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How about turning up the music and reaching under the seats and feeling the vibration?
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Do you have Premium Sound on the car? if not there are no subs... otherwise go to your config menu and go to the Equalizer (after Fade, Bass, etc) there you can adjust individual frequencies.... also don't expect to be jumping up and down in the seat from the subs... besides they are in the FLOOR of the vehicle not actually attached to your seat..
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There just doesnt seem to be enough base. I had a ford f150 with subs in the seats, it was amazing. What frequencie on the equalizer will help get more base? |
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08-04-2009, 01:42 PM | #7 |
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The subs definitely work but they are tuned to have a low frequency response that rolls off gradually instead of one that peaks, then falls off abruptly below the peak. This is a matter of taste. They are also more woofers than subwoofers. Unless you boost the base using the equalizer you won't really feel the beat, unless the song has real strong bass content, but you also won't hear the boomy sound that some find objectionable. Since the underseat enclosures lack volume, the response lacks the lowest 2 octaves needed for real high fidelity. This is reflected in the equalizer whose lowest boostable band is at 100 Hz but "real" high end subwoofers operate between 20 and 80 hz.
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08-04-2009, 01:47 PM | #8 |
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Trying turning off surround sound.
Unless the music/movie is true surround not all speakers work right. For example, if you are listening to a standard CD with surround sound turned on, you will find very little sound coming through the rear speakers and subs. Change the setting to standard stereo.
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You are getting into semantics now... though my Lexus with Mark Levinson components produced crispier mids and lows... Sound and iDrive speed are two things BMW has a ways to go on..
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The other thing to note about low frequencies is that your ears can't tell where they are coming from. This is why typical surround sound systems use a single sub and give you the freedom to place it almost anywhere.
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Let me say it another way: Most good quality sound systems have circuitry that separates the various sound frequencies within the total range of human hearing. As most people are aware, the highest frequencies are for the smallest speakers and so on. Most systems only need one sub-woofer because sound in the low ranges travels omni-directional, but it will travel long distances. On the other hand, higher frequencies are not as powerful and don't travel as far. That's why you need the filtering circuitry to direct the frequencies to the proper speaker location. Normally a good sub-woofer is large, takes up a lot of room and is somewhat obtrusive. Because they are large, you typically only need one to do the job. So I'm guessing BMW's strategy was to use 2 smaller, less powerful sub-woofers and put them closer to the primary occupants (i.e., under the front seats). My point earlier was, and I didn't mean to be confusing, was this sounds (pun intended) like it's a funky setup, but I understand why BMW made the compromise. Regardless, the sub-woofer is always going to emit some amount of sound, although it may not be as obvious as high and mid range frequencies, which are going to be closer to your ears. The issue may be that BMW used low power sub-woofers, and since they were aiming at space utilization as a priority, they may not emit much sound, hence the OP's question: For those people that have the Premium Sound system upgrade, how much sound are their sub-woofers putting out? |
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Idrive speed is fixed on the new version because it is HD based and boots rights away.
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Can you tell me under which seat, the sub-woofer is located?
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Replace your audio system with BMW's Individual Audio AMP, Subs, Mids and Tweeters. That's when you are not going to have a question if you under-the-front-seats subs are working or not
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Just contact the guys (Patryk) from bimmer-tech (http://www.bimmer-tech.net/shop/bmw-...udio-retrofits). I also thought that my subwoofers were not working, however it was a matter of the OEM amp (I had the hi-fi sound). After changing the amp, the sound became EXCELLENT and I was able to notice that there are a couple of subs below the seats.... Hope it helps
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