2022 Subaru BRZ - 6-speaker Sound System Review

[@DailyMotor]

*Subaru's website had incorrect info, this is actually a 6-speaker system*

[@bin149tn3]

The limited ver 8 speakers , isnt it?

[@DailyMotor]

@@bin149tn3 Yes, testing that now in the GR86

[@malcolmdbz]

I have a 2022 limited. I personally don't have any issues with the sound system, i think it's great and a good improvement from my 2017 limited brz

[@darellarocho5729]

Question, does the Limited version have 8 sound speaker system, just like the Premium GR86? Cause the Base GR86 has 6 sound speaker system, but the Premium has 8.

[@bin149tn3]

@@darellarocho5729 yes , limited ver brz had 8 speakers

[@computersmilodon]

Better than I thought it would be given other reviewers' negative comments.

[@basslover352]

Yea the lower mids seem to be lacking making things sound thin. Lower treble seems a bit abrasive as well. Thumpy loose upper bass response with sharp dropoff below midbass. 3 band eq isnt enough as you make things better and worse in other areas ie lowering the mids would help with that 1-2k excess but also make the lower mids sound more thin. Reducing those highs would help with that lower treble but would reduce that air and sparkle up at the top. WIth a 10 band and a subwoofer id probably be decent though. My next car is the GR 86 and I appreciate the test. At minimum I am adding the optional sub on the gr86. That way you can also take some stress off the door speakers and have more headroom and less distortion there.

[@NootNC]

living up to your username I see

[@basslover352]

@@NootNC Yep lol. Audiophile/sound engineer.

[@harshb256]

The optional sub is not available as an option currently. Any ideas why or when it will be ?

[@nfo1347]

for the price of the car, a proper system upgrade seems like a fine addition

[@jermainejpshepherd2778]

Good review. Usually sound upgrades are some of the 1st mods I do. I gotta have my music. Lol.

[@HeadTurnNet]

Replace all the stock speakers with some entry Focal or Hertz, insulate the door panels with sound deadening mats, install a plug-and-play DSP amplifier and have it tuned properly, and if you have some extra $ get an under seat sub. You should have a pretty decent DIY sound system for under $1200. In many cases it sound even better than the factory premium setup, if you know what you are doing.

[@vincentxtran]

Is it really that easy? Got any videos / can you send me the right direction of some one who has done this on their car?

[@HeadTurnNet]

@@vincentxtran Well, yes and no, it's easy for one who knows what he is doing. The difficult and the most time-consuming part is to tune the DSP. The rest of it pretty much is just straight-forward labor. Keep in mind this approach is to upgrade your mediocre stock sound system to something 1 to 2 level up, which will be on par, if not better than the factory premium system. 1) Better speakers itself will only slightly improve your listening experience, you may hear crispier highs and a little tighter mid-bass, but better speakers usually require more power to truly make them shine. The DSP with integrated amps will offer better power (usually 45-70W rms per channel vs. 10-15W on stock head unit). 2) Sound deadening mats will help door woofers to deliver tighter mid-bass. It will also help reducing a little bit of exterior noise (if you only do that on your doors). 3) The DSP amp itself is very easy to install, as many DSP amps nowadays has direct-plug-in wiring kit to your stock head unit, that you don't even need to cut a single wire! The hard part, however, is the tuning process. The main objective of installing a DSP is to adjust time alignment on each individual speaker, so that your ears feel like the sound stage is coming right in front of you, right behind the windshield, as if you are sitting in a concert hall, with every instrument playing at the correct position and vocal at the center. This requires a lot of skills and experience. Also as most DSP has 31-band equalizer, you can tune each speaker's frequency response according to your preference. 4) Under Seat Power Subwoofer: This kind of sub is not intended to rock your neighbors or rattle your windows like the big o 1000W 12" sub in the trunk. Its' mere purpose is to supplement the lack of lower-frequency (60-120Hz ) bass on most 5.25 - 6.5" speakers. With the help of the DSP's RCA outputs, you can conveniently plug the sub to the DSP without complicated speaker wiring. All you need is just wire the power to the battery, and connect an RCA cable between the sub and the DSP amp. I don't have any specific examples to show you unfortunately, although I did it on my SUV with exactly these setups and the result is phenomenal! But if you go ahead and use keywords like "DSP amplifier installation car stereo" there should be some videos showing you how to work on it. Feel free to bring up more for discussions though.

[@vincentxtran]

@@HeadTurnNet Wow, thank you so much for your detailed response! I learned quite abit at a high-level and sounds like I definitely have my work cut out for me in terms of more things to research! Not really planning on doing this to any car anytime soon, but good to know just for the sake of curiosity!

[@HeadTurnNet]

@@vincentxtran No problem Vincent. Wishing you a great holiday season and feel free to leave me a message if you need more info in the future.

[@spartanV48]

@@HeadTurnNet Thank you for this! Wouldn't adding the sound deadening add a considerable amount of weight? Of course taking into account material and how much is put in

[@MrVader97]

Great and helpful video. Will you be also planning a comparison between the 6 speakers and 8 speakers system. According to Toyota, it "should" be an improvement, however I think a comparison between the two would help in finding differences, if there are 😀

[@jaxonstechchannel8286]

I‘m pretty sure that you were misinformed.. the premium only gets an 6 speaker set up. Only the limited gets 8 speakers.

[@xxsuski5595]

Apparently the limited has upgrades speakers, that’s why my dealership told me you should check that one out if possible

[@lilbigyell]

this is the one with the upgraded speakers since it has 8 speakers

[@jaxonstechchannel8286]

@@lilbigyell you can see by the interior that this is the base model called premium. It only has 6 speakers.

[@doriangray2347]

Yes this is not a valuable test at all

[@TNNRawVantrez]

Toyota 86 you can get a subwoofer with a 240 amp as in add on

[@linusbergmannen]

I'm from Sweden and I know I should focus on the sound but I keep getting distracted by how americans drive. You have more than two lanes in many parts of the US and still people are hogging the left lane, I would get so frustrated driving there

[@joelau3404]

Indeed. Many Americans aren’t taught how to drive properly or any traffic etiquette. Ironically, the right lane is in many cases the fastest lane because they avoid it like a plaque. They are somehow under the impression that the right lane is just for merging in and out of the highway, and the “cruising lane” is the second lane, which doesn’t make sense at all.

[@boygonewhoopdataZZ]

Do I need to drop anther 10k for it to even be on the same playing field as a Hyundai N Model?

[@jaystaa75]

i have the premium, did some adjustments in the EQ and noticed a slight improvement, overall its tolerable for now

[@timothye5936]

The premium is outfitted with 6 speakers; you have to upgrade to limited for the 8 speaker setup and additional amp. I’m not sure if it would be much of an improvement -that system is ass.

[@darellarocho5729]

I had that question, so the Limited does come with an 8 sound speaker system, right? Cause for some reason Toyota specifies it on their website for the GR86 but Subaru doesn't for their BRZ.

[@timothye5936]

@@darellarocho5729 yea…it sounds better than expected. Not hi-fidelity and a bit of tinniness in mids and vocals, but not bad. SoA did change up their site abit, but it still shows 6 for the premium and 8 for the limited. Look under “amenities”

[@darellarocho5729]

@@timothye5936 Gotcha, thanks for the info!

[@rileypothier3006]

Does it not include bluetooth? Ive never used android auto so idk

[@DailyMotor]

It does have Bluetooth

[@frxstyking5912]

Im getting the gr86 w 10” subwoofer can’t wait what thats like

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

How about a wrx audio review?

[@googleifyouseekayu]

yeah i noticed 6 on premium n 8 on limited somewhere, then went to site n 8 on both. im like uh thats not what i read somewhere else lol

[@doriangray2347]

This is not model he believes it to be. I do not know if this model has the better stereo.

[@410Alec]

Premium only has 6 speakers. Limited has 8. Might be like 2% better atleast

[@DailyMotor]

According to Subaru’s website, they both get 8, but maybe that’s an error. www.subaru.com/vehicles/brz/models.html/BRZ-compare-wrapper-modal

[@Daledugahole]

I don’t need to watch this video to know the sound system in the 86/brz is crap 💩😞 very disappointing

[@isaielienriquez3881]

It’s 8 speakers

[@Dimax2x]

You just have terrible and boring tracks. Why not take TheTopher