base stereo system upgrade options

[improvius]

Originally Posted by cooombs

I checked today and can confirm the Hi-Fi option which is the 2nd level (Base>Hi-Fi>HK) has an amp in the trunk that looks just like the one posted by improvius in addition to tweeters in the front. No idea if the mids are any different from the base or not. With the base turned up via the iDrive I find the sound to be pretty good with a decent amount of base. This is all via music on a USB stick.

This is pretty much my opinion of the system as well. Good enough, better than most stock audio I've heard. Using USB stick here, too. I listen to the free satellite stuff every once in a while, but the quality is just terrible compared to my MP3s.

MY only real gripe is the way the playback options are set. On my previous Pioneer HU, I could switch the USB playback scope between "All", "Folder", and "File". So what I'd normally do would be listen to random tracks while set to "All", then switch it to "Folder" whenever I wanted to keep listening to a particular album that came up. And if I wanted to listen to a bunch of albums by the same artist, I'd go to the first track of heir first album, select "All", and leave off the random sort. But iDrive won't let me do any of that.

[zeevette]

I don't know about the "second level" HI-FI option, but this is listed as standard equipment on ALL lines for 2013 MY.

[improvius]

Originally Posted by zeevette

I don't know about the "second level" HI-FI option, but this is listed as standard equipment on ALL lines for 2013 MY.

Depends on country, apparently.

[PrematureApex]

Don't have much to contribute, but I did help a friend install some higher end Focal stuff into his base system 135 for a review he was writing.

http://www.goodsound.com/index.php/f...dio-with-focal

It's a bit of a mess to do w/o a rear amp (in fact, we need to re-do his soon)...

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