Glad to hear. Where exactly did you cut the hole? I couldn’t tell from the picture. Is in the little right rear cubby facing backwards?
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Model Y Subwoofer Bass Mod
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Oh, thanks for that pic. So the hole is really not even visible for the most part. Great.
this is interesting. i recently turned down the bass on the 2020 Y. i'll look around and see whether this older car has a different idea for bass output.
I have noticed something weird today!
I put the radio on, which I rarely do when it’s just me in the car, and the bass was crazy loud, I immediately tried the same song on both Spotify and Tidal and the bass was far quieter!
What on earth is going on? Are the Tesla Spotify & Tidal apps set to very low bitrates that strips out a lot of the bass frequencies? I can’t see any way to adjust the audio quality on them like there is on the phone versions of them.
I put the radio on, which I rarely do when it’s just me in the car, and the bass was crazy loud, I immediately tried the same song on both Spotify and Tidal and the bass was far quieter!
What on earth is going on? Are the Tesla Spotify & Tidal apps set to very low bitrates that strips out a lot of the bass frequencies? I can’t see any way to adjust the audio quality on them like there is on the phone versions of them.
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It's more likely the opposite, that is, that the radio station has enhanced the bass. The compression used on Spotify/Tidal will have no perceivable effect on bass frequencies. I wonder if something else is going on though. Your situation reminds me of cars that have separate EQ settings for each input. But I don't think the tesla system does this, does it? Do the EQ sliders change when you select radio vs Spotify as source?
I believe Tidal over premium is a lower quality compared to Tidal over wifi hotspot (I read it on here somewhere).
I've also found that MP3s on a USB stick can be a little underwhelming as if the codec they use is a bit rubbish. Flac can sound better but still not brilliant (I know Flac should sound better, but we're talking mediocre to average not good to very good). Maybe something going on there?
I've also found that MP3s on a USB stick can be a little underwhelming as if the codec they use is a bit rubbish. Flac can sound better but still not brilliant (I know Flac should sound better, but we're talking mediocre to average not good to very good). Maybe something going on there?
I don't think they are set to low bitrates. Radio compression should be much higher than Spotify. It's a long time since I've listened to radio (DAB) in a Tesla, but I remember the sound quality was much lower than with Spotify. Far more compressed sound.
Your car seems a bit odd. Bass is not quiet in mine with Spotify. It's quite well balanced across the range. I do have the EQ set slightly up at the bass end, but not much.
Nobody has mentioned that radio traditionally uses "dynamic compression" ... a different thing completely to the data compression schemes that are used to make file sizes and streaming rates use less bandwidth. It's one of the the reasons TV adverts sound punchier even when you don't turn up the volume. Dynamic compression of music on the radio was/is partly to aid undistorted transmission and when there's not much dynamic range between loudest and quiet sounds such that the noise floor comes into the equation (analogue). It is/was also to allow for the fact that radio is often played on devices with small speakers that benefit from a bass boost. The chances are that @teaston 's radio music comes with this dynamic compression, possibly even on DAB, but certainly on FM.
That could be it, spotify and tidal are normal but the radio frequencies are boosted.Nobody has mentioned that radio traditionally uses "dynamic compression" ... a different thing completely to the data compression schemes that are used to make file sizes and streaming rates use less bandwidth. It's one of the the reasons TV adverts sound punchier even when you don't turn up the volume. Dynamic compression of music on the radio was/is partly to aid undistorted transmission and when there's not much dynamic range between loudest and quiet sounds such that the noise floor comes into the equation (analogue). It is/was also to allow for the fact that radio is often played on devices with small speakers that benefit from a bass boost. The chances are that @teaston 's radio music comes with this dynamic compression, possibly even on DAB, but certainly on FM.
Shame you can’t set the equaliser differently for each of the sources.
I can confirm that in my 2021 Y the bass sounds just as strong on Spotify compared to FM for same song. It also sounds a whole lot better but that’s beside the point.
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