Apr 14, 2011

Maserati Quattroporte S 2008 Car Audio Review




Borrowing styling cues from the Grand Turismo, the new Maserati Quattroporte is really beautiful. Luxury sports sedan, the Quattroporte 2008 vintage has a multimedia system using the latest technology: Bluetooth, GPS, USB and hard drive.

A conventional system but rather complete!

Italian brand requires, Maserati Marelli has called for the development of multimedia source supplied as standard. The system speakers and amplifier has been designed by him Bose Sound System. But already beginning from the source. Two models are available: a CD player (standard) and one with DVD player (optional). In both cases, the source has the size of a large double Din and is located in the center of the center console. Of course, these sources have a steering wheel and even a voice command. Another common point, they feature a 7-inch screen to display data and GPS mapping.

Originally, the Quattroporte gets a Bose system with 11 speakers

The base model has an additional receiver functions: a GPS with European maps, a 30GB hard drive, a USB port, auxiliary input and Bluetooth. In addition to storing the mapping of the browser, the drive will also be a jukebox. You can copy music from a CD or USB stick. The display also serves as the source of images for on-board computer (fuel consumption, speed, ...) and programming functions of the car (automatic door lock, for example). Optionally, you can add a video system for rear passengers.

Supplied by Marelli, the media source has a hard drive

The latter consists of a central screen rear DVD player with an audio / video input to connect another source and a pair of wireless headphones to avoid disturbing the driver. For those looking for features more high-tech, you can opt for the source Bose Multimedia System. Its basic functions are quite similar to the model series. Main difference, the handset Bose Multimedia System is more multimedia oriented. It has a DVD player, and may receive in addition an iPod interface and a TV tuner. The hard drive is a bigger (40 GB) and has a "uMusic" to program the music playlists to suit them.

Steering wheel controls and voice command to control the system easily

Finally, to reproduce music, the new Quattroporte uses a facility Surroud Bose Sound System with 11 speakers. The amplifier 4x25 Watts RMS has an equalizer programmed to reproduce a musical play in any circumstance. It corrects the sound based on rolling noise, forever provide optimum musical. Kit 2 way forward with small subwoofer and center channel in the front passenger side floor, 2-way kits in the rear doors, HP on rear subwoofer, the speakers are distributed so that all passengers benefit fully from the music. Each speaker has its own serious amplifier. In short, between the Bose entertainment system and vocalizations of the big V8, impossible not to address successfully the ears of passengers in the new Quattroporte.

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