burmester Audio lacking in loudness
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From: South London
Merc GLC Coupe 250d AMG Line Prem Plus
Yeah I do Agree, I think the quality is good (nothing special) and the loudness just isnt there. I had an Audi a5 With the Bang & Olfusen in a few years back pushing about 350 watt roughly and I believe its still better than this 590 watt Burmester. Call me crazy but its surprising. I was so excited to hear how amazing this Burmester should sound compared to my Audi. Now im quite disappointed.
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From: Calgar, Alberta. Canada
2006 R-350, 2015 C-400, 2011 VW Golf Sport
I found that at max volume it wasn't as loud as I expected but I would never listen to it at that volume any way. The quality was unchanged from a regular volume level though. Very Very Nice.
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From: Seattle, WA
2015 C300
Guys, I've been doing some experiments with this issue -
To address the previous concerns with my volume not being up all the way on my mobile phone. . .yes, it has been.
I loaded a SDCARD with the SAME MP3s that are on my phone, and the loudness and quality was a significant improvement.
All of my MP3s were the highest quality (320 Kbps). So, to no surprise you loose a little quality and loudness streaming BT. . .which is no surprise.
Take that for what it's worth.
To address the previous concerns with my volume not being up all the way on my mobile phone. . .yes, it has been.
I loaded a SDCARD with the SAME MP3s that are on my phone, and the loudness and quality was a significant improvement.
All of my MP3s were the highest quality (320 Kbps). So, to no surprise you loose a little quality and loudness streaming BT. . .which is no surprise.
Take that for what it's worth.
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From: Washington, DC
2015 C3004W
Sirius Sound Quality
I just discovered this thread. I've had my C300 for about a week. I stream music using Google Music (320kb) via my iPhone 6s plugged in to the car's lightening connector. The music sounds great.
When I listen to music via Sirius it does not sound nearly as good. Is this due to the lower bitrate I have read Sirius uses.
My prior car was a 2012 E350 and I never noticed the difference but I sure do on the C300.
When I listen to music via Sirius it does not sound nearly as good. Is this due to the lower bitrate I have read Sirius uses.
My prior car was a 2012 E350 and I never noticed the difference but I sure do on the C300.
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C300 4matic
Make sure you disable the auto volume function. For BT audio input, make sure the volume is maxed out on your phone. There is also an additional volume boost option, for BT input, located within the options menu.
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Suggestion not to max your phone volume MP3 are low format and can mess up the speaker its safe to play on 70 to 75 percent.
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2015 C300 4MATIC with Sport Package, Premium, Multimedia, Panorama Roof, Black Ash, & Blind Spot
If you want the best out of the system from my experience you have to do the following:
1. Directly connect the iPhone or Android phone directly with supplied cable or store bought.
2. Turn off Auto Volume.
3. Turn off Surround.
4. Fade system to the front through surround settings.
That way has been the best to give me the most bass and best sound. The surround processor increases treble and changes the phase of the speakers which means less bass. The amplifier is not discrete so that means that when all speakers are playing they are using the power. When you fade to the front then the subs get more power hence louder. Bluetooth will compress the already compressed MP3s.
Also if you have large libraries good luck without a smartphone. I have tried a 128GB thumb drive without any luck. To make sure it worked I put around 10GB of music on it and it worked. Then put up to 98GB and then the system stated "no audio or video" files. So reduced it to 40GB and same message. Maybe it can only handle the same size of built in storage which is 10GB. Yet the Command system recognizes my iPhone 6 128GB with 98GB of music. Just as long as I pause the song before disconnecting the phone.
1. Directly connect the iPhone or Android phone directly with supplied cable or store bought.
2. Turn off Auto Volume.
3. Turn off Surround.
4. Fade system to the front through surround settings.
That way has been the best to give me the most bass and best sound. The surround processor increases treble and changes the phase of the speakers which means less bass. The amplifier is not discrete so that means that when all speakers are playing they are using the power. When you fade to the front then the subs get more power hence louder. Bluetooth will compress the already compressed MP3s.
Also if you have large libraries good luck without a smartphone. I have tried a 128GB thumb drive without any luck. To make sure it worked I put around 10GB of music on it and it worked. Then put up to 98GB and then the system stated "no audio or video" files. So reduced it to 40GB and same message. Maybe it can only handle the same size of built in storage which is 10GB. Yet the Command system recognizes my iPhone 6 128GB with 98GB of music. Just as long as I pause the song before disconnecting the phone.
Last edited by bacardi73; Mar 23, 2015 at 12:12 AM.
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From: Manchester, UK
BMW e89 Z4 sDrive 35i & MB S205 C200 AMG Premium Plus
I think this system is good, rather than great. Its lacking in detail at low volume, something other systems (B&W/HK etc) don't seem to suffer with as much. So I have to run it fairly loud (to me) to get the detail I like without silly amounts of treble adjustment. A loudness function may have been useful here.
Its not a bad sound though and I'd say its perhaps 40% better than my stock BMW e89 setup (which admittedly I've added my own tweeters to the BMW).
Its fairly good at distortion control though and I like the source independent tone adjustments. Something my BMW doesn't have and therefore radio can sound tinny against MP3/CD in the BMW.
I do marvel at the speaker covers though, they're lovely.
Its not a bad sound though and I'd say its perhaps 40% better than my stock BMW e89 setup (which admittedly I've added my own tweeters to the BMW).
Its fairly good at distortion control though and I like the source independent tone adjustments. Something my BMW doesn't have and therefore radio can sound tinny against MP3/CD in the BMW.
I do marvel at the speaker covers though, they're lovely.
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From: Hagerstown Maryland
2015 W205 C400 4Matic
on day one I thought 'weird... the sirius was much louder than my iPhone', and then I remembered - VOLUME BUTTON. Problem fixed. If you're still having issues with your BT sound and the volume on your phone is all the way up, it's the device you're using.
