uberwgn

Asmi, thanks. I thought it was only a speaker upgrade.

asmi84

You're welcome. According to their website, standard system is only 11-speaker and 180 watts total, so B&O is a substantial upgrade in both power and speakers.

uberwgn

I would say so !

djkyky

I will throw in my two cents. I elected not to get the B&O. No regrets. I like to play it loud every once in a while and the OEM system plays loud and clear enough for me. 180 watts rattles the windows and way too loud for me. Maybe because I am older, but I want to keep what hearing I have left.

asmi84

It's not so much about being loud, it's mostly about sound quality. Due to the way amps work, harmonic distortion is proportional to amp's volume level (current power output / max power output). So more powerful system can have lower volume level to have the same power output, and thus it will have less distortion than less powerful system.

Aviator787

I'm torn on whether to go technik

What do you have ?

asmi84

I've ordered almost fully-loaded: https://i.imgur.com/mDttVYt.jpg
And it arrived just yesterday!!!! Will be picking it up on Tuesday.

Aviator787

dang ! I made a new friend

I'm looking to order a black progressiv one , but it will take 3 months to get

asmi84

Here are some quick ones:
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-.../#post24740343

subterFUSE

The B&O is still not a good stereo system, but it's better than the base audio and only costs $800 to upgrade. It's pretty much a no-brainer.

The B&O system does use MOST fiber optics which means the mObridge preamps are compatible, for those people who want to upgrade the whole stereo to something that's actually good.

The Q5/SQ5 are very well designed cars for doing aftermarket audio. The dash is very deep and wide, and the stock midrange and midbass speaker locations are pretty good. The 3" midrange in the dash can be easily replaced by an aftermarket 3" midrange and/or point source coaxial. The stock midbass locations in the front doors can accomodate larger woofers quite easily, too.

The trunk has a ton of room for doing subwoofers flushed into the space in front of the tire well. If you remove the spare tire, there is even more room for larger amps, although if you were to use smaller, Class D amps you could probably keep the spare tire and still have room for a pair of 10" or 12" subwoofers down there.