Audi Q7 Sound Concept: first car with 62 speakers?

Audi has jointly developed a prototype for a new audio system in the Q7 with audio specialists at Bang & Olufsen, Bose and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology.

A total of 62 speakers are fitted all throughout the full-size SUV. There are five tweeters in the speakers. Three are situated at the base of the windshield, 52 mid-range drivers positioned in a 360-degree configuration around the cabin, four door-mounted woofers, and there’s one subwoofer, which is about 12 inches, in the boot. The Linden Lichtspiele cinema in Ilmenau, Germany, is the inspiration of this system.
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Steve - 6/16/2010 2:34:26 PM

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But does the amp go up to 11?

SHOWTIME - 6/16/2010 2:59:04 PM

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Cool experiment but that many speakers are not needed to listen to music in a car.

0to60 - 6/16/2010 3:04:53 PM

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I would never hear emergency vehicles or horns or my radar detector when on the road

MeanVulcan - 6/16/2010 3:18:10 PM

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B&O ups the anter once again. Nice!!!

FanboyOfTheTruth - 6/16/2010 3:34:27 PM

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Good move. Use quantity to cover up the lack of quality.

Joe_Limon - 6/16/2010 3:44:19 PM

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uhm... that's a lot of shitty mid range speakers...

LuvMyLexus - 6/16/2010 3:52:09 PM

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Not a great idea.

Chaordic1 - 6/16/2010 11:32:59 PM

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Yes, but how many cup holders does it have?

sstainba - 6/17/2010 8:47:26 AM

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my 09 audi has the B&O system and it sucks ass. i'm pretty sure the front speakers are blown (having never turned it up load i'm not sure how) or in general they just have a lot of distortion. AND... i only have 1 usable cup holder!