Sub or no sub?

[matchboy]

This might help: at the moment I have a courtesy car, mk 7 Golf, which obviously has the standard stereo. Have to say its pretty good, certainly better than the missus' standard system on her Alfa. But... and it's a massive but for me, I've come from a TT which had a BOSE, and the standard VW is severely lacking in base and higher volume quality. I've had Dynaudio before so I know how good it is, and IMO it's a no brainer if you enjoy music with base and listening to it loud. I can tell the difference instantly. That's not to say the standard system is rubbish - it's not, it's good - but if it was me I'd upgrade. Which is what I've done! 

Is the Dynaudio as good as the BOSE?

IMO yes, but I'm no expert! Have a google, the BBC use Dynaudio for stuff for eg.

[monsta]

Pictures of the sub;

[MJ-GTI]

what is the wattage on the speakers that come with the standard multimedia system?

[MJ-GTI]

This might help: at the moment I have a courtesy car, mk 7 Golf, which obviously has the standard stereo. Have to say its pretty good, certainly better than the missus' standard system on her Alfa. But... and it's a massive but for me, I've come from a TT which had a BOSE, and the standard VW is severely lacking in base and higher volume quality. I've had Dynaudio before so I know how good it is, and IMO it's a no brainer if you enjoy music with base and listening to it loud. I can tell the difference instantly. That's not to say the standard system is rubbish - it's not, it's good - but if it was me I'd upgrade. Which is what I've done! 

I have been having nightmares/regrets of not adding dynaudio on my car spec.

So I actually went to the dealer today and added dynaudio to my car spec, the sales person assured that the addition of dynaudio will not cause any delays.

However, he mentioned that due to the high demand of the car the factory has a shortage of 18 inch wheels and this might cause my car delivery to be delayed.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Wut? How the hell can they have this many different shortages.

I reckon they have a patented VW magic 8 excuse ball that they issue to all their dealers.  Did this chap turn around and shake something right before telling you this?

[mcmaddy]

another fairy story from VW.

[dippy_x]

Never heard this excuse before....What next?  Delays due to shortages of cup holders? Fuel tank caps?

[KyleB]

Obviously as a car manufacturer its very easy to run out of something as unusual as the standard alloy wheels.

Love a good VW excuse!

[Lendo]

Couple of days experience with Dynaudio and it's awesome!

Quality wise, there's not a chance it can be compared with the standard setup. You can tell the difference between the rates mp3 etc have been sampled at quite clearly. Have found my self changing album because the quality wasn't as good on some.

The volume is insane, I've only cranked it up about three quarters messing around and no way would I be able to cope with it that loud. No sign of distortion whatsoever, interestingly even with the bass thumbing away no panel vibration either!

One slight negative, if you have it quite quiet, it seems very top heavy with the levels set flat. Must be something to do with how the crossover is set up for the sub.

I had been prepared to be slightly disappointed with it after reading some of the comments about it on here. All I can say regarding any comments thinking the difference in quality is only slight compared to the standard setup is that I couldn't disagree more. The clarity is better than the Harmon Kardon system I had in my BMW at almost twice the price.

[monsta]

Couple of days experience with Dynaudio and it's awesome!

Quality wise, there's not a chance it can be compared with the standard setup. You can tell the difference between the rates mp3 etc have been sampled at quite clearly. Have found my self changing album because the quality wasn't as good on some.

The volume is insane, I've only cranked it up about three quarters messing around and no way would I be able to cope with it that loud. No sign of distortion whatsoever, interestingly even with the bass thumbing away no panel vibration either!

One slight negative, if you have it quite quiet, it seems very top heavy with the levels set flat. Must be something to do with how the crossover is set up for the sub.

I had been prepared to be slightly disappointed with it after reading some of the comments about it on here. All I can say regarding any comments thinking the difference in quality is only slight compared to the standard setup is that I couldn't disagree more. The clarity is better than the Harmon Kardon system I had in my BMW at almost twice the price.

Great feedback, I thought the same after my test drive the other day - the clarity is impressive at loud volumes but a slight tendency for the sub to pop at lower volumes.   Never tried HK  in a beemer but I guess it could be the name you're paying for?  I know DynAudio is well known but not as well as HK.

Needless to say I added it to my order