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I can't imagine needing more bass at this point. Adding BavSound would be overkill... but now I'm kind of interested.
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I was experiencing what you described, so I had to go that route. If you’re interested though, here’s a good thread: https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1924734 If your car sounds that good, then maybe sticking with what you’ve got is best. Mine was intolerable, especially after my two DDs before my M5s had Meridian setups that were awesome. EDIT — Read your initial post too fast! I thought I read you had HK even though this is a BW thread. Just saw you had BW in both. Whoops! Disregard everything I said lol. Second time I did this today. BW cars are not upgradeable to the BavSound Ghost Sub kit anyway.
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Yea, the B&W in the new one sounds great. Micvite said the speakers are the same, but the amp has been changed, so either my 2019 had issues, or maybe the amp changes helped. It sounded more like they re-engineered the amp due to supply chain moreso than trying to increase power, though.
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Yea, as petty as it was at the time, B&W was a dealbreaker for me getting an M5 during that long stretch when they weren't available. The silver lining is I could not have gotten an M5 at a better time, so it all worked out. I have zero regrets about it or any of the options (or ones I chose not to get like CCB's).
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Let’s talk source content for a moment. I have Amazon Music HD and connect to my car with Car Play via my iPhone 14 Pro. Going from my house where I have speakers that can make the most of hi-res audio, to my car, I feel there’s serious degradation in the sound quality.
How is everyone connecting their phones to their car? I haven’t done any digging to see if hooking up with the USB cable is for both power and content transfer, hoping someone can shed some light here. Is Car Play my bottleneck? Would love to squeeze every bit out of the between system so please drop a comment! For reference, I have a 2021 M5. |
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I'm using Roon via Android auto to play Qobuz and my local library (which is all ALAC). I read somewhere that Android auto uses WiFi and supports lossless but I do wonder. Roon reports this:
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Also from looking at the dealer technical guides the B&W head unit is doing a bunch of munging to add in ASD plus DSP to drive the multiple speakers. But I don't know any way to get a more "pure" path. Even if you plugged in and used USB the B&W is still going to do some stuff. But so far I'm happy with the sound compared to the Bose in my V. At home I use Focal headphones with a Schiit stack.
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My 2021 M5 Comp with Bower and Wilkins has less bass output than my Sonos 5 in a large room which basically means it is embarrassing for $135K car with a premium sound system. I really wonder if the amp for the subwoofer has a blown fuse. I wish there was a separate control for the subs.
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