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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 02:31 PM
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Your Burmester Settings (13 speakers, 9-channel DSP amplifier with 590 W )

Curious about the settings forum members who have the Burmester 13 speaker, and 9 channel digital signal processor with 590 watts of output power.

You can adjust bass, mid and treble, use an equalizer, fader, set up sound focus and sound profile (select Pure or Surround mode).

Users can select a position for the sound focus or choose All Seats.

My basic settings on GLC 300 SUV 4Matic:

Tweaked mid and treble settings to +2.
Selected Surround sound profile instead of Pure
Burmester sound focus set to front seats instead of all seats.

Sounded punchier with clearer bass after I made some adjustments. I used Tidal with HiFi subscription, Master - to check sound quality and make adjustments. Also used Apple Music and SiriusXM to hear any differences.Also played digital tracks from a thumbdrive.

For me the selections that made the most difference were choosing Surround as the sound profile, and changing focus set to front seats (usually alone when driving).

Post your own settings or advice.
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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 02:38 PM
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Thanks for sharing!

Waiting for my car with Burmester, I’ll try your settings but... at the end of November.

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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex Cirlan
Waiting for my car with Burmester, I’ll try your settings but... end at the of November.
You will enjoy it!
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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 11:38 PM
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Just curious how many speaker does the car comes with without Burmester?
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Old Oct 11, 2020 | 07:14 AM
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I have bass up to max, mid to 4 and treble to 5. Surround is on, and audio focus one step to the rear (-2 I believe).
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Old Oct 11, 2020 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jtcb
Just curious how many speaker does the car comes with without Burmester?
I believe the total number of stock speakers is 6. Adding Burmester Surround Sound option ($850) increases total number of speakers to 13.


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Old Oct 18, 2020 | 10:07 PM
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I believe you are correct. As far as my settings, they're all defaults.
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Old Oct 19, 2020 | 01:12 PM
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its a great system to have, you get great bass.
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Old Oct 19, 2020 | 09:58 PM
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Very true, one of my must have options when I bought my car.
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Very true, one of my must have options when I bought my car.
The value for the Burmester option is truly undeniable.
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 05:40 PM
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I have bass +4; mids +2; and treble +8. Surround sound, and focus on all seats.
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For those that have all their bass, mid, treb settings greater than zero, have you tried normalizing them and just turning up the volume? For example, Bass = 3, Mid = 2, and Treb = 4. Change the settings to Bass = 1, Mid = 0, and Treb = 2.

This assumes symmetrical filtering which is the way I have designed them, but it will give you more dynamic range, lower the noise floor, and reduce distortion in theory.

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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 10:02 AM
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Thanks! I’ll give it a try. I’m no audiophile, so to me, it was just what sounded about right.

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For those that have all their bass, mid, treb settings greater than zero, have you tried normalizing them and just turning up the volume? For example, Bass = 3, Mid = 2, and Treb = 4. Change the settings to Bass = 1, Mid = 0, and Treb = 2.

This assumes symmetrical filtering which is the way I have designed them, but it will give you more dynamic range, lower the noise floor, and reduce distortion in theory.

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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RSNovi
For those that have all their bass, mid, treb settings greater than zero, have you tried normalizing them and just turning up the volume? For example, Bass = 3, Mid = 2, and Treb = 4. Change the settings to Bass = 1, Mid = 0, and Treb = 2.

This assumes symmetrical filtering which is the way I have designed them, but it will give you more dynamic range, lower the noise floor, and reduce distortion in theory.

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At low volume bass response just is not that good. The front sound stage is loaded with 7 speakers so I made a few adjustments for that as necessary. Will give your settings a try - thanks for the informative post.
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Old Nov 6, 2020 | 12:04 PM
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I'm with you on this. This was a MUST have for me, and I don't regret it one bit.
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I' m no audiophile, i got the burmester only because it matched the aluminum on my doors. Definitely would recommend. Very rich quality of sound.
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