@ chris54 – I’ve recently ordered a new M3 with Harmon Kardon speakers, which, during my 2 hour-long test drives I felt were night and day better against my ’17 RS. Clarity, dynamic range, separation and stereo imaging were an order of magnitude better in the M3, but that’s just to my ear – your mileage may differ… Of course the 600W amplifier helps and other components are a price league more expensive, which you’d expect to yield better results.
I’ve always thought that the RS sound quality was simply “average” for a modern multi-speaker integrated setup (My old Evo IX with inexpensive 2015 after-market Sony head unit and only 4 Kenwood speakers from 2005 offered better sound quality… and even then I knew Evo sound wasn’t up to scratch compared to our other cars)
The RS sound is muffled, mixed and dull-witted compared to what I was expecting, regardless of sound source FM, DAB, iPod, CD are all equally average not great, which is a shame considering the market point in which it sits.
Yours Aye
Mark H
// ’17 Nitrous Blue // Forged Alloys // Michelin Super Sports // Painted Calipers // Sync 3 // Lux Pack // Winter Pack // Black Gel Spoiler Badges // Blue Gel Wheel Inserts // GTechniq Liquid Crystal // GTechniq Alloy Armour // sold Jun ’18
