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You know these insects you stop hearing at 40+ years old? Maybe we two are too old to hear the car too, with all the fake sound distracting us!
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What??? I can't hear you.
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Speak up @lups!
Put on your Active Typing so we can hear you! (Interestingly, in the coding sub forum a fellow was reporting today he turned off the active sound. Made no appreciable difference (other than quiter bark on downshifts)....which is what I always expected. If BMW hadn't told anyone, all this 'fake sound' nonsense would never have arisen)
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See, you with age, me with hard rock: Ears age!
OP: Get old, or get my taste in music. Both will solve your problem!
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Who cares what the OP thinks about the sound? If he likes it, cool, if not, so what? It's not like anyone here is going to post anything that will change his mind
I don't like the idea of active sohnd either but I still think the car is awesome |
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My car sounds too quiet, a problem I'm soon to fix as soon as I find a new system I fall in love with instantly. I'm going to ask neighbors opinions, they love my Active sound solving method as it is now also!
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I loved the sound of the S65 in my E93 - but I actually like the sound of the F80 just as much. I've received a lot of compliments on how the exhaust sounds, especially when it downshifts and rev-matches (have DCT). |
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We don't need fancy sound enhancement here. Since (according to you) I live on the barren tundra, the sound of the car must travel hundreds of km across the frozen wastes before even reaching another pair of human ears. Put another way, if I rev an active sound difference in Canada so that there is nooone around to hear it, does it still make a noise? Or just 2% of a noise?
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As for your point, my expectation is much of the anger at active sound is, as you say, really at the 'idea' of active sound. I doubt anyone can hear much or any of it, but the idea always bugs you just a little bit......which I get. People were mad when Bob Dylan plugged in for the first time too.....
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I think then only the 2% is left.
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FWIW, I try to judge it on the result. It is hard (because I have read enough so I know it is there, so I can't be truly blind or neutral) but, on balance, I like the sound. Turbos have some great characteristics (the snaps, pops, etc) and this doesn't hurt those. Maybe it enhances it all at a subtle level, but I'm ok with the result.
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Why do people in this forum, particularly those who don't own an F8X continually try to tear BMW and the F8X down? It really gets old.
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Ok. Will put on my lightweight polar bear 'summer parka' and step outside the igloo in 18 min. Sure hope that bob in Edmonton doesn't rev his at the same time - I might go even more deaf.
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It does seem that active sound just makes the natural sound a little louder - so I think the theory in one of the posts above is quite viable - if you listen to your favorite music and turn up the volume slightly without adusting treble or bass - the song does not sound different - it just sounds a little louder - that is my experience after owning the F80 for about a month now... Another thing I've noticed - only the paid automobile journalists have complained about the sound being artificial sounding - I've read every English review (and even some reviews translated to English) about the F8x, and am well aware of the widely-published notion that it sounds artificial. I don't recall any non-paid journalists who have ever heard/ridden in the car say so... I personally think that's just journalistic hype... |
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