B&O was somewhere between marginal and terrible in my Raptor. I really like the Harmon Kardon in my TRX.
CLOSED! Audio System Brand Poll
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You would think the McIntosh system would be strongly considered by SM. The digitally displayed analog meters play into the futuristic retro vibe. I think it's a great fit. If McIntosh remains mostly autonomous from Bose, I don't see that as a bad thing necessarily. Needs to be tuned to the cabin though as has been mentioned. That's a must. Just another reason to make all options à la carte.
One of my peeves is getting in a nice car with a good interior design and then seeing some jarring and often tacky audio system branding. Ideally the only branding visible in the Scout is... ...Scout!
If there is a co-branded factory-installed audio solution, please make it optional and make the base system solid. To me the ideal would be a well designed system with a balanced approach. No brand-specific quirks to make it obviously Bose or Fender or whatever. Built using components that are easily changed/adapted with third party components.
So I would vote "none" if that was an option.
If there is a co-branded factory-installed audio solution, please make it optional and make the base system solid. To me the ideal would be a well designed system with a balanced approach. No brand-specific quirks to make it obviously Bose or Fender or whatever. Built using components that are easily changed/adapted with third party components.
So I would vote "none" if that was an option.
Of all the audio systems I've listened to (in a car, home audio is different), Bowers and Wilkins is my favorite. Assuming Scout goes all in with high end components though. I would have standard audio system and make BW the optional upgrade. But please, make is the real deal BW, not just some branded stuff.
This list is suspect to begin with because some of those brands don't even make in-vehicle audio systems afaik.I can't believe Bose is winning this. "No highs, no lows - Bose" McIntosh would be incredible but of course Bose just bought them
Beats? Fender?
B&O is trash.
Anyone super serious about audio is going to rip and replace it all anyway.
B&W is the best sounding system I have ever heard in a vehicle. Other high send systems would be Meridian and Mark Levinson. A notch below that would be Bose/HK/B&O. Forget the rest.
It was just a list of several brands that people had been talking about. I am not certain, but I think most if not all have been in the automotive sound sector at one point or another. But, feel free to add or express opinions as Scout definitely reads the forum.
@LastDayScout can you add a option for a Scout Made Audio System?
To me even though i would like to see a audio company make it. I think it would be more cost effective for Scout to make their own audio equipment like Tesla and Rivian do.
To me even though i would like to see a audio company make it. I think it would be more cost effective for Scout to make their own audio equipment like Tesla and Rivian do.
The worst branded audio system I ever had was Bose in my C4. It was soooo bad. Such a PITA to replace too because Bose decided to re-invent how everything worked. Couldn’t just replace speakers or AMP, or head unit. Even the speaker wire was some incompatible (really high gauge) wire and un-useable in a standard system. I’m sure it’s maybe un fair to rate Bose only on that car. They have some very clever audio products. And I think they were trying to go for a lightweight audio system in the corvette. It just aged really poorly, and then was completely incompatible with easily acquirable audio equipment. I vote Scout branded and good, but also sticking to standard sizes so stuff can be upgraded or replaced. How novel would that be in this day?I can't believe Bose is winning this. "No highs, no lows - Bose" McIntosh would be incredible but of course Bose just bought them
Beats? Fender?
B&O is trash.
Anyone super serious about audio is going to rip and replace it all anyway.
Hopefully won't even be able to hear the sound system over the rumble of the......
Wait, never mind.
Wait, never mind.
With Scout being owned by the VW group it would be nice to see Burmester as a option like they have on Porsche models. Really hoping they put in a good sound system though. A really important part of the car for me.
Burmester Audiosysteme
This one is in Cayenne Turbo, I love it.
Very High Res Audio.
Also, if you build out Porsche, Burmester higher option than Bose.
Bose is not doing great and also not really high end, high-res audio system.
I would suggest
Bose have not shown much innovation in recent years.
Thanks.
This one is in Cayenne Turbo, I love it.
Very High Res Audio.
Also, if you build out Porsche, Burmester higher option than Bose.
Bose is not doing great and also not really high end, high-res audio system.
I would suggest
- Harmon Kardon
- Bowers & Wilkins
- Bang & Olufsen
Bose have not shown much innovation in recent years.
Thanks.
Most of the factory car audio stuff is made by Harmon which is now owned by Samsung. Harmon Kardon, JBL, Lexicon,AKG, Mark Levenson are all owned by Samsung. Bose recently bought McIntosh so guessing we will see more cars with McIntosh branded audio. Point is it is hard to say I want X brand because X brand may make some good and some crappy systems. Tesla does theirs all in house and they aren't bad, do wish my model 3 had more power though. It doesn't get loud enough. Rivian switched to inhouse audio on the 2nd gen R1's and I have heard it is garbage. Hoping Scout puts resources and engineering into a good sound system.
I can definitely tell good audio from bad. And a lot of the systems in the poll are probably getting votes because of their name...because they are not great. Anyway different strokes....Audio is very subjective unless you’ve got superhuman hearing ability and can pick up tones that most people can’t. I don’t think most people would be able to tell the difference in a blind test and at the end of the day it probably doesn’t matter and we’re most likely going to eat whatever dinner we’re served and if it that matters that much, the default audio will get ripped out and replaced.
Well, that explains why a random lady told me that I had “dark energy” and she needed to protect herself from my bad vibes this week! My only special power is “discount on Bose products” and it’s going away next month.
Guess I’ll just have to go back to my tin cans on a string. I never knew better.
Some people hear sound better than others but again-I can’t say one brand is better than another but the in-cabin tuning makes the difference in the end
You are 100% correct. A lot of these brands made great sounding stuff at one time and then were sold off and now are just a name that makes junk. I would rather Scout doesn't have a brand name and just puts in good well tuned components. Tesla kind of does this although I don't feel their systems sound as great as others say. Better than most though for sure. With audio (especially speakers) you have to follow the designer more than the brand. Names like Andrew Jones and Sandy Goss have made great speakers for years for many different brands.
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