B&O quality depends on music source

[HeliPilot]

My initial impression of the B&O sound system was “Meh”. It did sound better than the stock system when I compared the two on my test drives, but I found it underwhelming. This was while listening to the Sirius XM channels that were already programmed into each vehicle at the dealership. I added Ford+Alexa this past week, and have been listening to my Amazon music using Alexa. The sound quality is Night and Day. The B&O is way better than I initially gave it credit for. Coming home last night on a 4 hour road trip, running 75mph, listening to My Gift by Carrie Underwood for some Christmas cheer, my wife and I were impressed with how clear and crisp the sound was in a ragtop cruising at Highway speeds. Sirius XM does not do this sound system justice. Merry Christmas All!!

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[Losy]

Nice to know. When I test drove the LUX WT Bronxo at my dealer it was hard for me to test the stereo since I was so I awe of the Bronco. In my AMG the B&O system is great. So I am looking forward to having it in my Bronco.
Merry Christmas to you as well.

 

[Faust]

Typically XM is pretty heavily compressed - certain channels (popular) ones are better but still not great.

listening through Amazon music is going to be MUCH better quality - especially if you allow full bandwidth.

Likewise, the Sirius app - If you opt for it - would be better quality. Generally I only use my actual built in Sirius if I’m in an area where there’s no LTE/5G service.

 

[jbacchi70]

Yes - garbage in, garbage out. I found that a quality sound source and tweaking the EQ improved the sound dramatically.

 

[EquusBronsis]

Sorry, you lost me at Carrie Underwood

 

[Snowdogyyz]

At least crank up Christmas in Hollis!!!!

 

[cclkramer]

Sorry, you lost me at Carrie Underwood

WHOS CARRIE UNDERWOOD??

 

[Itchysquatch]

As people said above, you need to find a decent sound source to really test it (garbage in garbage out). Sat radio pretty much always sounds terrible… I can’t listen to music on it, drives me nuts. So to really test it, listen to something with as little compression as possible. A good radio station, direct usb connection to a quality recorded, minimally compressed audio source etc.

 

[Gamecock]

Yes - garbage in, garbage out. I found that a quality sound source and tweaking the EQ improved the sound dramatically.

What settings did you use for the EQ? I like the B&O a lot with Amazon music, it sounds really good…so dramatic improvement from that would be awesome.

 

[jbacchi70]

What settings did you use for the EQ? I like the B&O a lot with Amazon music, it sounds really good…so dramatic improvement from that would be awesome.

I put the treble and bass just below 100% and bring the mid to almost zero.

 

[Snowdogyyz]

I normally end up with the “smily face” eq curve. Turned up bass, turned down mids (scooped) and turned up treble. I don’t have my bronco yet to see how this sounds with this system yet though.

 

[HeliPilot]

I put the treble and bass just below 100% and bring the mid to almost zero.

Not quite 100 on the treble and bass, at or just below zero on mid for me

 

[Wamland]

Spotify has a damned good EQ. Makes the B&O sound awesome.

 

[Suke996]

The XM is horrible with reception and music quality. Thought the BO system sucks till I used my pandora app and played with the audio controls. Switch back to XM and garbage.

 

[HeliPilot]

The XM is horrible with reception and music quality. Thought the BO system sucks till I used my pandora app and played with the audio controls. Switch back to XM and garbage.

Exactly. Drops way off using XM

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