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If you're thinking about doing the upgrade, today is a good day to make the plunge. Just got an email from them. I wish they made an amp for the G30.
This is a great time for Joe-BMW33 to upgrade his B&W sound system. . Mandingo9 NGT2 Last edited by 2022M550i; 10-31-2022 at 08:47 AM.. |
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I'm happy enough with the HK that I don't want to pay to upgrade it. I have a 2018 and I've heard the HK took a step back sometime after that, but not sure.
I need to upgrade the X7. It just has base HiFi. I assume that has to do with Covid shortages when it was built because it has other high dollar options (merino, Lux seating package, driver assistance pro, rear captains seats). I compared Bavsound and the Bimmer Tech Alpha One and I think the Alpha One seems like a better option because they have an amp upgrade and Bavsound does not. Happy to hear any opinions on either option.
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22% off does make it a little more enticing and may help level off expectations. I still just don't see many people raving about the upgrade from HK to this.
Speaker and audio upgrades can certainly have a placebo effect though, maybe I'll rip out my B&W system
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I don't know much about the X7 in terms of upgrade path, but I am guessing a car of that size presents many more options to upgrade and improve the acoustics.
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That's what's missing by the way. It's the premium package. Stereo is just the only piece I notice. HUD I don't miss, rear shades are made up for with tint, and maybe some others I don't notice. It has to be because of Covid right? I can't imagine any other reason.
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Shades are overrated. I have had them for years and never use them. They also break really easily if you use them too much.
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So we might be stuck just shifting speakers around. I haven’t heard the MY2019 and older HK variation, but I was very disappointed with the HK in my MY2020. Doesn’t sound anywhere near as good as the HK system in my Mercedes C300 it replaced. Which is a shame. Annoying, but I still couldn’t justify the over $5K that BMW wanted for the B&W system either. And some people aren’t happy with that one either! I wonder if there is a similar sound difference between the iDrive 6 and iDrive 7 variations of the B&W. |
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HK speakers aren't bad, they are just under powered. You are also 100% correct in your assessment that HK sounded better in the earlier model years and also the F10 because the system had a true dedicated amp that was engineered as part of the system. Now, did HK in my F10 sound anything like B&W in my G30, not even close, but it didn't leave me completely yearning for something better.
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I went ahead with it because it hit every other spot, tired of looking, and the dealer gave me a lot for the GX (they sold it to us from new). I was dead set on 21" wheels and it took a long time to find one with 21's, driver assist, park assist, and lux seating that was close enough. I wasn't going to pass on all that over a stereo I knew I could upgrade if needed. And I was getting almost sticker for the GX and they delivered the X7 from Dallas and drove the trade back. Just wasn't going to blow it all up when my wife said she didn't even care about the stereo.
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It's kind of like my home theater. Women are always telling you to turn it down. They don't appreciate the opening of Top Gun cranked up with jets flying across the speaker spectrum. I gave up on my full blown 7:1 system a while ago and just rock a good Soundbar and woofer.
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