Dan Neil does the S8

[Taka Mizutani]

The guy doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to audio- "more
speakers are always better?"

The B&O system might be nice, but unless you're playing DVD-A and have a
discrete 7.1 channel system in your car, more speakers are not necessarily
better and a lot of times, worse. No mention of the fact that the
dash-mounted tweeters suffer from much greater path-length differential than
kickpanel mounted speakers. No mention of time alignment. No mention of
damping factor and dynamic range when it comes to amplification, although he
touches upon the topic without really explaining what he's talking about.

There is a very good reason why SQ competitors don't run rear speakers, esp.
considering that CDs are mastered for 2-channel sound.

At least he did mention that the Audi B&O and Lexus Levinson are some of the
best OEM systems out there. He didn't mention the Volvo Dynaudio system
which is quite good, but he did mention the Jaguar B&W system.

I think he read a lot of the PR material and just parroted it back, that's
what his article reads like.

Taka