Premium stereo tweaks for better / louder sound quality?

[zzneonzz]

I just picked up my limited last night and i can barely hear the stereo even at max volume. That being said i only tried apple carplay with apple music since that is usually what i listen to. Anyone else experience this issue or found anything to tweak to get better sound quality out of it? To me it sounds like almost all the audio is coming from the center dash speaker.

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[JSKRLA]

I just picked up my limited last night and i can barely hear the stereo even at max volume. That being said i only tried apple carplay with apple music since that is usually what i listen to. Anyone else experience this issue or found anything to tweak to get better sound quality out of it? To me it sounds like almost all the audio is coming from the center dash speaker.

Just a quick troubleshoot, what is the volume on your phone when this happened? Was it also, MAX?

 

[zzneonzz]

To be honest I’m not sure i never needed to adjust it on my other apple carplay stereos I will be sure to check that next time I’m out there

 

[Planoman]

WOW! I usually listen at 10-12 and max is 20-25. I usually listen to Sirius XM and my own music.

 

[zzneonzz]

WOW! I usually listen at 10-12 and max is 20-25. I usually listen to Sirius XM and my own music.

I haven’t used Sirius in almost 10 years but since it’s included i will have to test it out and see if it gives better sound. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s something i have setup wrong.

 

[TH1017]

Go to the doc and check your ears!

 

[Mykale220]

Yea, so like JSKRLA said check your phone volume. Make sure the phone volume is turned up. Next, Go to Settings->Music. Turn off Sound Check. Try that and report back, please. I’m picking up a OR Premium on Saturday and I’m going to be disgruntled if my premium audio sucks.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255287772?sortBy=best

 

[GRKTRD]

To those using Spotify. Go to playback settings in your setting and change it to LOUD. Makes the world of difference. Made no sense to me at first because the radio would be louder than my Spotify. Huge difference

 

[Duce95]

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[zzneonzz]

Yea, so like JSKRLA said check your phone volume. Make sure the phone volume is turned up. Next, Go to Settings->Music. Turn off Sound Check. Try that and report back, please. I’m picking up a OR Premium on Saturday and I’m going to be disgruntled if my premium audio sucks.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255287772?sortBy=best

i checked the phone volume and you can’t adjust it when in car play but turning off sound check did help a little but still seems lacking. OTA radio and Sirius are much better around 35 seems to offer decent sound.

 

[Mykale220]

That’s incredibly depressing. I’ll be paying more to swap the speakers out then

 

[beninbeta]

There has to be an issue with your stereo. 15 is very loud in our Taco using Android Auto and YouTube Music.

 

[The Dude]

That’s incredibly depressing. I’ll be paying more to swap the speakers out then

Swapping speakers won’t do anything, may even make things worse. Speakers just do what they’re told by the amp, nothing more. There has to be a setting somewhere that is turning the gain down.

i think what you need to do is delete the truck from your phoneand phone from your truck. Restart the phone and re-pair.

 

[Mykale220]

Swapping speakers won’t do anything, may even make things worse. Speakers just do what they’re told by the amp, nothing more. There has to be a setting somewhere that is turning the gain down.

i think what you need to do is delete the truck from your phoneand phone from your truck. Restart the phone and re-pair.

Yea. I’ve got my truck now and with the treble, mid, and bass turned ALL the way up, and the volume past 35, it sounds okay, but it’s about 50 percent of what I was hoping for. The Harman Kardon upgraded audio in the Subaru forester that I traded in puts the Tacoma to shame. My Tacoma sounds as if the majority of the sound is coming out of the little removable speaker in the dash. I guess I’m going to eventually try and get a small amp installed that I can conceal some where without losing my underseat storage, and probably swap out the 8” sub for something like a Rockford Fosgate, or JL Audio, but it’ll really just depend if the magnet on the better subs is too large to fit in the conformal box behind the seat.

 

[Mykale220]

There has to be an issue with your stereo. 15 is very loud in our Taco using Android Auto and YouTube Music.

Mine is lacking as well, even have to turn it up past 35-40 to sound halfway decent. Even at that level the bass is sad.

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