Hi!

It seems that the standard audio system has starting with 14.5 MY -->250W only instead of 380W.
Is this a mistake on the official website or really a downgrade?

Can someone confirm? ... I' awaiting my RRS with standard audio in the next 3-4 weeks (it's already built).
But if I would have known that bigger gap to medium sized audio I would have ordered the Meridian one.


That makes me a little angry .....


Best
Gregor ---------------------------------
RRS SDV6 SE 14MY * Porsche 991 4S

I'm sure it's am error and should be 380W. LR's configurator always seems to be full of errors.  2014 L405 SDV8 RR Autobiography

2012 RRS SDV6 HSE -Orkney Grey with A/B bodykit - Now Gone
2007 RRS TDV6 HSE - Zermatt Silver - Gone

Wasn't the 380 W system the Harman Kardon one in the first gen Sport? If so it may explain why it has been dropped.

If it's on the order then I expect it will be on the car. 

According to the brochure the standard audio system is 380W with 8 speakers. So it definitely looks like an error on the configurator. 2014 L405 SDV8 RR Autobiography

2012 RRS SDV6 HSE -Orkney Grey with A/B bodykit - Now Gone
2007 RRS TDV6 HSE - Zermatt Silver - Gone

The configurator is now at MY14.5 so maybe it has been dropped. 

The configurator has been stating 250 watts for a few months now. 2014 Nara Bronze SDV6
GONE TDV6 HSE RRS in Giverny green,Ebony interior, Side steps,Tints, PTI, Tow pack, mud flaps, Side strips and Dynamics pack.

The landrover 14.5MY Product Brief lists the std audio as 380W so configurator is wrong.  MY 2014 HSE Dynamic
MY 2012 RRS HSE
2009 Audi A6 Avant- superb quality but boring never missed
2007 Q7 -loved it but not a patch on RRS
Various BMW's, Audis
199 TD5 Disco XS, great car big improvement on previous Disco
1981 Fiat Mirafiori Sport 2000 TC - Bright Orange and Black, great Car when new but soon deteriorated, those were the days

It's a shambles isn't it? You'd think there'd be someone who really understood the options available, model configurations and the rest just to ensure this kind of damaging confusion didn't happen.

However successful JLR like to think they are, they have a long way to go. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Hi!

Configurator is really a shame .... doesn´t correspond with the Landrover brand/image/prices .... the german one is down since weeks .... there were so much errors inside that even my RR salesman was angry ... he hopes that after relaunch all will become better ... it seems he´s wrong.


Best regards
Gregor ---------------------------------
RRS SDV6 SE 14MY * Porsche 991 4S

Don't you think its explained by the fact that JLR is focussed on the emerging Chinese market

Mine is 2014.5 and has the standard audio system, and it sounds fine enough for me (I know it is an unpopular opinión), I think it has 380W, enough to play some rock and metal at not super loud volume (I'm not an audiophile, so all the standard systems have been good enough for me).

drdelrrs wrote:

Don't you think its explained by the fact that JLR is focussed on the emerging Chinese market

The problem with the configurator is that JLR has every 3 months changes in their configuration ( MY 14.25 - 14.5 - 14.75 ) .... and for each country different basis settings and different packages ..... each changed every 3 months ....

No company of the world can handle this .... except you have 100 persons there working only on this.


And I believe JLR has only 2 specialists working in this department

The german configurator is down now 2 months ......


Best
Gregor ---------------------------------
RRS SDV6 SE 14MY * Porsche 991 4S

I am looking at the Porsche Macan as an option as well, but their Configurator is not perfect as well.
Missing options, erros in there... Changed possible options even before the production started...

Have just listened carefully to friends new RRS standard audio system.. It sounds terrible not a patch on the basic Harmon Kardon system I have in my base model D4. Now really worried as I have RRS on order due May. Will be going to see dealer tomorrow to listen to next system up which is Meridian and hope that not too late to spec on my order. Mind you the basic Meridian system on wife's just bought Freelander is terrible too so not too hopeful. I have contacted Meridian and LR re this and have been told that LR will contact me soon.. Maybe! Meridian highly respected Hi Fi manufacturer. Told them that I was surprised that they put their name to it.

I must say that I am a bit more tuned in to sound quality than most having been a recording engineer for 40 years now.

Jools. RRS P460e
1983 2 door Range Rover ARB Bar X9000 winch ARB Rear Bar now semi retired.
Many big trips done in this one.
1982 Rangerover nearly restored.
22 Defender D250 with lots of stuff for outback touring
Nice 2013 Freelander TD4 manual (for daughter to learn on) with much better stereo compared with previous SD4 SE with Meridian which sounded bad!
2013 Land Rover Defender ute.

I have the Meridian in my RRS and although the initial impression was not positive (it concentrates a lot of information into the centre channel so that everyone in the car gets a stable soundstage). As I have listened to it more, the better I think it is. Knowing the music playing from my Quad/IMF and ELS system at home, the subtle detail and dynamic of the music comes though well with good tonal balance and frequency response. It is just 'different' from what most in car auido systems are like. When you get used to the soundstage it is enjoyable. I'm more of a Quad man than a Meridian man, but it is noticeably better than the HK I had in the HSE Discovery which I though was very good at the time. Couldn't justify the cost of the TOTR system though.