Hi

Another query. Has anyone ordered this factory fitment, and more importantly, listened to it?

Threads are full of techy stuff like tyres and rails and oomph, and I'd like to know if the £360-worth of sound system actually delivers?

It'll be difficult to assess unless you can leap from one YETI to another clutching your CD!! Seriously, though, has anyone got any comments to make? Music is important to me and I prefer to hear it good and loud and clear above road noise and wind noise (the car's, not mine) and with a decent deep bass too.

Cheers.

And thats pretty much what I did Bearing in mind A/V is my job and home cinema/hi-fi is a strong interest of mine I spent some time researching this before ordering....

I have listened to a couple of dealer cars now with the sound system in place, a couple of standard ones and then I met up with Aerofurb to listen to a few of my 'test' tracks also. I was after ordering the Columbus with the sound system and thats what Aerofurb has.

After some fairly extensive listening in the demo cars and about 15 mins in Aerofurbs Yeti I have come to the conclusion that it offers a higher quality sound (as you'd expect!) - notably, more seperation between treble, mid and the low end. The crossovers betwwen them seem to be spot on too. However, the difference isnt night and day between the two speaker packages and in terms of head unit quality I dont think the Bolero sounded much different to the Columbus unit, each running either the standard setup or the enhanced speaker/amp setup. Again as you'd expect, the sound system upgrade has more oomph but this is also its only downfall when placed in the Yeti. When you get bassy tracks in nearly all cars Ive tried, to varying degrees, it sends vibrations through the adjoining trim panels. The first one I heard was so bad the dealer said it must be faulty, the second was better but certainly not perfect and Aerofurbs was the best of the lot; only vibrating on certain bass notes and at a higher volume.

Im wondering myself if I may end up removing the door panels and adding some dynomatting - I'll nail down exactly whats vibrating when I take delivery and go from there.

Overall all though it is a better sound and 90% of listening isnt affected by the vibrating trim issue. For me, the small additional outlay meant it was a fairly safe bet.

Hope that helps.

That is excellent - just the sort of response I needed, and, to be fair, expected.

I suspect that to those who like R4 chattering it won't make a monkeys what system is playing, but for "audiophiles" differences can be marked, and marked enough to destroy any enjoyment!

These days most car audiio systems seem to be pretty good. I am old enough to remember coveting a Motorola (or was it Radiomobile) push-button AM receiver and blowing half my first month's salary on it. The other half went on a pair of Kef Concerto speakers!

The rattling panel thing is universal, especially if you carry stuff in door pockets! Like old cans and bottles. Pens. Keys. Combs. Cameras. Dog leads. Mmmmm.

My music isn't always bass heavy but even with classical stuff you need to hear the 64' pedal on the organ - and I'm really pleased the treble, middle and bass are distinct. (anyone remember the Tripletone amplifier from Henry's Radio?)

Cheers

By my age hearing must be damaged after a lot of motorcycling.

Toccata and Fugue in D turned up loud however was great fun with my standard Bolero.

tom

Like what FocusZtec said! The bass caused avalanches off the nearby hangar roofs....

For about £360 you can buy a nice pair of components and an amp to run them, keeping the oem hu to run some rear speakers (if you wish).

What do u actually get for £360

Or for less, an active sub to give it a bit of depth. Waiting to fit mine at the moment - fits beautifully under the passenger seat.

which active sub are you fitting as i am interested in fitting on to my car but am not sure which to chose. i have thought about a vibe but they take up boot space.

regards,

mike

Pioneer ts wx 11a - fits like it was custom made under front passenger seat.

I suspect that to those who like R4 chattering it won't make a monkeys what system is playing....

Nice of you to give me a mention! :rofl:

Pioneer ts wx 11a - fits like it was custom made under front passenger seat.

.... im wondering if it would fit under the drivers seat instead?

Presumably this could be added to the premium system also and fed from the amp under the passenger seat?

Edited 3 April, 201016 yr by FocusZtec

Length available is different under the seats. Both are approx 20cm deep (front to back of car). UK passenger side is approx 29cm long (side to side in car) and UK drivers side 22cm.

I currently have a 99p plastic basket under the drivers seat to hold various cables (satnav suction mount and two mobile phone chargers). This keeps them out of the glove box which makes that much tidier.

tom

Or for less, an active sub to give it a bit of depth. Waiting to fit mine at the moment - fits beautifully under the passenger seat.

But're you're still left with the rubbish standard speakers. You can improve the sound by sound deadening the doors.

They're good for adding a bit of bass but if you want good hi fi quality a separate amp and sub is the way to go.

Agreed - separates would be better, however I had this in my old car, so "free" to fit into the Yeti ! And the boot is small enough without a sub installed.

It does make quite a difference - and means you can take some of the bass loading off the in-door units

Has a nice little remote control so you can tune it depending on what music you are listening to.