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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 09:19 AM
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That is the question. Hearing some negatives on the upgraded Bose (9 speaker). I am looking at a 14 Touring, would it be better to just not get the Bose upgrade? Think the touring comes w/a 6 speaker setup.

If I upgraded the speakers after market, would this both sound better and save me some bucks as the bose/roof option is like eleven hundred-ish?

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Old Jun 25, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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I don't have a frame of reference but here's my 2 cents. I just bought a 2014 Touring with the Bose package. It's only been a couple of days but I'm pretty happy with it.

I would agree with some of the folks who comment that it's a little too heavily concentrated on the center speaker, but all in all, it does sound good.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2013 | 08:39 AM
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I have a 2014 CX5. The Bose stereo is very disappointing. I would definitely suggest the after market upgrade. I wish i had done that
 
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Old Jul 2, 2013 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MyBlueCX-5
I would agree with some of the folks who comment that it's a little too heavily concentrated on the center speaker, but all in all, it does sound good.
Have you turned off the Centerpoint setting?
 
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 06:56 AM
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Turned off the Centerpoint setting and it sounds much worse.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 02:49 PM
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Hi everyone,

i just bought the 14 touring model with the bose/moon roof pkg. where is the subwoofer located. I liked the sound quality with the upgrade as compared to the one without the bose pkg.

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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 02:55 PM
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No subwoofer comes with Bose in CX-5.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 03:30 PM
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hi cx-sv

thanks for your reply. I just assumed a music pkg upgrade would include a subwoofer. too late to do anything now.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 06:58 AM
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There's no subwoofer but there's a nifty center speaker that drowns out all the other speakers and just wait till you start using the IPOD and Pandora options. 2007 technology at its finest
 
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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by HandA
Have you turned off the Centerpoint setting?

Hi. What is center point and audiopilot. I have the bose package. the centerpoint option on the display was disabled. I was not able to turn it on or off.
 
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