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My first post after 500 miles of ownership on my new 2019 Bullitt - it's all about that bass.

I love this car. It's a lot nicer than my previous 2013 GT. Ford did a really nice job with the features, the engine sound, how it drives, all the adjustable settings and I feel the transmission is vastly improved over the 2013 GT. But the 2013 GT Shaker Pro Audio was much more livable subwoofer arrangement than this B&O sub system.

I've replaced many factory systems over the years, had thumping subs installed in many cars, in fact went out of my way to add subwoofers to cars that didn't have them, so I'm a bass fan, but not in this car.

The B&O sub is dumping too much bass over the rest of the mids and highs for my taste - it's muddy and overpowering the rest of the system. If there were a subwoofer adjustment in the settings, i would simply turn it down a little. but there isn't one that i can find, so I boosted the treble (almost max) and mids (about 75%) and set the bass is at it's minimum setting. it's just not sounding that good to me.

Is there a subwoofer adjustment control in settings? Maybe a hidden one using ForScan?
Would unplugging one of the sub's dual voice coil connections lower the sub output?
Would replacing the sub with a dual voice coil 4-ohm high-quality sub, clean up the bass, without adding volume?

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This. I agree 100%, I did the exact same thing and I'm not impressed. I think I will call Crutchfield to see what they have to offer. The whole system is less than crisp and clean, just fuzzy and non descript.
 
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I think crutchfield is still thinking the 2019 has the shaker, 8" sub. According to another post on this forum, the b&o is a 10" sub. So I am not sire how to trust the rest of their info if the basic size of the sub is wrong.
 
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I tried something this evening - I disconnected one of the two voice coils on the sub. Effectively reducing the bass. I'll give it a few days, but my first impression is that it is much better for my taste.
 

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Do you run in stereo or surround? Seems like the image is always centered and my right ear is having to do most of the work. Guys have talked about disconnecting the center speaker, I might have to do that.
 
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I run it in either. I find surround sound an acquired taste, but either mode has good left/right separation, imo.

If you think leftlvs right isnt working well, try to find a track that does a lot of separation, like some folks recommend, here on Reddit:.



Another ride this morning and I think I'm ok with the setup after disconnecting one of the voice coils on the sub. Simple
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