B & O UNLEASHED, but what?

[67440dodge]

Kinda funny when building a standard cab F150 with 101A. It says it includes 10 B&O speakers with Unleashed available. Where the heck they gonna put 10 speakers in that small a cab? (unless they went with 4 coaxials in door/B-pillar and 2 in dash). But dealer squashed that, said B&O only for higher up trims.

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[jcaspar]

What is sound check??

It is a "feature" that reduces the sound level of songs to try to make them all about the same. It results in most song volumes being reduced significantly. You can find it under Settings, Music, Sound Check.

 

[SonnyDigs]

It is a "feature" that reduces the sound level of songs to try to make them all about the same. It results in most song volumes being reduced significantly. You can find it under Settings, Music, Sound Check.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

 

[EatDirtFartDust]

Does Sound Check feature change sound from Spotify, or just Apple Music?

 

[jcaspar]

Does Sound Check feature change sound from Spotify, or just Apple Music?

Just music played thru the Apple Music App but other sources may have a similar setting.

 

[kenpitt]

My B&O unleashed seems to sound best when I 1) select surround mode 2) adjust fader so big "dot" is in center of rear seat floor in animation. Just on floor, not on seat. Seems like this brings up headrest and ceiling speaker volumes and reduces bass so you can then boost back up the 3 tone levels to your taste. You can definitely hear surround effect with fader biased towards rear. I use Spotify premium on Iphone X so music source is good quality. Hopes this helps.

Tried your suggestion, much better, thank you.

 

[SteveP150]

My B&O unleashed seems to sound best when I 1) select surround mode 2) adjust fader so big "dot" is in center of rear seat floor in animation. Just on floor, not on seat. Seems like this brings up headrest and ceiling speaker volumes and reduces bass so you can then boost back up the 3 tone levels to your taste. You can definitely hear surround effect with fader biased towards rear. I use Spotify premium on Iphone X so music source is good quality. Hopes this helps.

Agree with this. Definitely improves the overall balance and sound. It still would be nice to have more individual speaker control so one could turn down the front center channel, but this adjustment made a big difference for me.
As far as overall sound, it's pretty darn good. A massive improvement from my 4 Runner, which had both a noisier cabin and a worse sound system.

 

[williams]

Agree, compared to previous cars and truck, this "unleashed" is trash. Im not sure what some of you guys have owned that had worse systems that make this upgraded system acceptable but its sad.

 

[SonnyDigs]

Agree, compared to previous cars and truck, this "unleashed" is trash. Im not sure what some of you guys have owned that had worse systems that make this upgraded system acceptable but its sad.

Mercedes, Lexus, Vettes, BMW's

Blows away all of them.
Think you must have a lemon..
Have you checked out another unleashed?
Maybe rip it out and build you a new one.
Don't feel sad for us, we love what we got..
I feel sad for you........

 

[RyanStroeder]

Mercedes, Lexus, Vettes, BMW's

Blows away all of them.
Think you must have a lemon..
Have you checked out another unleashed?
Maybe rip it out and build you a new one.
Don't feel sad for us, we love what we got..
I feel sad for you........

Respectfully, the Unleashed system is poor at best. No crips clean low end, soundstage isn't that great, too many speakers resulting in poor phase and time alignment - it's a gimmick. I'm happy for you that you like it.

 

[SonnyDigs]

Respectfully, the Unleashed system is poor at best. No crips clean low end, soundstage isn't that great, too many speakers resulting in poor phase and time alignment - it's a gimmick. I'm happy for you that you like it.

Thanks...
I guess I'm easily satisfied and thankful that I do like it..

Good luck to you

 

[JetTremor]

I came from a 19' Silverado with the Bose system and that was pretty good. The B&O Unleashed system is comparable.

 

[dannko58]

Respectfully, the Unleashed system is poor at best. No crips clean low end, soundstage isn't that great, too many speakers resulting in poor phase and time alignment - it's a gimmick. I'm happy for you that you like it.

Stick your ears down on the front doors silver speakers, I don't even know what that mush is coming out of them. Sounds like a full range speaker with a foot of cardboard over it. It's not low, not high, and not even mid. Don't know what it is. Yet I have adjusted my system the best I can and well I am stuck with it and it's ok on some sources.

 

[williams]

Mercedes, Lexus, Vettes, BMW's

Blows away all of them.
Think you must have a lemon..
Have you checked out another unleashed?
Maybe rip it out and build you a new one.
Don't feel sad for us, we love what we got..
I feel sad for you........

Well i work at a Ford dealer so I can compare to all of them all day, my setup isnt a lemon its just trash for a "high end" audio solution.

I can tell you this system is trash and if you like it to each their own? Perhaps I can offer you a set of beats headphones for their quality sound as well?

Lexus has one of the best in market, Mercedes and BMW have too many systems and those are questionable but can be decent, never cared for Bose in anything too processed to make cheap speakers seem good. The best factory system and ill take anyones challenge on this is the 17 speaker Lexicon in the 2015 Genesis Sedan v8. What do I know? Oh wait I'm in literally thousands of cars a year, part time audio engineer, and audio tester for Behringer.

 

[RyanStroeder]

Well i work at a Ford dealer so I can compare to all of them all day, my setup isnt a lemon its just trash for a "high end" audio solution.

I can tell you this system is trash and if you like it to each their own? Perhaps I can offer you a set of beats headphones for their quality sound as well?

Lexus has one of the best in market, Mercedes and BMW have too many systems and those are questionable but can be decent, never cared for Bose in anything too processed to make cheap speakers seem good. The best factory system and ill take anyones challenge on this is the 17 speaker Lexicon in the 2015 Genesis Sedan v8. What do I know? Oh wait I'm in literally thousands of cars a year, part time audio engineer, and audio tester for Behringer.

any suggestion for an audio upgrade for us Unleashed guys? Looks to me like the only thing on the market right now is the Navtv ZenA2B unit, but then you're stuck with a hole in the cab when you pull the subwoofer out...
I called PacAudio to ask about an Amplifier Interface, they said it'll be out within the next 6 months for the 2021 f150...

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