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Burmester and McIntosh got nothing on what these guys are using (just mind your volume because the video uploader has boosted up the bass to enhance the video...really annoying but the video content is funny)

Very cool review, young people are noticing Cadillac. Cadillac 668HP CT5-V Blackwing Review: America Did It Better

While I am not sold on the Grand Wagoneer's exterior, the interior is sharp as hell but what really catches my eyes, are the stereo and the maker. Salivating here, is not an option for me. That is my dream build home stereo system maker. Ironically, the system I want from them (The Reference Music System below) probably costs more than a loaded GW. A man can dream though. A man can dream.

100%, fanboys of anything are the worst. Like, say, a McIntosh fanboy.

I love McIntosh stuff....but it is pricy... I would take this over anything built in Asia or Europe. But funny... Yeah...not a Bose fan myself. That's the nice thing about home audio, 90 or 95 % of a really good system is available fairly readily. Very happy with how my home system sounds.

Sounds like it's a UConnect system with a McIntosh page.

It's funny because my friend Andy has a music loving wife and two music loving teenage daughters. He has had the same basic cheap audio system for 30 years and it runs 20 hours a day playing music.... Andy's dad has a fortune in MacIntosh stuff that he never uses. YMMV.

I 100% agree with this and it is probably a superb system. My only issue was stating Mercedes doesn't have an extremely high end system in their autos, especially the new 4D system. Just because they're using an OEM head unit, that does not mean they aren't adding a processor into the system. Hell, even my MKC, Focus, and Escape had separate processors. The head unit is simply just the user interface. "The McIntosh in-vehicle app complements the Uconnect system. When you play audio through the McIntosh app you’ll be not only enveloped in an immersive and sensational acoustic experience with flawless sound, but you will also experience the look of the iconic Blue Meters with their charming dancing needles. Our team worked intensively to deliver an innovative digital simulations that perfectly emulate the analog version of the meters which are symbol of the globally renown McIntosh electronics. You can control most audio playback through the app. The McIntosh app allows you to get the most out of the McIntosh luxury audio system for a sensational acoustic experience that delivers music with zero coloration – just as the artist intended." From what I can see, they have the same setup as the others in which they just have their own app within the head unit to dive deep into the details to customize everything. Where are you reading they had control to design the whole head unit?

Though I do have to say that Bose headphones are pretty good….

@ccap41 @surreal1272 @oldshurst442 @A Horse With No Name Yes Bose is not all that and a bag a chips especially when you hear their home theater systems which are a disappointment to me. Yet as stated the Bose system is better than general GM stereos and with GM speakers since you are upgrading the speakers to Bose but the head units are still the same. McIntosh according to their website developed the head units and speakers using their technology from their Luxury Home Systems. As such, I am making an ASSumption, yup if could come back to bite me in the ass that this should be a much better system than most and especially on systems that have just speaker upgrades only like GM did in the past with Bose. Even today, my beef with Cadillac is that at $121, 490 for the Cadillac Escalade ESV Sport Platinum you still are only getting the AKG 3D Stereo Speaker upgrade with a traditional GM head unit built into the 38" OLED screen on the dash. Upon thinking on this, I went back to re-read the link @ccap41 posted above and realized that unlike McIntosh, Burmester has done the same thing Cadillac has done. Using a Mercedes Head unit with a Burmester speaker system. S-Class (burmester.de) This system while offering in seat vibrator's to make sure you can feel the music and works with a 3D mapping software but is just a speaker upgrade system. I am expecting McIntosh to have done a much better job since their head unit with their speaker design should allow a superior Luxury level of audio enjoyment. Point I was just pointing out is that the Mercedes S-Class with the Burmester system is also just a speaker upgrade option as it uses Mercedes head unit with software to allow mapping of sound. Jeep at least had McIntosh develop the head unit to work with the vast speaker system and so I do have high expectations as even Cadillac while having the optional AKG 3D sound speaker system is also just a speaker system upgrade and no real head unit.

Beyond pricey but damn! I'd still have it if the money was there. Another $10K system in a $1k car lol.

Time sucks.

From what I can tell, neither does Burmester. Both make sweet systems but I’d still take a top notch McIntosh over an equal Burmester, and I have heard both (home systems) but my sound budget does not line up with my real budget lol. Again, dreaming. Agreed on Bose though. Middle of the road stereos and speakers at best.

Never Ignorant, just informed. McIntosh was founded in NY USA in 1949 and is a global recognized symbol of global Audio products. McIntosh Heritage (mcintoshlabs.com) Compared to Burmester that was founded in 1978 and only recently in 7 very high end audio stores has entered the US market. I take nothing away from the push by this company to improve audio, but they in comparison to various intellectual rights are behind McIntosh who continues to lead the Luxury world in audio components. Dieter Burmester Germans tend to stick to Germans so it is not a surprise that MB would say such things about Burmester or Burmester would state what they believe about their audio system in a S-Class. It will always boil down to personal choice and I have spent many a day in the high end audio stores here listening to McIntosh and their lovely speakers and how it moves the air and electrifies what one hears in sending goose bumps, another electrical impulse throughout the body. I admit, I have not heard a complete Burmester system to see if it does that too me. The Amplifiers which Burmester is built on sound amazing. Yet as I said, I have not heard their home audio equipment to say it is better than McIntosh. I have heard plenty of S-class audio systems and they do not impress me. Who knows, McIntosh in the Jeep might also disappoint, but right now just like Bose, I expect McIntosh to deliver on their high expectations to compliment their home audio systems.

Thank you, This is a Bummer as the McIntosh implies a different story and yet this clearly is saying that it is no different than GM or MB in being a speaker system. I am bummed! Thank you again, No, No, His Trolling was pointed at me as a McIntosh Fanboy versus you being a music consurer.

Hold up now. I’m feeling personally attacked here.

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Yes Noise Canceling have saved me on more than a few long flights when I used to travel for work. Now they just sit on the shelve in my office since I work from home for ever now as long as I have my current job.

And yet Bose has been in Cadillac cars since 1980. At least they could be upgraded to better car speakers fairly easily. These days, it seems almost impossible to upgrade today's infotainment systems if they are weak compared to aftermarket stuff that is easily obtained. If you lease, that is irrelevant.

Like my music loud…..not that loud!

Exactly. All they need to do is sell the slow speed maneuverability of the vehicle and it'll sell accordingly. That is all that is needed from four wheel steering.

'modern computerized tech' :

Unaware of the issues with the current GM 5.3L and 6.2L engines with cylinder deactivation? If anything, it's proven that all the 'modern computerized tech' isn't making major strides forward at all. - - - - - See, this is exactly the sort of thing that pisses me off. What the hell is this drunken over-correction nonsense? It's a late-change scenario, right? I know EXACTLY what this nonsense is; over-dramatizing to make the 4WS plot line look like it's doing a LOT more / is a lot safer. But it's bullshit, as usual, and it automatically leans me against the proposal because they're overselling it, because they HAVE to, because it just. ain't. all. that... or they could sell it on face value.

I totally agree with you that I have always dreamed of a McIntosh home theater system. Having it in a Grand Wagoneer does take it to the Luxury Level that even Mercedes has not met yet. That is ONE SHARP Interior and STEREO System that Rocks! I love all the images and info McIntosh covers on their stereo system on their site. McIntosh Automotive: The Vehicles (mcintoshlabs.com) Having a McIntosh Electrostatic with traditional speaker system in the auto is just plain COOL! Seems all trim levels of the Grand Wagoneer to Grand Cherokee can have a McIntosh system and speakers.

Time to move in…. ?

Unreal....

Good grief bar mover. It’s more expensive than all of those (not to mention the XT4 is a whole class smaller), and it’s only rocking a four banger at entry level. Just stop and pay attention to what’s actually being said instead of making up new criteria and kicking that bar around. Why in the F would they? All that proves is that Porsche buyers have more money than sense. Just a stupid, stupid comparison.

It should be noted, while some folks here are bitching about a hypothetical price jump with AWD, that the Lyriq undercuts two of its competitors in the segment, the Jaguar I-Pace ($70K with LESS range) and the Audi E-Tron ($67K, also with less range) so even if AWD is $10K, it is right in line with the competition so maybe these phantom complaints should sit this out until its known for certain what AWD will cost.