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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Nav on 27 January 2014, 23:06
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Hi guys, is DYNAUDIO worth getting, or is the standard sound good enough, I love rnb and house music
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Yes in my opinion!
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I am more than happy with the standard stereo. Im in to a vast range of music including dance, rnb, house etc and bass has never been a problem.
The outright sound quality on anything i have played on the stereo is very good imo.
J
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Jimmy is there a huge difference? I like playing my music loud with windows down :cool:
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It's just that I don't want to regret not adding it in, it's either a white GTD and Dynaudio, or a carbon grey GTD with standard sound, what you think guys
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Well its like £700 extra (or something around there) and dynaudio are expensive speakers so if you like your music then you will appreciate the sound. I'm not saying standard is bad and I can't actually vouch for it because Iv'e never heard the standard set up.
But pricing speakers up and having fitted at a later date the £700 is a good deal I think and ultimately you get what you pay for in the speaker world so if you can afford it tick the box if not I wouldn't lose sleep over it...
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I think its closer to 500 quid actually... still a significant investment. I specced it but have never heard it!
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Yes in my opinion!
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I've had standard stereo and Dynaudio and would always spec it. Think it's pretty good for the price, approx £530.
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For the money it really is worth it, had it on my Mk6 and now my new GTI. It needs a few weeks to bed in, but once it does wow! You will not regret it.
Ian
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I have had it on both my Scirocco's and it was the first option I ticked this time too :wink:
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Go for Dynaudio because between standard speakers and Dynaudio speakers is big difference and Dynaudio has subwoofer. I must say Dynaudio system is great and no comparison to standard system in MK VII.
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It's worth getting in my opinion.
Definitely worth the £530 asking price. :)
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Oh the age old question: "is dynaudio a worthy upgrade?" This as been debated more times than I can remember!
You can either take the advice of the guys on here, or, better still you can go and sit in a car which has it specced and see for yourself. Only you can say whether the cost is justifiable for what you get.
Personally though, I've specced it on both my GTD and the Mk6 before, and wouldn't be without it. Superb sound quality and crystal clear throughout the full volume range. Pink Floyd never sounded so good! (In a car..)
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I came from the current VW Polo with standard RCD510 audio and two Mk 4 Golfs with standard audio before that. I now have Dynaudio and I would say the difference is simply NOT worth it.
If money is no object and you have all the other options, then go for it. But IMO Dynaudio is one of the few disappointments with the Mk7.
You may also want to compare after-market audio improvements which may well offer better value and better quality...
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Oh the age old question: "is dynaudio a worthy upgrade?" This as been debated more times than I can remember!
You can either take the advice of the guys on here, or, better still you can go and sit in a car which has it specced and see for yourself. Only you can say whether the cost is justifiable for what you get.
Personally though, I've specced it on both my GTD and the Mk6 before, and wouldn't be without it. Superb sound quality and crystal clear throughout the full volume range. Pink Floyd never sounded so good! (In a car..)
I'd like to echo these sentiments, DynAudio seems to be as debatable as the Dynamic Chassis Control and Performance Pack. The fact is, you have to try it for yourself and decide. The GTI demo I had was fitted with DynAudio, when I got back I sat in the sales guy's GT which had the standard system. After listening to the same track in both, I added it to my order.
The one thing to stress is that it's not about volume, it's about depth and clarity.
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Oh the age old question: "is dynaudio a worthy upgrade?" This as been debated more times than I can remember!
You can either take the advice of the guys on here, or, better still you can go and sit in a car which has it specced and see for yourself. Only you can say whether the cost is justifiable for what you get.
Personally though, I've specced it on both my GTD and the Mk6 before, and wouldn't be without it. Superb sound quality and crystal clear throughout the full volume range. Pink Floyd never sounded so good! (In a car..)
I'd like to echo these sentiments, DynAudio seems to be as debatable as the Dynamic Chassis Control and Performance Pack. The fact is, you have to try it for yourself and decide. The GTI demo I had was fitted with DynAudio, when I got back I sat in the sales guy's GT which had the standard system. After listening to the same track in both, I added it to my order.
The one thing to stress is that it's not about volume, it's about depth and clarity.
It's about having depth and clarity, yes, but an equally important aspect is having the ability to have depth and clarity remaining consistent throughout the volume range. Lesser systems can buckle under such demands and distort, clip, or resort to a general mess of muddy mids. One of the things I love about the Dynaudio system is that my music sounds superb at any volume, the setup handled it with ease and never sounds like it struggling.
That's my opinion anyway. :smiley:
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I'm no hi-fi geek. I'm no expert. But I specced Dynaudio and have NOT regretted it at all. The sound is so rich, deep, and crystal clear - it makes the music you enjoy even more enjoyable. I haven't compared it to the standard speakers in the mk7, but compared to all my previous cars with standard systems, it's just 100% better.
It's a revelation to have a throughly good sound system, so I would definitely recommend it.
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It's about having depth and clarity, yes, but an equally important aspect is having the ability to have depth and clarity remaining consistent throughout the volume range. Lesser systems can buckle under such demands and distort, clip, or resort to a general mess of muddy mids. One of the things I love about the Dynaudio system is that my music sounds superb at any volume, the setup handled it with ease and never sounds like it struggling.
That's my opinion anyway. :smiley:
Totally agree. My point was that people who judge it just on how loud it can go are not judging it correctly.
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It's about having depth and clarity, yes, but an equally important aspect is having the ability to have depth and clarity remaining consistent throughout the volume range. Lesser systems can buckle under such demands and distort, clip, or resort to a general mess of muddy mids. One of the things I love about the Dynaudio system is that my music sounds superb at any volume, the setup handled it with ease and never sounds like it struggling.
That's my opinion anyway. :smiley:
Totally agree. My point was that people who judge it just on how loud it can go are not judging it correctly.
I see, in that case then I completely agree! :grin:
Didn't the OP go for the Dynaudio anyway.. :huh:
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This thread made me enjoy listening to ACDC smashing out on the Dynaudio system on the way home from work tonight! Sounded sweet :cool:
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Drove home tonight and set the fader further back in the car, you can really appreciate the sub then. DynAudio still impresses me :smiley:
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What settings do you guys use for the Mid, Treble and Bass on the DynAudio settings? I can't seem to get the perfect combination. I listen to RnB, House and Trance mostly.
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In the end, if you can't hear the difference, then it is not worth the money...
If you can hear the difference but don't spend much time in the car or don't care then it is not worth it...
I can hear the difference, and I spend plenty of time in the car and I care... it is definitely worth it for me...
Its all down to personal preference... in the end the difference between standard and Dynaudio systems is quite stark only you can decide whether the difference is worth £530...
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What settings do you guys use for the Mid, Treble and Bass on the DynAudio settings? I can't seem to get the perfect combination. I listen to RnB, House and Trance mostly.
I'm not sure even the Dynaudio could make that sound good :wink:
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What settings do you guys use for the Mid, Treble and Bass on the DynAudio settings? I can't seem to get the perfect combination. I listen to RnB, House and Trance mostly.
I can't remember exactly what they're set to currently, but I believe treble and bass are down a few notches and mids are up one or two. Sub is also down 1 or 2 increments. Makes Thunderstruck sound awesome. Really nice authentic snare/ tom/ bass drum sound. Wicked.
I find I have to keep tweaking these depending on the genre of music though.
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I'm a huge music fan & must say that I'm not that impressed by Dynaudio at all. The sub in the boot is weak and the door panel speakers do all the hard work. Most songs are impossible to listen to with the bass turned up and so the only way to fix it is to turn the bass down quite dramatically. Which seems pointless when you've bought Dynaudio.
Certain songs that sounded amazing on the standard system in my old Mk5 GT TDI now sound frankly quite poor & distorted. If you turn up the volume you just can hear a lot of bass and no actual rhythm or music. I love bass and I listen to a lot of dance music but I'm finding it really hard to find the perfect balance between bassy & audible.
The speakers seem to suffer from rattles and distortion at high volume too which makes me wonder what the tweeters are actually doing.
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can't fault mine..maybe its a music thing..I have been listening to metallica this afternoon (black album) and it sounded quite frankly astonishing!
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This could be worthy of a thread itself but here's my setup. I consider this to sound the best, I drive alone most of the time and the bias towards the rear makes it sound a lot nicer;
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/justinwanstall/2014-01-29184725_zpsd1f769a9.jpg) (http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/justinwanstall/2014-01-29184734_zps8e8cb489.jpg) (http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/justinwanstall/2014-01-29184809_zps3ffa80d0.jpg)
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Are you selecting one of the 4 profiles such as Authentic and then setting Individual EQ settings? Reason I ask is that it's not clear whether the two are linked.
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Are you selecting one of the 4 profiles such as Authentic and then setting Individual EQ settings? Reason I ask is that it's not clear whether the two are linked.
I don't think you can change EQ on the profiles, I've just left mine on Individual...
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I'll give your settings a try at the weekend. And yes, a thread on "My Perfect" EQ settings would be useful.
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I will also give the EQ setting a try. But I think although the EQ are not changing the Profiles directly they do add to the final result produced by the profiles even though the EQ is set to individual. Maybe worth looking in to a bit more in depth.
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I find that if I select a Profile setting, the next time I go into the Sound menu, it defaults to the Individual settings screen for some reason.
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Does anyone know if you can get the plug and play sub and replace it with the one you get with the Dynaudio ??
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Does anyone know if you can get the plug and play sub and replace it with the one you get with the Dynaudio ??
I believe the Dynaudio sub uses the Dynaudio amplifier, where as the plug and play has an amplifier built in.
Ian
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I spent an hour today driving my old car again, a Mk6 Golf Match with Dynaudio. All I can say is I was blown away by how much better the sound was compared to my Mk7 also with Dynaudio. The sound was far deeper and way ahead of the system in the Mk7. Whats missing from the Mk7? It's such a shame as I used to love the sound system in the Mk6.
Ian
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I love mine - but it did take a bit of fiddling to get it right! The power is fabulous ....
Mine are: Sound focus front. Authentic, then Individual, Subwoofer up to +4, Bass -1, Mid -2, treble +1.
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Have only tinkered with my Dynaudio a little since Saturday, but am very impressed with it so far. I'm still tweaking settings to optimise it though.
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This thread might be worth a look:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=264178.0
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What HiFi review: http://www.whathifi.com/blog/dynaudio-excite-sound-system-review-%E2%80%93%C2%A0vw-golf-mk-7 (http://www.whathifi.com/blog/dynaudio-excite-sound-system-review-%E2%80%93%C2%A0vw-golf-mk-7)