dgeffs

There is no magic bullet for the audio settings. It depends on so many factors including age. I'm 68 and can't hear near as well as I used to. My setting are about +3 treble, +1 base, +1 or 2 on the sub and all the surround and 3D stuff off. When I first got the car I was very disappointed with the sound and thought increasing all surround and effects would improve my experience. It did not. I'm back to essentially a stereo system and it sounds great. But keep in mind I only listen to Pandora and whatever I've placed in the jukebox from iTunes. Obviously a better source would demand different equalization.

2018_SQ5

I'll play with my settings once I get the vehicle. About 85-90% of the time I listen to talk radio on the AM dial or talk radio streamed from my phone. Music will be the remaining 10-15% of the time.

Martigary

Much the same type of usage here as well. Will be interesting what the better settings are once my vehicle also arrives. My market has the DAB+ (digital radio) so that should be crisper than the AM band.

rausda27

Based on your usage, absolutely no reason to pay for the B&O system.

Ngerstman

2018_SQ5

Based on what I wanted on the vehicle it is worth it to me.

It's like the watch I'm wearing right now. It says it's water resistant down to 200 meters. Will I ever take it to that depth, no. But it's nice to know it's there when I accidentally drop it in the sink while shaving.

Wires

@2018 SQ5: I think their point is AM has such poor fidelity you cannot appreciate the B&O. Music does sound great though.

I find cranking up the 3D sound makes it too bright and artificial. I settled on having 3D on low (then it raises the sound stage up by using the A pillar speakers) to give a bit more height to the sound, but not overly intrusive. My surround is off. Unless you have a 3D/surround source, it gets artificially generated into 3D/surround.

But all of this is highly subjective, and all personal preference.

Coastal

Its too bad you can't set the audio different for each preset. Talk radio will have different settings than rock or symphony.

NeonMidnight

Again, as others have said, audio settings are subjective. That said, I liked the way my Mark Levinson system sounded in my IS 350 and have been trying to find a combination of settings that produce a similar sound for the same source. Here's what I have settled on:
Treble +7
Bass +2
Subwoofer +3
Balance/fade neutral
Focus all
Surround level -4
3D effect medium

BlackPanth3r

You can. Just click on the station and then push the **** to the right (+) and it will come up as an option