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Originally Posted by Thai
JBL uses DSS...distributed subwoofer system. The FRONT door woofers are the bass speakers for the front passengers. The cargo SUB is more for bass for the rear passengers. So, the front doors and cargo sub work together to provide bass for the whole cabin. The cargo sub is not meant to provide pounding bass to the front passengers. Cargo sub does go a little lower than the front door woofers but that bass is to augment the main bass from the door woofers.
Remember, these audio system is tune for 90% of people who listen to music.
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Ah thanks, that clears it up a little.
My last car was a 2004 BMW 330i with the harman kardon system. It had two 8 inch subs in the trunk that fired upward into the cabin. That system, even stock, blows the doors off this thing and its 16 years old. I can understand that they tailor the system to most people and don't need it to win bass wars, but it's seriously disappointing.
The other thing is that I'm afraid to turn the system up. I've had the bass set at middle or lower for the majority of time I've owned the car and I've got two speakers rattling or popping on the front right of the car right now. I've had thing since mid February and have been just taking it easy with it (seriously, like the Beatles channel on Sirius) and I've got that issue.
I've only run the bass up a few clicks to check if it was even working. Frankly, if I turned the bass up to 75% and played some music at like 35-40 with the windows down, I'm betting I'll be having the dealer replacing speakers every other week. I can't believe the sub doesn't take care of the bass for the system and that there isn't a way to isolate it in the EQ.