Just got our Volvo XC 90...HK sound system is super awesome. Bass effect is just mind blowing...XC 90 as a car gives you all that you ever wished for. Style safety sound and auto pilot features just sweeps you off your feet....HK sounds enhances your musical exp....👏👏
Awesome music. Love how it sounds through my phone. I’m thinking of purchasing a Volvo v90 cc t6 this year, I’m looking at every review possible. I also Wanted to see a review of the sound system. You are the best so far, thank you.
If I ran an automaker, my cars would have Sony Mobile ES option with GaNFET class D amplifiers and as a standard feature for full-size sedan and midsize crossover models. 3 way components up front and coaxials in the rear shelf or rear doors, and software based Dolby atmos emulation. Also have golden yellow accents on each grill as an indication that they are Sony Mobile ES speakers with its 12 inch sub underneath the trunk floor in a glass and mineral fiber reinforced plastic enclosure. The base sound system are Sony MRC speakers that are deck amplified. For compact car and subcompact crossover it won’t have a sub but will have lower wattage amps to protect the midbass drive and coaxial units from over excursion damage due to playing sub bass frequencies.
Thanks for this info. Any idea how to get out of the volume control for Parking Assist? I can't adjust my radio volume because it's in Park Assist volume control. My radio volume is low and no matter what I can't adjust it higher or lower.
Great review. You mention that you use the skip-to feature when listening to podcasts. Are you using the spotify app to do this? I cannot find anyway to listen to podcasts using the native Sensus system apps.
*translated* I am an italian musician since 1993, passionate about beautiful sound and proud ex owner of a Volvo C30 with excellent Dynaudio system. I recently purchased a new Volvo XC40 with premium Harmar Kardon sound system. I made the serious mistake of going to trust the purchase, back from the excellent past experience, and now I'm desperate: it's bad. It has almost childish defects, such as the total lack of stereophony (having those two species of side boxes that shine only on the highs). Everything focuses on the central woofer, which however is cold and does not satisfy stereophonic listening. The subwoofer is ok, except that compared to the rest it is strongly unbalanced. Summing up: -No stereophony -A little enveloping audio, with a cold and cutting sound reproduction. -Too high, to hurt the ears, so much so that I found myself forced to reset the 3 highest frequencies in equalization. -Zero medium, medium-low. The proof is that both the voices and the guitars, distorted and not, totally disappear from listening. Forget about listening to FooFighters ... -Little incisive and non-sectoral regulations - Fully artificial home theater version full of annoying reverbs. TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT I am considering returning the car after 1 month.
You are probably in the .001% of car owners who has the expertise to be bothered by these "issues". No car audio system will ever meet your exacting specifications.
Mirko BC - I have the premium harman kardon in my 2018 BMW 540. It sounds exactly as you describe above. You have to turn it way up to get it to sound decent and then after awhile, it kills your ears. Very fatiguing .
I think it matters where you are. I know someone in Florida who says the momentum doesn't down there, and here in NY, it does ( price is also different though )
Hello Mike, very good test :) Ihave question to you-assuming Harman Kardon premium sound system in Volvo V60, what could you say about quality of bass? Is this car audio enough for listening to music on nice level or necessary to upgrade into B&W? I am not an audiofile but I like good quality of sound and bass. I would be appreciate to recieve your feedback 😊.
if you're between 25-45 years old save money on paint no on sound. If you're older, it's gonna be ok, we loose hearing with age! i'm 22 and i have the 1400w bower wilkins on my volvo s90 and i only listen flac files
Too bad that Volvo have destroyed the whole premium sound experience by forcing a stupid software update feature called Sound/volume compensation where the volume of your car audio will go up & down according to the speed u r travelling. So every time you slow down the music will drop aggressively, then when you accelerate the music goes up! This is so annoying that I am thinking of get rid of the car as it driving me mad. I hope that people out there will begin to complain so Volvo can put out another update to return the ability to switch off this ridiculous feature... Certainly no competition to Mercedes or Audi's infotainment system, that's for sure
A simple google search would of reveled that this feature can be simply turned off... The audio system compensates for disrupting noises by increasing the volume in relation to the speed of the car. The compensation level can be set to Low, Medium, High or Off. Press SOUND to access the audio settings menu. Turn TUNE to Volume compensation and press OK/MENU. Select level by turning TUNE and confirm with OK/MENU.
Volvo XC60 Inscription D4 mit Haman Kardon Sound-System. Großartiges Auto. Das Sound-System ist eine Katastrophe. Die maximale Lautstärke ist ungenügend. Der Sound klingt immer nach schlechter Kompression. Im Vergleich zu meiner ehemaligen B&O Anlage in meinem Audi TT leider unglaublich schlecht. Ich bin enttäuscht. Sonst noch jemand mit ähnlichem Gefühl hier?
If you're using Bluetooth that might me the problem. For the best sound experience generally USB is recommended. I only tested B&W and it was great tbh.
Just got our Volvo XC 90...HK sound system is super awesome. Bass effect is just mind blowing...XC 90 as a car gives you all that you ever wished for. Style safety sound and auto pilot features just sweeps you off your feet....HK sounds enhances your musical exp....👏👏
Awesome music. Love how it sounds through my phone. I’m thinking of purchasing a Volvo v90 cc t6 this year, I’m looking at every review possible. I also Wanted to see a review of the sound system. You are the best so far, thank you.
just make sure before you buy because u won't like the most recent update to the sensus system
Peter LR you can turn if off idiot...
How do you like it?
@@plr1472 what do you mean?
Thumbs up for FLAC.
If I ran an automaker, my cars would have Sony Mobile ES option with GaNFET class D amplifiers and as a standard feature for full-size sedan and midsize crossover models. 3 way components up front and coaxials in the rear shelf or rear doors, and software based Dolby atmos emulation. Also have golden yellow accents on each grill as an indication that they are Sony Mobile ES speakers with its 12 inch sub underneath the trunk floor in a glass and mineral fiber reinforced plastic enclosure. The base sound system are Sony MRC speakers that are deck amplified. For compact car and subcompact crossover it won’t have a sub but will have lower wattage amps to protect the midbass drive and coaxial units from over excursion damage due to playing sub bass frequencies.
Just got a S60 Inscription yesterday. Trying to get better sound quality out of the rear speakers.
Mike, thanks, I had been hoping to see a review of the Volvo with HK sound. Have you also had a chance to try their base system?
You missed the equaliser part
Great, but you did not show how to get the "sound experience" up on the screen. Where is it located?
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Equalizer?
Thanks for this info. Any idea how to get out of the volume control for Parking Assist? I can't adjust my radio volume because it's in Park Assist volume control. My radio volume is low and no matter what I can't adjust it higher or lower.
Go into : settings - sounds - system volumes
Great review. You mention that you use the skip-to feature when listening to podcasts. Are you using the spotify app to do this? I cannot find anyway to listen to podcasts using the native Sensus system apps.
I download the audio file and play it off my device. Mobile data is spotty in my area.
*translated*
I am an italian musician since 1993, passionate about beautiful sound and proud ex owner of a Volvo C30 with excellent Dynaudio system.
I recently purchased a new Volvo XC40 with premium Harmar Kardon sound system.
I made the serious mistake of going to trust the purchase, back from the excellent past experience, and now I'm desperate: it's bad. It has almost childish defects, such as the total lack of stereophony (having those two species of side boxes that shine only on the highs). Everything focuses on the central woofer, which however is cold and does not satisfy stereophonic listening. The subwoofer is ok, except that compared to the rest it is strongly unbalanced.
Summing up:
-No stereophony
-A little enveloping audio, with a cold and cutting sound reproduction.
-Too high, to hurt the ears, so much so that I found myself forced to reset the 3 highest frequencies in equalization.
-Zero medium, medium-low. The proof is that both the voices and the guitars, distorted and not, totally disappear from listening. Forget about listening to FooFighters ...
-Little incisive and non-sectoral regulations
- Fully artificial home theater version full of annoying reverbs.
TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT
I am considering returning the car after 1 month.
I agree. The XC40 is not at the same level as some other Volvos.
You are probably in the .001% of car owners who has the expertise to be bothered by these "issues". No car audio system will ever meet your exacting specifications.
Mirko BC - I have the premium harman kardon in my 2018 BMW 540. It sounds exactly as you describe above. You have to turn it way up to get it to sound decent and then after awhile, it kills your ears. Very fatiguing .
@@JulezWinnfield thank you for the opinion, I'm sure that my ex Volvo C30 was really better!
I completely agree. The Harman Kardon system does not play well! I'm not going in detail but this is not the Volvo quality I'm used to
thanks for this review, very big help to me , just purchased XC40 :-)
How do you like the XC40? Was the audio upgrade worth it?
Harman-Kardon < Bowers & Wilkins without question.
Is the Bowers Wilkins worth $3200 more though?
@@blakewagner3069
Absolutely.
@@JulezWinnfield B&W best of the best in market
@@blakewagner3069 of course it's worthy.
Definitely, B&W is Beyond belief. It’s the best audio I’ve ever listened to in a car.
You should test some heavy bass song on that sub
Why didn't you cover the balance?
In process of purchasing the XC40...does HK system only come in the inscription models?
I think it matters where you are. I know someone in Florida who says the momentum doesn't down there, and here in NY, it does ( price is also different though )
PromotingTheBeat
Thanks! I have my XC40 Inscription now with the regular sound system and I’m very pleased with the sound! I love this car!
any audio rattle?? some basss heavy songs create some rattle
I didn't notice any.
test some bass on that sub pls, im a basshead
Hello Mike, very good test :) Ihave question to you-assuming Harman Kardon premium sound system in Volvo V60, what could you say about quality of bass? Is this car audio enough for listening to music on nice level or necessary to upgrade into B&W? I am not an audiofile but I like good quality of sound and bass. I would be appreciate to recieve your feedback 😊.
I have the same question
if you're between 25-45 years old save money on paint no on sound.
If you're older, it's gonna be ok, we loose hearing with age!
i'm 22 and i have the 1400w bower wilkins on my volvo s90 and i only listen flac files
Too bad that Volvo have destroyed the whole premium sound experience by forcing a stupid software update feature called Sound/volume compensation where the volume of your car audio will go up & down according to the speed u r travelling. So every time you slow down the music will drop aggressively, then when you accelerate the music goes up! This is so annoying that I am thinking of get rid of the car as it driving me mad. I hope that people out there will begin to complain so Volvo can put out another update to return the ability to switch off this ridiculous feature... Certainly no competition to Mercedes or Audi's infotainment system, that's for sure
A simple google search would of reveled that this feature can be simply turned off...
The audio system compensates for disrupting noises by increasing the volume in relation to the speed of the car. The compensation level can be set to Low, Medium, High or Off.
Press SOUND to access the audio settings menu. Turn TUNE to Volume compensation and press OK/MENU.
Select level by turning TUNE and confirm with OK/MENU.
@@Future-Theory this doesn't apply to the SENSUS NAVIGATION!
Volvo XC60 Inscription D4 mit Haman Kardon Sound-System. Großartiges Auto. Das Sound-System ist eine Katastrophe. Die maximale Lautstärke ist ungenügend. Der Sound klingt immer nach schlechter Kompression. Im Vergleich zu meiner ehemaligen B&O Anlage in meinem Audi TT leider unglaublich schlecht. Ich bin enttäuscht. Sonst noch jemand mit ähnlichem Gefühl hier?
If you're using Bluetooth that might me the problem. For the best sound experience generally USB is recommended. I only tested B&W and it was great tbh.
why do you youtubers use trash songs that have no bass
Copyright policies
MikesCarInfo but at least find one with bass
@@fergie1926 Are you listening to this video with a device with a subwoofer? It does have bass.
MikesCarInfo i am playing it on my ipad, i have a bluetooth speaker with a sub so i’ll watch it with the speaker now
It is not a super bassy song but it has some depth. Too much bass sounds muddy when reproduced on many devices.
What the H are you a shill for Volvo now, this is the 4th Volvo video..
Damn right😏😏