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      05-08-2012, 01:18 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by E90Eric View Post
Active Sound Design was designed to comply with European noise emission regulations. They simply can't make the cars as loud on the outside as they used to be and so they're trying to make up for that with this system. Regardless of the manufacturer all designers are going to have to get creative with ways to pipe sound into the interior while keeping exterior noise low.

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Originally Posted by m630 View Post
last time i checked, Ferrari and Lambo were in europe and they arent limiting the sound of their tunes; no one other than BMW and their green legions are making these decisions, there is NO regulation that says you need to pump fake audio into the car to recreate a reasonable tune. this is BS
Agreed with m630. These are the same arguments used to say that "the government(s)" have forced BMW M to adopt FI engines. Again case and point is both Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini. BMW M's choices on engines are being dictated by obtaining higher profit margins through increased parts commonality. Sure there may be increased sales from no gas guzzler taxes and less fines from overall product line efficiency but these are not the driving factors.

Active sound is trying to be everything to everyone. Dead quiet when driving non-aggressively and having a nice sound level and sound quality when driving aggressively. There may also be an attempt to make the engine sound more NA and less FI. Nothing wrong with wanting this type of acoustic performance, its just beyond cheesy and fake as to how they chose to engineer this "solution".
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