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Jeep McIntosh Collaboration

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MackeyMac

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Has anyone reviewed the MX1375 Reference Entertainment System in the 2022 Jeep vehicles? Every vehicle manufacturer seems to collaborate with some audio mfr (Bose, Alpine, Levinson, Blaupunkt, etc...) and I'm wondering if this is just another expensive frill that offers little discernable difference in quality.

Yes, Yes, I know. The automobile industry generally doesn't try to push upgrades or add-ons that increase vehicle cost but in this rare instance I'm wondering if they're doing just that?
 
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MackeyMac said:
Has anyone reviewed the MX1375 Reference Entertainment System in the 2022 Jeep vehicles? Every vehicle manufacturer seems to collaborate with some audio mfr (Bose, Alpine, Levinson, Blaupunkt, etc...) and I'm wondering if this is just another expensive frill that offers little discernable difference in quality.

Yes, Yes, I know. The automobile industry generally doesn't try to push upgrades or add-ons that increase vehicle cost but in this rare instance I'm wondering if they're doing just that?
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"Yes, Yes, I know. The automobile industry generally doesn't try to push upgrades or add-ons that increase vehicle cost"

:wtf:
 
LOL - Trying to keep my sense of humor Jayvis, I forgot to use the sarcasm font. What I'm curious about is whether Chrysler just put a cool looking screen image on their touch display or if a seasoned listener could actually hear the difference between their standard audio system and the much more expensive Mc option?
 
I haven’t heard it. But a good friend’s father owns a number of Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge dealerships. She and her husband heard it (they are not audiophiles, but have a decent home system and are impressed with my much better mostly McIntosh stereo)—and so they we’re interested in and blown away by the McIntosh Jeep system. (They get a free new Jeep every year or so.) Last month their current Jeep was rear-ended and totaled, and so daddy offered them a fancy McIntosh Jeep as a replacement. They seriously considered it. But they declined it because they’d have to pay a lot more for the larger monthly parking space it would require at their Manhattan, NY, parking garage. First World Problems.
 
I have yet to see the raw parts on either the MX950 or MX1375 systems but I would be highly suspect of the actual hardware and how it was sourced, *especially* being a Chrysler product. What I mean is, what I consider largely the best automotive audio system on the market… the BMW Bowers and Wilkins Diamond system uses actual B&W speaker drivers and miraculously, even Diamond tweeters just like their home counterparts. Can’t speak to the amplifiers, but the rest of it is very much B&W.

Stellantis on the other hand, remarkets about 5 different sound system brands that all sound largely the same (Alpine, Harman Kardon, Beats, “unnamed hifi”, Infinity, Kicker etc etc) and for example the Kicker’s Class D amp module was on parts express for a long time for all of about 50 bucks.

I heard the MX950 recently in a Wagoneer. It’s a very good sounding system. But without A/B’ing with some of the others I can’t really say how much better it is. The nifty meters display on the infotainment screen is sadly, mostly a gimmick… it’s movement is so glitchy as to be unusable. Hopefully someone soon will locate the part numbers or dissect a door panel on one of these Jeeps to find out if the drivers are truly McIntosh manufactured.

Another thing that would be fun to see again which I believe Edmund’s did many years ago is a shootout of the current crop of top of the line systems: We now have competent systems from Revel, B&W, AKG, McIntosh, Burmester and at least briefly, even Krell was in the game. Although Samdung now owns many of these car audio brands and Becker so the actual differences between the Harman International/Samsung based systems would be interesting to see.
 
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audiofun_21 said:
I have yet to see the raw parts on either the MX950 or MX1375 systems but I would be highly suspect of the actual hardware and how it was sourced, *especially* being a Chrysler product. What I mean is, what I consider largely the best automotive audio system on the market… the BMW Bowers and Wilkins Diamond system uses actual B&W speaker drivers and miraculously, even Diamond tweeters just like their home counterparts. Can’t speak to the amplifiers, but the rest of it is very much B&W.

Stellantis on the other hand, remarkets about 5 different sound system brands that all sound largely the same (Alpine, Harman Kardon, Beats, “unnamed hifi”, Infinity, Kicker etc etc) and for example the Kicker’s Class D amp module was on parts express for a long time for all of about 50 bucks.

I heard the MX950 recently in a Wagoneer. It’s a very good sounding system. But without A/B’ing with some of the others I can’t really say how much better it is. The nifty meters display on the infotainment screen is sadly, mostly a gimmick… it’s movement is so glitchy as to be unusable. Hopefully someone soon will locate the part numbers or dissect a door panel on one of these Jeeps to find out if the drivers are truly McIntosh manufactured.

Another thing that would be fun to see again which I believe Edmund’s did many years ago is a shootout of the current crop of top of the line systems: We now have competent systems from Revel, B&W, AKG, McIntosh, Burmester and at least briefly, even Krell was in the game. Although Samdung now owns many of these car audio brands and Becker so the actual differences between the Harman International/Samsung based systems would be interesting to see.
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"Hopefully someone soon will locate the part numbers or dissect a door panel on one of these Jeeps to find out if the drivers are truly McIntosh manufactured".
McIntosh does not manufacture speaker drivers. Their branded home speakers use sourced drivers manufactured to McIntosh specs.
 
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jayvis said:
"Hopefully someone soon will locate the part numbers or dissect a door panel on one of these Jeeps to find out if the drivers are truly McIntosh manufactured".
McIntosh does not manufacture speaker drivers. Their branded home speakers use sourced drivers manufactured to McIntosh specs.
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Good point. Though in that case at least they are building the cabinet, crossover, terminals, and more. A major portion of the speaker is actually McIntosh. So considering that, and the fact that the amplifier is also almost certainly not McIntosh either. This is really more “tuned by McIntosh than anything else.
 
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Good point. Though in that case at least they are building the cabinet, crossover, terminals, and more. A major portion of the speaker is actually McIntosh. So considering that, and the fact that the amplifier is also almost certainly not McIntosh either. This is really more “tuned by McIntosh than anything else.
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Not really. The amp and speakers are built to McIntosh design specs and use McIntosh proprietary technology. So, the system is a McIntosh design, but manufactured by someone else for them. This has been going on for a long time in just about every industry. Unfortunately, vertically integrated companies are pretty much extinct.
 
I'm somewhat suprized this is in a Jeep instead of a higher end American badged lux vehicle, Lincoln, Caddy, Buick.
"Jeep" still means crude, noisy, rough and ready off-road in my mind, not aspirational luxury.
 
Pio1980 said:
I'm somewhat suprized this is in a Jeep instead of a higher end American badged lux vehicle, Lincoln, Caddy, Buick.
"Jeep" still means crude, noisy, rough and ready off-road in my mind, not aspirational luxury.
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You need to ride in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee or Wagoner.
 
Pio1980 said:
Apparently.
I'm not really a potential purchaser for either Jeep or Mac unless offered a deal I couldn't refuse.
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Me either. But renting a dozen or so cars a yr for work I have done few loaded GC's. They are a "luxury" vehicle with off road capability.

Edit: mostly when I am working in San Diego, they do make it to some truck trails on Sundays ;)
 
damacman said:
Lots of conjecture about a system that, apparently, nobody cares to audition.
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I have briefly auditioned the MX1375 system in a Grand Wagoneer while it was in a dealer showroom. Without going into a lot of unwanted detail, I rate it as very, very good. I usually hate YouTube sound quality demos, but here's a pretty good review on this system for anyone who's interested. The reviewer's opinions at the end pretty much fall in line with mine.

 
My wife's niece and her husband have a new one, but I haven't heard the sound system in it yet. If I do in the near future, I'll leave my opinions here.
 
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