Harman Kardon vs Standard Equipment

[Ell1207]

Hi all,

Considering revising my clubby order to include the HK sound system.

Is it really that much better than the standard equipment?

My days of windows down in all weather banging out tunes are long gone but I still want a decent sound.

Cheers 👍

[fredgroves]

Its "different"

Its not the same as the old DynAudio (which was simply better sound but still the same balance).... it wants to throw the sound around the car, which works with some audio sources and not others.

Put me down as meh.

[Ell1207]

That’s a good enough review for me 

[jaceyboy]

Harman Kardon was sh!t in my M4 and M2

[willni]

Harman Kardon was sh!t in my M4 and M2

You have to set the Harman Kardon up in BMW's through the Logic Equaliser, standard settings in all cars are meh.

[SRGTD]

Hi all,

Considering revising my clubby order to include the HK sound system.

Is it really that much better than the standard equipment?

My days of windows down in all weather banging out tunes are long gone but I still want a decent sound.

Cheers 👍

I’d suggest you speak to your dealer sooner rather than later if you want to make changes to your original order. Once the build date of your car is confirmed, I don’t think you’ll have an opportunity to make any changes, as all the components required to build your car will have been ordered by the factory and your car’s build will be ‘locked in’.

If you did want to make spec changes to your order after you’ve got a confirmed build date, you’d need to start the order process again from scratch, which could add months to any indicated build date and lead time your dealer may have already given you.

[fredgroves]

Also hk has been my biggest annoyance with vw. Vw documentation says nothing about the hk sound setup screen. Vw refused to provide me with any saying its not their product and talk to hk. Hk say they can't help with a system licenced to an oem.

That's crap.

Vw told me to go away when I got annoyed with them too.

I'll take the hint, next time I'll choose another brand.

[ash_rage]

My Dad got them in his BMW.

I was so impressed with them that I ordered them for my CS

[fredgroves]

I wasn't impressed with it in the BMW 128ti either to be honest. I've only got it because my car was dealer stock.

A mk7 with dynaudio is better in my opinion.

[ub7rm]

I presume it’s basically the same system in VW and bmw. What I’d say is that on the stock settings in the BMW it doesn’t sound different to a basic system. But when you tweak the equaliser settings and dial back the surround system a touch it does sound very good. I’d pay for it again.

The standard system in the golf7 was good enough, presume it’s the same with the 8.