Got it. LOVE it. Would not be without it. Bass is nice and deep. Highs very crisp. As always, listen to one yourself before buying. My B&W home speakers are incredible but since they are more "Euro" sounding they may not be for everyone either.

btw..."Full Leather" should be the top of the list in the F10 IMO. Very nice upgrade to the interior look of the car.

 

Jay, what up bro?!

I've listened to both the F10 M5 stock sound system and the B&O and while the stock system is good the B&O is fantastic.

On a scale of 1-10 I would rate the following:

2010 E60 M5/E63 M6 sound system: 6
2013 F10 M5/F12 M6 base system: 7
2013 F10 M5/F12 M6 Bang & Olufsen system: 10

 

I agree with Dave. I bought it and I think it is completely awesome. You will need to tweak the settings to get the best out of it but that is true of the HK Logic 7 base system too.

These were my observations:
1) Wow sound experience like being in a sound studio. The sound system is vastly superior on the more contemporary music. It is superb with jazz and dance-pop music, as well as with broadway type sound tracks. It is really good at sound staging in the Studio mode.
2) The bass response is fantastic at all volumes. This is the first thing that strikes you. You find bass in some songs you didn't even know about. Quite impressive. It is perfect.
3) The vocals are very crisp and clear. Christina Aguilera and Dido sound absolutely amazing. Also Ewan McGregor's vocals from Moulin Rouge were just ridiculous. It was like he was in the car with me.
4) Guitar is superb. On Roy Orbison's You Got It the detail was just incredible - you can hear his fingers running down the guitar strings. Absolutely amazing. Springsteen and Santana also played impressively.
5) Brass and percussion are also excellent. If you like jazz, you will LOVE this system. It was made for jazz.
6) You can tell the difference between songs encoded lossless and songs encoded at 160kbps. It is a striking difference which tells me that you need good quality music to get the most out of this. I played Dancing in the Dark in both 160kbps and Lossless since I had both files on my iPhone on different albums. At 160kbps the B&O didn't sound that impressive. In fact I think low quality music may sound worse on this system.
7) Aesthetics are very nice. The aluminum speaker grilles exude quality.

 

With three kids at home I prefer the sounds of quiet when I am in the car

 

still lack low end bass at low vol, thinking to add a subwoofer.

 

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I am not necessarily an audiophile, but from a standpoint of a Physician who sees a lot of deaf old people from noise exposure while young, I question the value of a system you have to crank up the volume to notice a modest difference until you get old and can hear no more. It will hurt your hearing in the long run. Agree the full leather and 20" upgrades should be higher in the list. Preserve your money and your hearing, just my 2 cents.

 

I am not necessarily an audiophile, but from a standpoint of a Physician who sees a lot of deaf old people from noise exposure while young, I question the value of a system you have to crank up the volume to notice a modest difference until you get old and can hear no more. It will hurt your hearing in the long run. Agree the full leather and 20" upgrades should be higher in the list. Preserve your money and your hearing, just my 2 cents.

Good advice!

 

I'm looking forward to hearing it Dave. You know what a audiophile I am having heard my home theater and me being a professional musician.


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I am considering an M5 or M6GC and am an audiofile. I am debating between the B&O or an after market system.

Does the Bass lack depth and oumph in the B&O setup?

Are the highs and mids of the B&O very good quality?

If the week point is just bass, I would just install a morel ultimate or dynaudio 12" sub firing through the ski hatch. Problem solved and I will go with the B&O.

 

Depends on your personal expectations and funds.
The biggest issue with the B&O system are the speaker grills (aluminium covers over the speakers) and it's heavily equalized from factory (see my EQ settings
after my upgrade , factoring in the OEM equalization by the B&O amp)

You may find the thread at Stereo Upgrade - M5POST - BMW M5 Forum useful as it describes what I've done

 

I like the B&O system a lot. I consider it one of the better "features" of the car. I think a Burmeister system would be incredible.

I too had to change the EQ settings for it to sound right, but I used someone else's settings and they were actually the opposite to the settings pictured above (all were on the + side rather than the - side as pictured in the other post).

I don't know all that much about EQ setup.. But the ones I tried I could instantly tell the difference while I was adjusting them and it was greatly improved at the end.

I might give those settings above a try though.

 

I'm not sure my settings will work well for a "stock" B&O system as I've also upgraded the speakers to address some of the shortcomings of the B&O speakers.
I also opened up the speaker grills by removing the metal in front of the speakers.
However I'd be interested to hear if the settings would also make a positive impact to a "stock" B&O system

 

There should be a way to tag posts you want to come back to at a later date. I'm going to come looking for these settings this fall, and I won't find them..