If you're experiencing distortion in music... (Spotify)

[Martin Bailey]

I picked up my UX Takumi yesterday, which is beautiful.

I was expecting really good sound quality out of the Mark Levinson sound system, but noticed some static-like distortion coming mainly from the front centre-dash speaker. I tried playing around the the bass/mid/treble settings in the car, but it made no difference. This was using Spotify. I didn't notice it on the radio, but in fairness was mainly testing it with tracks that I knew well to see how they sounded.

However, then I remembered that the Spotify app also has a graphic equaliser, which I had the treble end set quite high. I lowered those by a couple of notched and the problem went away!

I also found that if I left the sound position as central in the vehicle, it sounded louder towards the front of the car, especially through the front dash speaker, so I moved that back to about where your knees would be if sitting in the rear seat. That seamed to 'average' the sound out much better, although I've not sat in the back to listen to before/after.

Just thought I'd share that observation in case it helps anyone out.

[Don C]

43 minutes ago, Martin Bailey said:

I picked up my UX Takumi yesterday, which is beautiful.

I was expecting really good sound quality out of the Mark Levinson sound system, but noticed some static-like distortion coming mainly from the front centre-dash speaker. I tried playing around the the bass/mid/treble settings in the car, but it made no difference. This was using Spotify. I didn't notice it on the radio, but in fairness was mainly testing it with tracks that I knew well to see how they sounded.

However, then I remembered that the Spotify app also has a graphic equaliser, which I had the treble end set quite high. I lowered those by a couple of notched and the problem went away!

I also found that if I left the sound position as central in the vehicle, it sounded louder towards the front of the car, especially through the front dash speaker, so I moved that back to about where your knees would be if sitting in the rear seat. That seamed to 'average' the sound out much better, although I've not sat in the back to listen to before/after.

Just thought I'd share that observation in case it helps anyone out.

I found, despite have surround sound selected, it still sounded better pulled towards the rear of the car 👍