2016 Mazda MX-5 – Bose headrest speakers are back

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Mazda has released more details of the new specially-developed Bose sound system offered on the latest fourth-generation MX-5 roadster. The big news is, headrest-mounted speakers – pioneered on the original Mazda MX-5 – are back!

Now, a pair of 2.0-inch (50 mm) Bose UltraNearfield speakers, working in tandem with the proprietary Bose TrueSpace digital signal processing technology to create a wide sound stage, even with the speakers just inches away from the listener. The music envelops the occupants and doesn’t fade in the breeze, says Bose.

Acoustics obviously get (quite literally) thrown out of the window in open-top cars. With the roof down, vocals and instruments can be lost when competing with ambient noise. To combat this issue, Bose designed a unique sound system with different roof-up and roof-down equalisation settings. The EQ settings, combined with Bose AudioPilot 2 noise compensation technology, adjust automatically depending on roof position, wind and road noise.

Elsewhere, there’s a pair of 6.5-inch (165 mm) speakers in each door and one-inch (25 mm) neodymium tweeters in the A-pillars. Bass is delivered by a 5.25-inch (130 mm) woofer housed in a six-litre custom enclosure under the front passenger footwell. Completing the system is a dedicated, seven-channel digital Bose amplifier mounted below the convertible-top storage space.

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Comments

  • dodgeviper88 on May 22, 2015 at 10:28 am

    Part of me wishes that paultan.org would stop posting awesome stuff that malaysians can’t get. Quite sad thinking that other parts of the world could get twice better equipment at half the price.

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    • Same L0rrrr on May 22, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.

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      • thai cin on May 22, 2015 at 3:11 pm

        you same lorr always put negative comments.you think we (other readers) like you? no we’re not !

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        • Not Same Lorrr on May 25, 2015 at 12:32 pm

          No, actually same lorrr post more positive comments than negative. (you can see this only in Toyota article, he post to protect his’s brand while others bash like no tmr lol)

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    • kampungEGGpower! on May 22, 2015 at 3:02 pm

      u r refer to poor malaysian…rich one not an issue!

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  • gaviny on May 22, 2015 at 10:58 am

    somehow most audiophiles think bose is the proton of the audio world and their OEM products are just cheap stuffs

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    • Semi-Value (Member) on May 23, 2015 at 1:06 am

      still better than idiots who pay top dollar for some fancy B&O which sounds no better than Rockford Fosgate

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