Mike728

At the end of the day, it's still Bose.

As they say in the Audiophile world: "Bose blows"

doge

Bose is still relevant? I though they only sold overpriced kit at airports.

JiBBeL

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I've got some fancy-schmancy Bang & Olufsen system in the new-to-me Audi and I still miss the Nakamichi from my 00' RX300. That was undoubtedly one of the best I've ever heard to this day. I've never been a fan of Bose gear and would be surprised to see this get any positive reviews.

Pamperme

I've always thought automakers should have more speakers to help disperse the sound. This can be done without necessarily having to increase power, rather just distribute the existing power more widely. Bose is hit or miss. I had a Bose in my 1997 maxima and it sounded awesome. The mark levinson in my LS430 is still the best factory system I've ever heard though. It reproduces sound extremely well, especially the deep bass which I love! I do wish there was a sub behind each rear seat instead of just one in the middle; to rear passengers siting back there the sub sounds one-sidded to them.

4TehNguyen

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Bose means evil in german

bitkahuna

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that doesn't make sense since bass is not perceived / heard as 'directional'. maybe they're feeling a vibration from the center though.

T0ked

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It should. But maybe the crossover was too high. I never heard the ML system, but as good as the Nak system was, I still "heard" the sub in the back seats as the xover was about 100hz. I didn't really care though as it sounded glorious in the driver's seat.

As to Bose, their all in one systems do sound good as the amp module incorporates equalization. Their speaker separates need lots and lots of equalization to sound good, which not a sign of good speakers.

I forgot the S500 had Bose... It was unremarkable to say the least.

Pamperme

In theory you are correct, depending on the frequency. But the mechanical motion of the speaker is unfortunately still directionally heard ( enclosing the sub and only exposing the bass ports would help prevent this) along with the higher bass frequencies. A centered sub makes all of that sound off balance.

But as T0ked pointed out, none of these flaws are as apparent from the drivers seat.

Toys4RJill

It does sound like overkill. I would hate to see someone not want to buy the car because the sound is annoying overkill.

Hoovey689

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Likely a decent system though some do more with less. This sounds more like a marketing opportunity.

bitkahuna

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my jeep has 19 speakers which i thought was a lot.

spwolf

i doubt anyone will not buy the car :-).... but i think for many there is a point where it does not matter anymore.... 19-28-55? Does it matter at those levels? You will likely sit in it, enter your music and see how it sounds, thats by far the most important part.

dseag2

I had always heard the B&O sysem in the A8 was the best ever, and it should be for the cost. Surprised to hear it doesn't match the Nakamichi system in your RX300. We had a '99 RX300 with the standard system that was damn good with the tweeters in those front triangle windows. I didn't even realize Nakamichi offered a sound sytem in the '00 RX300. That must have been stellar!

Pamperme

I've always wondered why luxury auto makers never took the MartinLogan approach, using metal grills around the cabin to electrostatically reproduce sound, instead of individual speaker cones. True, they are expensive ($79,999 a pair)? But the grills could be placed throughout the cabin providing inclusive, 360 degree sound.
http://www.martinlogan.com/neolith/index.php

TangoRed

The S-class Burmester system still has more channels.