Just sharing my experience. I’ve got a 3/2020 build with rear deck speakers. Ordered version A without replacement rear speakers on 11/6 and received it on 12/4 with the newer 8” round sub. Never got a shipping notice that I saw. I got version A as I wanted all speakers active + a sub, but didn’t want to get into DSPs. DSPs made me a little nervous, and seemed like a lot of complexity without much payoff, but that’s obviously personal preference.
My rear speaker harness was not cut. I specified no replacement rears when I ordered, so maybe that is why they didn’t cut my wiring? Anyway, install took 3ish hours and was a breeze. No hiccups thanks to the video recorded by Turbojim (page 34 of this thread). Thanks Turbojim! Balance and fade work perfectly with my harness.
I’m very happy with the sound. Just turning on all the speakers made a nice difference for me with no volume degradation that I could perceive. Adding in the sub fills everything out nicely although it is not exactly a thumper. I like a bass heavy eq, and started with the two furthest left bands on the factory eq at 6 with the sub all the way up. The sub was pretty muddy with that setup, so I moved the two furthest left eq sliders to 8 (transferring a little more of the bass duties to the factory speakers) and then put the sub at 75% volume or so. Backing off a little on sub volume made a big difference in sound quality. I’m really happy with the setup. Not perfect, but for $315 as part of the group buy, I feel like it is a great value and all I’ll ever want.