Now for the goodies that I am considering.ĭash kit: iDatalink K150 Dash Kit Install a new car stereo in select 2013-14 Ford F-150 models with 4.3" "My Ford" screen at I am truly surprised that I have lasted almost 3 years with the stock audio but I can no longer stand the poor sound quality. This will free up a front cup holder for those long road trips. I love the idea of having the storage pocket at the bottom of the dash that the iDatalink K150 dash kit provides as I have the none connected center console and the spot I use to hold my phone is one of the cup holders at the front. My navigation is also ran off my phone so again with android auto/apple carplay the nav screen is now up high in the center of the dash instead of on my phone. A couple of the main deciding factors include: I primarily stream my audio off of my phone so having android auto/apple carplay is a huge plus. Currently a complete gut job is winning my internal debate. I have debated with myself with regards to keeping the stock radio and going the route of a DSP/amp/speaker upgrade or completely gutting the stock audio with an aftermarket radio/amp/speaker setup. To each their own though.My truck currently has the 4.3" screen radio and like others have noticed with this radio option the sound quality is less than stellar with the factory components. My 2011 Tacoma and 2015 tundra both sounded leagues better to me and didn’t add $610 to the price like the B&O did. As far as the overall sound, it just wasn’t worth the price to me personally. But as far as bass goes there is basically none. Like I mentioned in the Reddit thread, I’m not even planning to add a sub and the last thing I’m trying to do is make it just a rumble machine. You want to blast lil'whovever, just get aftermarket subs and ruin the balance.It’s not that I’m trying to blast bass, I just personally feel the system is underwhelming for what it cost. I am just tired of people bashing on this system as it really is not bad. Sadly, most streaming services are lossy, so you get what you pay for. The speaker placement is amazing and provided you don't use a crappy 128kbs source, it sounds good. Good sound systems are balanced, not overwhelmed by bass. Blasting bass for a certain genre of music does not mean a good sound system. I find the 8 speaker B&O system pretty good. Link for anyone wanting to read the Reddit thread in question But I can’t see any way that replacing the speakers from ****ty stock speakers to JBLs could possibly be a “downgrade” and an “injustice” as they actually described it. It all sounds like uppity, condescending, audiophile bull**** to me, but I wanted to check with you guys here. Essentially multiple users were telling me that I had to buy a $700 amp replacement just to get started and that the $120 speakers I was looking at were not worth even considering because they would somehow sound worse than factory? So I looked through a lot of threads that I found mostly through here and thought that I had most everything figured out for what I was going to buy, so I posted a thread over on Reddit at /r/CarAV and was basically accosted as if my idea to upgrade just the speakers themselves with JBL GTO’s was sacrilege. My base model bone-stock 2015 Tundra had a much better sounding system. It’s apparently just an upgrade amp with a **** sub and factory paper-cone speakers for anyone unaware. Hi guys! I just got my new 2022 F-150 Powerboost and I love it to death…but the B&O system is severely disappointing.
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