Low frequency response over bluetooth A2DP with iPhone - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

tfannon · 11-09-2010, 01:11 PM

I am really digging the A2DP bluetooth integration with my iPhone. The one thing I have noticed is that I believe the GM part is stripping away some of the lower end harmonics during the transfer.

The reason I suspect the BA deck is that when I use bluetooth to transfer to other devices the bass response seems normal. With the BA stereo, it is definitely very muted as compared to radio or CD.

I have had some success with turning the phone's EQ to Bass Boost and adding a remote bass gain to my amp so I can manual control how much boot to give it from the Amp. There is a big difference though so tuning the amp is really important to allow it to adjust to either situation.

Anyone else find anything similar?

liquidsmoke · 11-10-2010, 12:56 AM

Yea the sound quality of Bluetooth connections in the camaro definitely lacks on the lower end. My only solution thus far is constantly adjusting the bass. Sucks.

Texzen · 11-10-2010, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by liquidsmoke

Yea the sound quality of Bluetooth connections in the camaro definitely lacks on the lower end. My only solution thus far is constantly adjusting the bass. Sucks.

Same problem here. It is so bad that I just flat won't use it and I am seriously considering ripping out the stocker and replacing it w/a higher end pioneer deck like the x920bt or z120bt.

SparksAI · 11-10-2010, 09:28 AM

Yeah unfortunately with bluetooth or even wired iPod connections you will loose some sound quality. This is because your device is handling the audio processing then just passing along the audio. Bluetooth only transfers up to 1Mbps and when you throw in A2DP stereo most of the bandwidth is being sucked down. With headunits that accept SD or USB and process the audio in the Headunit you are going to get much better audio 99% of the time.

11-09-2010, 01:11 PM	#1
tfannon Drives: Dark Grey SS Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 14	Low frequency response over bluetooth A2DP with iPhone I am really digging the A2DP bluetooth integration with my iPhone. The one thing I have noticed is that I believe the GM part is stripping away some of the lower end harmonics during the transfer. The reason I suspect the BA deck is that when I use bluetooth to transfer to other devices the bass response seems normal. With the BA stereo, it is definitely very muted as compared to radio or CD. I have had some success with turning the phone's EQ to Bass Boost and adding a remote bass gain to my amp so I can manual control how much boot to give it from the Amp. There is a big difference though so tuning the amp is really important to allow it to adjust to either situation. Anyone else find anything similar?

11-10-2010, 12:56 AM	#2
liquidsmoke Two Miles An Hour Drives: SIM 2LT RS Join Date: May 2010 Location: chicago Posts: 1,209	Yea the sound quality of Bluetooth connections in the camaro definitely lacks on the lower end. My only solution thus far is constantly adjusting the bass. Sucks. __________________ expect nothing, but take everything

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11-10-2010, 09:28 AM	#4
SparksAI Drives: 2004 GTO Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leander, TX Posts: 156	Yeah unfortunately with bluetooth or even wired iPod connections you will loose some sound quality. This is because your device is handling the audio processing then just passing along the audio. Bluetooth only transfers up to 1Mbps and when you throw in A2DP stereo most of the bandwidth is being sucked down. With headunits that accept SD or USB and process the audio in the Headunit you are going to get much better audio 99% of the time.