When a large specialist home HiFi HiFi tackles the board, it is often very wrong. Bang & Olufsen Danish team last Audi A8 with audio clips never seen before in a production car.
The latest Audi A8 grille borrows from the famous "single frame" now found on all models in the range and those to come as the long-awaited Q7 SUV. This is the point which is immediately apparent. Now, on the ears is Bang & Olufsen has been in the kitchen.
Embedded high-end HiFi
When specialists HiFi home address to the car, they are not in half measures. There are already specialists in embedded HiFi aftermarket, that is to say the ones you usually sell the speakers in the shop that you can replace the original models. In this area, we often hear that JBL has partnered with Peugeot and more. There is also Harman / Kardon found on the BMW. Boston Acoustics is working on a lot of recent models of American cars. It is already a step forward but the treatment is therefore often basic.
Two brands stand out: Dynaudio Acoustics and McIntosh. These are two reputable companies that offer both equipment Tones for your home and car. When they decide to work on OEM installations, the result is the appointment. McIntosh deals with the last Ford GT while Dynaudio with sound at the new VW Passat class.
Then we can talk about home HiFi specialists who have already attacked the car. Cabasse worked with Renault for example. Bose works with many manufacturers of various nationalities. On some U.S. models, the result is stunning.
We finally arrived to traditional home HiFi who never set foot in the car except to work wonders. English Linn has recently made about him by equipping the Aston Martin DB9. Now it's Bang & Olufsen to the show in the latest Audi A8. Let me tell you right now that B & O went much further than his colleagues in the traditional HiFi.
Advanced Sound
The name of this audio option available on the Audi A8 and Bang & Olufsen signed. The option includes 14 speakers and an amplifier equipped with a DSP. Let us go further into details of all these elements.
The above diagram shows the locations of the 14 speakers. So we find in (A) the tweeters on the dashboard. The (B) represents the middle lane. The speakers of medium and severe in the front doors are marked (C). The midrange and treble controls for rear passengers are in (D). (E) For surround speakers in the rear while the (F) denotes the subwoofer.
The unit ICEpower the photograph above corresponds to the amplifier with DSP. It embeds 1000 Watt digital technology to feed the 14 speakers. B & O has been the specialty of digital amplification, which aims to provide better performance for low energy consumption.
You should know that B & O sells its technology ICE has many competitors in the world of HiFi.
B & O has made it big with this system by declining technology deployed on their best speakers for your home adapted to the car. This variation is found in the dashboard tweeters that use the Acoustic Lens Technology. This method was first built on the speakers Beolab 5 (you can see on the second picture in this article) then the smaller models Beolab 3 (photo below).
The tweeter is positioned flat and the reproduced sound is reflected by an acoustic lens that offers a perfect sound propagation. The question of positioning and orientation of the tweeter has been the subject of major studies in the Audi A8. This is a design that can not be found, if ever in the electronics original equipment. And it is a holy grail than try to reach all fans of aftermarket products.
Maximum integration with style
BIn the Audi A8, the Acoustic Lens and the tweeter out of their locations once you turn the audio system. The protection is optimal, as discretion. The Audi A8 is well endowed in this area with a 16:9 screen in the center of the dashboard whose deployment is also motorized.
The speakers are placed in each door hidden behind grilles in aluminum, the same material as the body of the Audi, Bang & Olufsen Siglée. The integration is perfect, nothing is sticking, but everything is built in perfect harmony with the interior and atmosphere of the vehicle.
Maximum integration with style
This association Audi and B & O HiFi sign the measure available for the automobile manufacturer as an option. We are talking about custom aesthetic but also technical. The DSP amplifier with ICEpower can correct rendering of loudspeakers in order to remove the few existing noise (wind noise and rolling). The DSP operates on each speaker independently.
We can not wait to sit in an A8 equipped with the optional B & O Advanced Sound to see if this revolution is confirmed by listening. We have no doubt and we look forward to seeing you in a few months to talk again. Option B & O will be available in late 2005 on the Audi A8 exclusively.
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