For those of you with the 3 and the premium interior for the upgraded sound system. Is Iphone Bluetooth or usb better overall? Any suggestions on usb type if that’s the best method?
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Thanks. I use Apple Music so I’ll check that out!He/she wasn't asking about playing from a phone exclusively.
Playing flacs or similar from a USB flash drive is probably the best sound you've going to get currently. However, the USB audio system is ridiculously borked currently - many bugs and stuff that doesn't work right, so much that I gave up on it and just stream from my phone via bluetooth.
I use Neutron, an app on my iphone to stream to bluetooth - it's a full featured high end audio player app that works well and sounds great.
Apple Music should sound very good over Bluetooth, since it streams in AAC format which can be directly transmitted over Bluetooth without transcoding (since both iPhones and the Tesla support AAC over BT). For the best experience make sure to enable high quality streaming (Settings/Music/Cellular Data) unless you have a limited data plan.Thanks. I use Apple Music so I’ll check that out!
For the best experience make sure to enable high quality streaming (Settings/Music/Cellular Data) unless you have a limited data plan.
In earlier threads it was claimed that the firmware didn't support the higher bit rate - has this been fixed? And does it support playlists, etc, with the $100 plan?Spend $30 on the high bit rate slacker option and you will have a great sound
Spend $30 on the high bit rate slacker option and you will have a great sound
For $30 you can get 320 bit audio on slacker. As good as anything on usb.
I got my Model 3 LR AWD on 6/30/2018. I had pre-loaded a USB stick (Kingston Digital 64GB DataTraveler Elite G2 Black Metal Casing Fast 180MB/s R, 70MB/W USB 3.1 Flash Drive - $30 on Amazon) with uncompressed files (AIFF). The Kingston was already FAT 32 format, so did not have to convert it. I loaded the stick using JRiver media player - made it very easy to do, and very fast to load with the USB 3.1. When I plugged it into the front left port in the M3, the stick was processed/loaded almost immediately, I mean it was like "boom - done". The interface showed almost all the album cover art and was easy to navigate. The sound is great. I disagree with the above poster that said it was lousy. Using uncompressed files via USB does sound really good. FYI, I am a bit of an audiophile, own high end audio equipment, 3000 LPs, 2000 CDs, etc. My desktop computer audio system is very high end also. In the few days that I have been driving it, haven't listened to Slacker at all and no bluetooth either. Oh, when I get back into the car, the system does not remember what it last was playing. But on the other hand, when I go back into the USB, it goes directly into the files with no re-loading or delay.
Your best choice is to get a standalone music player with its own speakers and plug it into the 12V outlet.
I am not kidding. That's how bad the music player system on Teslas is. It's clearly not a priority for them since they have not fixed any bugs in the S/X system in 5 years, and have introduced several new bugs. If you care about music quality, just treat it as a car which doesn't come with a radio.
I got my Model 3 LR AWD on 6/30/2018. I had pre-loaded a USB stick (Kingston Digital 64GB DataTraveler Elite G2 Black Metal Casing Fast 180MB/s R, 70MB/W USB 3.1 Flash Drive - $30 on Amazon) with uncompressed files (AIFF). The Kingston was already FAT 32 format, so did not have to convert it. I loaded the stick using JRiver media player - made it very easy to do, and very fast to load with the USB 3.1. When I plugged it into the front left port in the M3, the stick was processed/loaded almost immediately, I mean it was like "boom - done". The interface showed almost all the album cover art and was easy to navigate. The sound is great. I disagree with the above poster that said it was lousy. Using uncompressed files via USB does sound really good. FYI, I am a bit of an audiophile, own high end audio equipment, 3000 LPs, 2000 CDs, etc. My desktop computer audio system is very high end also. In the few days that I have been driving it, haven't listened to Slacker at all and no bluetooth either. Oh, when I get back into the car, the system does not remember what it last was playing. But on the other hand, when I go back into the USB, it goes directly into the files with no re-loading or delay.