saganpt

Hello, I’m glad I managed to find this post!!! I was starting to think that my Octavia might be the only one with this issue!!! So, I’ve switched form a Superb to a Octavia rs. After a couple of days, I immediately found out that the sound system was much worse than the one I had on the Superb. I went to the dealership to ask if I had some strange configuration and the answers was: this is as good as it gets. I started my own testing… First using different sources: usb+mp3, cd, sd card, and Bluetooth audio. They all behaved poorly. So, I tried with the audio quality of the actual tracks. Some improvement is noticeable but not even close to what I expected. I’ve also used iTunes to pre amplify some tracks. And it does give out some more sound, but amplifying by software generates some distortion… I’ve been simply just giving up over time, but as km’s accumulate, I’ve reached the conclusion that the limitation on the sound volume is generated by software. If you use a track that starts with no lows at all, put the volume at max, wait for the track to get some low tones, and if you listen carefully you’ll hear about 1 second of good volume/quality and immidetally the sound comes down. I’ve tested a lot of times and this happens in fact. This might happen for two reasons: actual hardware/speakers protection or some stupid regulations regarding sound volume (like iPhone and earbuds have). As for the hardware protection, I don’t think that this is the case because during that second or 1,5 seconds, that the sound shows what it can do, there is no distortion at all. Again, I’m glad I’m not the only one noticing this, but I’m not happy that there is no fix around this. p.s. English is not my native language so sorry for the accent…