Proud owner of a 2014 Pure White GTI as of Monday this week
Unfortunately I've noticed some issues with the Dynaudio sound system already.. I've got the Discover Pro system with the 8" screen, if I've understood Volkswagen's names correctly. I'm streaming music via Spotify and I'm experiencing intermittent skips in the music over Bluetooth, but most prominently a faint distortion in the treble frequencies when playing over Bluetooth. Some songs are worse than others, but it doesn't seem to worsen once the chorus hits and a lot of things are going on, instead it's the most present during quieter bits of the song when there's an instrument with a lot of treble frequencies.
This kind of seems to be limited to Bluetooth audio though, seeing as when comparing the same material on CD versus over Spotify, the CD was significantly cleaner. I still thought I was able to hear a veeeery faint distortion even on the CD, but it was so quiet you wouldn't notice it unless you were deliberately listening for it. Over Bluetooth however, the distortion was really audible.
Now, the question is if this is some kind of damage to the speakers (tweeters) from previous owners blasting music, a problem with the crossover, or possibly the Bluetooth antenna or something along those lines. There certainly are no warranties left to use for replacement units, and I quite frankly don't know if it's possible to just swap the infotainment system without some kind of coding magic as well, should it turn out to be the issue.
Any ideas?
Unfortunately I've noticed some issues with the Dynaudio sound system already.. I've got the Discover Pro system with the 8" screen, if I've understood Volkswagen's names correctly. I'm streaming music via Spotify and I'm experiencing intermittent skips in the music over Bluetooth, but most prominently a faint distortion in the treble frequencies when playing over Bluetooth. Some songs are worse than others, but it doesn't seem to worsen once the chorus hits and a lot of things are going on, instead it's the most present during quieter bits of the song when there's an instrument with a lot of treble frequencies.
This kind of seems to be limited to Bluetooth audio though, seeing as when comparing the same material on CD versus over Spotify, the CD was significantly cleaner. I still thought I was able to hear a veeeery faint distortion even on the CD, but it was so quiet you wouldn't notice it unless you were deliberately listening for it. Over Bluetooth however, the distortion was really audible.
Now, the question is if this is some kind of damage to the speakers (tweeters) from previous owners blasting music, a problem with the crossover, or possibly the Bluetooth antenna or something along those lines. There certainly are no warranties left to use for replacement units, and I quite frankly don't know if it's possible to just swap the infotainment system without some kind of coding magic as well, should it turn out to be the issue.
Any ideas?