[ 01 ]Audio Experience
Different drives.
Different listening.
What sounds right on a twenty-minute commute rarely suits a six-hour drive. This page maps listening categories to the way people actually use their cars.
- Categories
- Seven
- Selector
- Six drive modes
- Basis
- General guidance
- Applies to
- Most modern vehicles
[ 02 ]Choose Your Drive
Select a drive, see what changes
An interactive selector. Choose the kind of drive you're planning and the guidance below adapts to it.
Commute
Short trips, repeated daily
Commuting rewards speed of access over everything else. Presets, steering-wheel shortcuts and reliable source recall matter more than fidelity — you want the right thing playing before you leave the driveway.
- Set presets you actually use
- Check that the last source resumes on start
- Keep voice content near the top of your list
[ 03 ]Listening Layouts
Seven categories, seven behaviours
Scroll horizontally through the categories. Each one places different demands on your vehicle's audio chain.
[ 04 ]Sound In A Cabin
Why a car is a difficult listening room
Reflective glass, absorbent seats, road noise and speakers pointed at your knees. Every setting you adjust is compensating for that.
Transparency note
These are general characteristics of vehicle cabins. Specific results depend on your car, its speaker layout and any factory audio processing.
Road noise masks speech
Tyre and wind noise sit in the same range as voices, which is why talk content feels quieter than music at the same volume.
Speaker placement is compromised
Doors and dashboards are not ideal positions. Balance and fade exist to partly correct for that.
Sources are not equal
Bluetooth, USB, projection and broadcast each apply different processing before the sound reaches your speakers.
Speed changes everything
A setting tuned while parked will rarely feel right at highway speed.
