Hello Phillip,
my own findings with a bang&olufsen system in an A4 allroad B9 2016 are rather good. In the first weeks of ownership in 2017 (formally a werkswagen) I noticed a strong distortion at normal volume, especially from the center speaker when women speak on news station. With any kind of music there was it not clear to hear. After long tries with different sound demos I could replay this defect with a slow sinus sweep wav file between 100 and 300 Hz.
At the Audipartner, who sell the car to me, I demonstrate this flaw and they admit to solve the issue. At first they replace the center speaker. But the distortion stay there. After reclaim it again, the clue from Audi engineers was to put in a peace foam between the loadspeaker cover and the chassis. That was the solution.
The ultra thin sheets of the doors make “HiFi” nearly impossible. The first thing what professionell sound tuners do is to stick butyl layers in the doors at every possible place. Then they replace the simple paper cone speakers of the system.
At the German forum motortalk is an own thread about the sound quality of the B&O System.
The wish to get a real “HiFi system” from a car manufacturer in the price range of 1k is nearly impossible. Either spend much more (e.g. 6k at your A6), go to an aftermarket sound installer or try it DIY.
Roland
my own findings with a bang&olufsen system in an A4 allroad B9 2016 are rather good. In the first weeks of ownership in 2017 (formally a werkswagen) I noticed a strong distortion at normal volume, especially from the center speaker when women speak on news station. With any kind of music there was it not clear to hear. After long tries with different sound demos I could replay this defect with a slow sinus sweep wav file between 100 and 300 Hz.
At the Audipartner, who sell the car to me, I demonstrate this flaw and they admit to solve the issue. At first they replace the center speaker. But the distortion stay there. After reclaim it again, the clue from Audi engineers was to put in a peace foam between the loadspeaker cover and the chassis. That was the solution.
The ultra thin sheets of the doors make “HiFi” nearly impossible. The first thing what professionell sound tuners do is to stick butyl layers in the doors at every possible place. Then they replace the simple paper cone speakers of the system.
At the German forum motortalk is an own thread about the sound quality of the B&O System.
The wish to get a real “HiFi system” from a car manufacturer in the price range of 1k is nearly impossible. Either spend much more (e.g. 6k at your A6), go to an aftermarket sound installer or try it DIY.
Roland