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Hello again. I had a moan a while ago about the poor sound quality in my 2019 Forester e-boxer. I just noticed that Subaru now offer an upgrade by way of an amplifier and tweeter. https://subaru.co.uk/vehicle-accessory/sound-upgrade-system/ £552 fitted. Anyone got experience of this? Cheers

Hi there. Meant to say - I got a response from Subaru UK which I've copied below. Doesn't really take me further forward. I have driven a few e-boxers and they all had the same iffy sound system so it's certainly not a problem unique to mine (I did think it would be easy to sort, mind you!) Hey ho! Noting your comments, we are sorry to hear that your head unit’s sound quality is not meeting your expectations. Whilst we are not aware of any latent or inherent manufacturing related issue in this regard with the Harman head unit fitted to this model, we can only suggest that you make an appointment with your Subaru dealership so that they can then investigate this concern on your behalf and no doubt in the course of this, will be able to undertake a comparison sound test with one of their own Forester eB models.

Thanks Justin and Jimboy.Very useful stuff. I had been faffing around with the settings anyway but i think that your suggested settings are not bad at all- certainly better than what i had before. I'll still get in touch with Subaru UK though and see what they say, although i've a feeling that acceptance is going to be the route to happiness in this instance! I'll let you know how I get on. In the meantime thanks very much to both of you for taking the time to respond. cheers

Hi - bought my new shape Forester in June this year (second hand - it was one of the many pre-registered ones from December 2019). It's a brilliant car. Apart from an ocassional squeek from the dashboard around the binacle, my only complaint is the dreadful sound quality from the sound system. I thought that new speakers would bring it into the realm of acceptable but it has made little difference. For obvious reasons, I'm wary about interfering with the head unit, especially given that it also controls a lot of the car settings (locking/lights etc) and not just the audio. I've also got just over 3 years of warranty remaining and i don't want to lose that. Anyone else tried to do anything about this? cheers