Recently, Titanium Media was invited to participate in the Bose 5.1 surround sound system experience event, which was tailored for Porsche's first pure electric sports car, the Taycan, and was exclusively tuned.
As early as the beginning of the design of the Porsche Taycan, Bose worked with Porsche engineers to develop the advanced sound system for the Taycan after hundreds of hours. The system uses 14 high-performance speakers and Bose's multiple audio technologies, enabling it to provide a superior sound experience without excessive energy consumption, so let's take you to experience the performance of this sound.
Features 14 high-performance speakers
First of all, let's take a look at the hardware aspects of the Bose 5.1 surround sound system, in order to achieve the purpose of enabling the driver and occupants to enjoy the 360° surround sound field from Bose no matter where they are in the car. The sound system features 14 lightweight but powerful speakers, as well as a precise calculation of the Taycan interior and space in terms of layout for a better listening experience.
The mid- and high-frequency units at the front of the cabin include a 10 cm neodymium magnet intermediate frequency speaker in the center of the instrument deck, a 1.9 cm neodymium magnet high frequency speaker on the left and right of the instrument deck, and a 10 cm neodymium magnet intermediate frequency speaker on each side of the front door. The LF unit consists of a 22 cm Nd neodymium magnet low-frequency speaker on each side of the front door.
At the rear of the cabin, a 1.9 cm neodymium magnet tweeter and a 16.5 cm mid-low frequency speaker are built into both rear doors, and two 10 cm neodymium magnet intermediate frequency speakers on the left and right of the rear coat rack and a 22-liter custom subwoofer in the trunk, and a 20 cm neodymium magnet low-frequency speaker is built in, adding bass performance to the whole vehicle.
Bose brings several audio technologies
The 5.1 surround sound system tailored for the Porsche Taycan is designed with psychoacoustics in mind. In line with the standard of people's final hearing, through proprietary technology to achieve faithful and accurate restoration of the musician's performance in the car, to the interior space to bring an auditory experience similar to the theater. And all of this is inseparable from the many leading audio technologies brought by Bose.
Tailor-made for the Taycan, exclusive tuning
Some people may ask how the audio experience feels, and what does it have to do with tailor-made? To know a sound system customized for a certain model, it is necessary to use a lot of professional knowledge and skills to conduct a series of precise analysis of the car cockpit, including sound testing, balance adjustment, etc., in order to achieve the most suitable configuration scheme with the vehicle interior, so that the driver and occupants can maintain a better listening experience no matter where they are in the car.
Centerpoint Virtual Surround Sound & SurroundStage Surround Sound Technology
With Centerpoint's virtual surround sound technology, most of today's stereo or two-channel recorded music can be converted to multi-channel mode. At the same time, SurroundStage surround sound technology delivers each channel audio signal to a specially selected speaker combination for an immersive surround listening experience.
The surround effect of the sound is more three-dimensional, which is easier to bring an immersive music experience to passengers, especially when listening to concerts and large classical music, this sense of space is particularly obvious, and the whole person seems to be in the music scene.
SoundTrue sound source repair technology
This source repair technology is mainly aimed at the more commonly used nowadays, such as U disks, mobile phone Bluetooth, satellite broadcasts in the sound source. This digitally compressed audio is difficult to restore its own texture, and this SoundTrue source restoration technology can restore high-frequency sound and compensate for the soundstage, so you can hear music that is closer to the artist's original recording.
Sound field localization technology
Advanced soundstage localization technology makes you feel like you're in a concert. This technology uses multiple additional speakers and signal processing channels to reasonably distribute the sound positions of instrument sounds, drums, vocals, etc. in the cabin, creating a wider and more accurate front sound field effect, which can reproduce many music genres from Mozart's works to metal music.
A new challenge for electric vehicle audio systems
Unlike traditional fuel models, the requirements for the audio system are more stringent on top of pure electric models. First of all, the energy consumption of electric vehicles is directly linked to sound quality, and it is inevitable to increase energy consumption if you want to ensure a good listening experience.
For the problem of energy consumption, the "energy-saving series" designed for Chevrolet Volt for more than a decade has taken this factor into account. The Bose 5.1 surround sound system tailored for Porsche's first electric sports car uses neodymium magnet speakers, which is 30% smaller than traditional car audio, 40% lighter, and 50% less energy consumption, which brings a good acoustic experience while also balancing the problem of insufficient energy consumption of electric vehicles.
In addition to energy consumption, one of the biggest differences between electric vehicles and traditional fuel models is in terms of road noise and powertrain sound. Since electric vehicles do not have the roar of the engine, the feedback on road noise will be more direct, which also greatly affects the auditory experience of the members of the car on the music.
To this end, the Bose 5.1 surround sound system adds AudioPilot noise compensation technology, which continuously monitors the noise in the car and automatically adjusts the volume of the music covered by the noise, so that the driver does not need to increase the overall volume to mask the noise caused by high-speed driving. This is like the difference between using semi-open headphones and active noise-canceling headphones, when you are in a noisy environment, the listening experience brought by noise-canceling headphones can instantly beat semi-open headphones.
Finally, due to the continuation of the traditional fuel vehicle era, most people are not very accustomed to the quiet atmosphere of the electric vehicle driving process, and always feel that the roar of the engine is always almost meaningless. To this end, Bose also added engine sound wave simulation technology to this sound system, which can present the engine roar brought by any power system.
Written in the end, if Bose previously provided a 34-speaker Panaray sound system on the Cadillac CT6 top-of-the-line model, it is the pinnacle of hardware. Then this set of Bose 5.1 surround sound tailored for the Porsche Taycan is the product of a new era, a number of digital technologies allow it to bring full sound standards with only 14 speakers, plus the addition of exclusive tuning is indeed very impressive.
(This article was first published on titanium media App, author, picture shoot / often laugh)