actually even use the lossless bitrates once it hits sync. It'll compress it and send it to the B&O amp. Possibly wrong but just a guess. Also Wireless CarPlay uses WiFi so you can get high resolution signals. Also BT 4.2 is 1mbps and BT 5.0 is 2mbps which is more than enough for high quality audio just not lossless.
 

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B&O sound system does not sound all that great in my mach e 🤔
It sounds good, but I don't know could be better for a brand.

I feel like the bose system in any car sounds better. I have all the sound settings to normal.
am I missing any setting
Agree that, until you get into very high-end sound systems that you’ll never find in a car, Bose is the gold standard both at home and in cars that I’ve had. And I’m not a big fan of B&O Home systems.

Having said that, I disagree that the MME‘s sound system is somehow sub-standard. I’m no audiofile, but I know that a sound system is best judged by the way mid range sounds come across at low volumes. The Ford system is immersive in surround mode, also with crisp highs an clear bases. And listening to AC DC at high volume (when my wife is in the store) is great.

I doubt that most would be able to consistently pick out a MME with a Bose system.

Bottom line: It’s all In the ear of the beholder…..
 

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When I first test drove a select I was not impressed with the sound and searched until I found a Premium for test driving and I was hooked. While not as good as the Sony system with amp in my 15' Focus is sounded good enough to convince me to order a Premium. My MME is a March 22 build and I can safely say that it sounds good to my ears, after fading to the back, bumping the bass up a bit and dropping the mid range its pretty good with Sirius radio, but I mainly have flash drives loaded with "MY" music ripped to FLAC and it does just fine for me, though my wife thinks its too loud (anything to drown her out is good for me!;))

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Just passing on info about audio companies, including B&O. Samsung recently purchased Harman and the other brands under their umbrella. I have visited their offices and sat thru demos using Ford & Lincoln products. They do an incredible job designing systems for almost every brand. Their auto design studio is located just outside of Detroit

FYI: that material found on the MME premium dash was sourced with help of this audio group (B&O)

What audio companies does Samsung own?


Harman markets its products under various brands, including AKG, AMX, Arcam, Bang & Olufsen Automotive, Becker, BSS Audio, Crown, dbx, DOD Electronics, DigiTech, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Martin, Revel, Soundcraft and Studer.
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Harman International.
 

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What though? Over Bluetooth? It’s all very source dependent on how good it sounds
Agree - source is very important.

If I had a choice like at home, I'd prefer to use my Tidal app and play MQA files instead of awful compressed MP3 files.
 

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Agree - source is very important.

If I had a choice like at home, I'd prefer to use my Tidal app and play MQA files instead of awful compressed MP3 files.
Can you get Tidal through Alexa?
 

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B&O sound system does not sound all that great in my mach e 🤔
It sounds good, but I don't know could be better for a brand.

I feel like the bose system in any car sounds better. I have all the sound settings to normal.
am I missing any setting
I am beginning to think it depends on the sound engineering mastering going on. Some songs sounds really good and some songs don't. Of course the songs that were done you know without this technology we have nowadays no matter how system it's not going to sound as good

all around though the subwoofer could be a bit better.
 

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I’m not too impressed with it either. However, if you set the fade to a bit more in back and bring the bass & treble up it helps.
I agree, this is what I did. Of course sound quality is subjective. Other variables include the particular song you are listening to as well as inherent issues with streaming audio (vs. a built in CD player).

Honestly, I feel like the reliance on streaming audio will always be the weak link in the chain. At least until mobile/wireless network become more robust with the ability to handle an increasing level of connectivity.
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