Bang & Olufsen vs Bose

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A friend at work has B&O in his Audi Q5, I drive a Porsche Cayman and I have to say that the system in the Q5 blows you away. Its superb. The porsche system on the otherhand is a complete let down and is painful to listen to at high volumes. I wish B&O would join forces with Porsche as I love the cars.

kruppking wrote:

A friend at work has B&O in his Audi Q5, I drive a Porsche Cayman and I have to say that the system in the Q5 blows you away. Its superb.

That's good news! Our Q5 arrives on the boat today, optioned with the B&O system. We tested it at the dealer on an A5 and I thought at the time it was clearly worth stumping up the extra for. Can't wait to test it out!

@murcieme

A lot of Acura dealers have been color matching the beaks on the TL to the rest of the car. It really reduces the jackolantern look.

To be honest I don't much care for the current TSX, it has a bloated look to me, especially when it's parked next to the prev generation TSX. Oh and btw if you haven't heard already, the TSX wagon is coming to the US!

I really support Honda and love them to death (clearly!) but this whole saw tooth thing has gotten out of hand. They have ruined a fleet of incredible cars.

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I really want to go and listen to one of the B&O systems after reading all this!

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.

Evan wrote:
@murciemeA lot of Acura dealers have been color matching the beaks on the TL to the rest of the car. It really reduces the jackolantern look.To be honest I don't much care for the current TSX, it has a bloated look to me, especially when it's parked next to the prev generation TSX. Oh and btw if you haven't heard already, the TSX wagon is coming to the US! I really support Honda and love them to death (clearly!) but this whole saw tooth thing has gotten out of hand. They have ruined a fleet of incredible cars. ----------------------I really want to go and listen to one of the B&O systems after reading all this!

 

I've seen a number of TL's here in Toronto with the beak painted.  It's a bit of an improvement I think. I don't really have a problem with it's styling to tell you the truth, but I thought the previous design was one of the best looking Japanese sedan's ever.  I was hoping they'd improve upon it, but it seems like they made a bit of a caricature out of it instead.  It's a fantastic car though...

I'm looking forward to seeing the TSX wagon too, though I also think the previous model was better.  I used to love Acura, but I think they've lost their way a bit... I hope they find their way back.

Do yourself a favour though, and check out the B&O system's in some Audi's. I find even the 'base' B&O system in the A5 sounds pretty damn impressive!

 

mike

 

Mike,

What car forum do you belong to?! 😂

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.

Evan wrote:
Mike,What car forum do you belong to?! 😂

A number of the Auto Magaine website forums such as caranddriver.com and autoweek.com .  My favourite used to be www.leftlanenews.com but it seems the discussion forums there have been overrun with trolls: Children who have too much time on their hands, unreasonable brand loyalty and unfounded biases...

Ah well.

 

mike!

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