Wow Jaguar....Stereo all fixed finally!!
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I guess it depends what your expectations were. Before the update, the bass frequency response on my stereo was absolute garbage because the bass was being sent to the wrong speakers. With bass it sounded worse than pretty much any car stereo out there to the point that I didn't listen to music on it. After the update, the bass frequency response was greatly improved but I would still describe it as muddy by audiophile standards. For me going from garbage to muddy was a huge difference. If you play around with the different audio modes and settings you can get it to sound OK though it's still far from being audiophile quality.
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Speedski, Thanks for the update. My MY17 is going in for a variety of repairs soon and the audio is one of the issues. Based on your experience would you think that the speaker upgrades from the Rover and XJ would be the step to take it to an acceptable level? Does it have better separation do you feel? The speaker upgrade is about $700 without a solution for the ones behind the seats. Thanks for any insight.
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Speedski, Thanks for the update. My MY17 is going in for a variety of repairs soon and the audio is one of the issues. Based on your experience would you think that the speaker upgrades from the Rover and XJ would be the step to take it to an acceptable level? Does it have better separation do you feel? The speaker upgrade is about $700 without a solution for the ones behind the seats. Thanks for any insight.
I guess my recommendation at that point is to listen to the active exhaust instead of the stereo, which is what I do most of the time I am driving my F-Type.
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Like you, I was underwhelmed at first. But after playing with settings and living with it a while, it definitely seems better. To the point where sometimes I turn it on after driving another car and think, hey, it sounds pretty good.
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Side note: It sounds way worse on satellite radio.
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I also experienced this however I would not use Satellite radio as a judge of music quality because they compress the hell out of it. I think they compress it between 32 kbps to 64 kbps which is much lower than the standard 160 kbps for Spotify. Probably the reason that it sounds “worse” is that after the fix you have better sound from other sources, including HD radio. The fact that you can now tell the difference is probably a sign of a higher quality system.
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+1. I found the Dolby setting sounds best after the service bulletin was applied.
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I have the 770W system and have never had any of these poor sound quality issues.
My car was originally a dealer demo so it may have had the fix applied, but there is no paperwork or electronic history showing this and I will never know.
I have it set to Meridian and I get great sound from all sources, including MP3s on a USB and DAB radio (is that the same as satellite radio?).
The only time the sound is less than great is if/when I play a low bitrate track on the USB, and that is obviously down to the relatively poor source in the first place.
My car was originally a dealer demo so it may have had the fix applied, but there is no paperwork or electronic history showing this and I will never know.
I have it set to Meridian and I get great sound from all sources, including MP3s on a USB and DAB radio (is that the same as satellite radio?).
The only time the sound is less than great is if/when I play a low bitrate track on the USB, and that is obviously down to the relatively poor source in the first place.
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