As we all know, since the Lynk & Co 01, Infinity has been the royal audio brand of Lynk & Co's CMA platform models, and the car machine system is independently developed by Lynk & Co.
With the advent of the Lynk & Co 08, Lynk & Co not only cooperated with Meizu to jointly develop a new Flyme Auto car system, but also switched the audio brand to Harman Kardon (Harman Kardon). So what is the sound level of this car, and is the highly-anticipated Lynk & Co giant screen hall a gimmick function or worthy of its name?
The model of this test is the Lynk & Co 08 220km four-wheel drive performance halo version, and the car machine version is Flyme Auto 11.0。
First of all, it should be noted that only the top 220km time limited edition of the Lynk & Co 08 is the original standard Harman Kardon audio, and the rest of the models need to spend 10,000 yuan for option.
However, the optional package has been in a state of free for a limited time since the new car was launched, and I believe that no one should take the initiative to refuse a free set of Harman Kardon audio.
In terms of the number of speakers and power, the Lynk & Co 08 has 23 speakers with a maximum power of 1600 watts. Not only surpasses its big brother Lynk & Co 09 in an all-round way, but it is even more rare in models of the same price.
In addition, the Lynk & Co 08 also uses HARMAN Group's exclusive secret – Quantum Logic Immersion 3D surround sound technology. In the models we tested before, Ruige equipped with AKG audio also used similar technology, mainly through virtual 71 algorithm to simulate surround sound.
The Lynk & Co 08 goes one step further, and the original car supports 71.4 channels!
In terms of speaker arrangement, although the number of speakers in the Lynk & Co 08 is large, it is not difficult to find overall.
Specifically, it is mainly composed of: 7 tweeters, 5 midrange units, 4 wideband woofers, 4 sky speakers, 2 main frame headrest speakers and 1 16L subwoofer.
Tweeters: A-pillars on both sides, middle of the doors on both sides of the rear row, 3 in the center, 7 in total.
Midrange speakers: 5 in the middle of the front door on both sides, C-pillar on both sides, and one in the center.
Woofers: one in each of the four lower doors, 1 in the trunk, a total of 5.
Headrest speakers: The main driver is equipped with two.
Sky speakers: Upper side of four doors.
As for the design, the speakers on the upper parts of the four doors of the Lynk & Co 08 are all made of metal shells, and at the same time, ambient lights are integrated inside, which is quite designed.
In the decoding test, we use the top three test files first. It contains an easter egg file with a hidden encoding format, and a 71.4 files and a master tape with a super high sampling rate.
In fact, the performance of Lynk & Co 08 is really a bit unexpected to us.
Not only did it succeed in the difficult master file, but it also became the first model we have tested so far to successfully decode the easter egg file! To be honest, the moment I heard that the easter egg file was successful**, I almost wondered if I had auditory hallucinations in my ears.
However, when we all thought that the Lynk & Co 08 was expected to be the first car to successfully complete our difficult decoding ability test, the unexpected happened again. In **71.4. When testing the tracks, the Lynk & Co 08 failed to work properly after many tests**.
Of course, as with the previous test rules, considering that this is mainly a stress test to test the decoding ability of the vehicle machine, it does not have a wide range of significance, so it will not be included in the overall score.
During the test, we repeatedly sampled the vehicle's main driver's seat and the "boss seat" on the right side of the second row.
The ambient sound at the test site was 419db, insert the test **U disk, **powder the noise source and sample in front of the steering wheel, adjust the multi** volume to increase the sampling volume to 70db, as the test volume. (*This volume is the sample volume of the speaker, which can give better play to the performance of the speaker, but do not use it while driving, it may affect hearing and driving safety for a long time).
At the same time, we also recorded an ambient sound of 53 at the test volume in the exterior mirror3bd。(Not currently available as test data).
Let's take a look at the frequency response curve of the main driver's seat first
It can be seen that Lynk & Co 08 has strong midrange control, and the whole transition from mid-bass to mid-treble is very smooth, according to industry practice, the sampling rate of 1 12 is generally used, so the test line will be smoother, but our test uses a more stringent 1 48 sampling rate, under such requirements, the interval control ability of Lynk & Co 08 midrange can be within 8db, which is worth affirming, and the transition of the treble part is also relatively smooth, and the overall control is good.
Let's take a look at the positioning performance of the sound field:
I have to say that HARMAN Group's Quantum Logic Immersion 3D surround sound technology is indeed very top-notch, and the performance of sound field localization is very outstanding, almost synchronized with the source file. In particular, the blessings from the sky channel make the feeling at the top more realistic.
Finally, let's take a look at the data sampled by the "boss seat" and compare it with the main driver's seat:
In the bass part, the performance of the Lynk & Co 08 is not very stable, with the largest fluctuations in the front and rear positions in all frequency bands, mainly in the rear row The strength is not as strong as the front row, but in the mid and high range, the consistency of the two will be improved a lot, and the overall control is comparable.
The main driving soundstage. Boss soundstage. Perhaps due to Quantum Logic Immersion 3D surround sound technology, the biggest difference between the front and rear rows is also reflected in the left and right positions, and even the rear row is closer to the middle of this car, making the surround feeling more intense, but there is also a corresponding loss of some positioning accuracy.
Then let's take a look at the ** ecology in the car:
As mentioned above, the Lynk & Co 08 debuted the Flyme Auto in-vehicle system jointly developed by Lynk & Co and Meizu. This new system not only greatly improves the smoothness of daily use, but also brings a qualitative improvement to Lynk & Co in terms of software ecology.
Taking **APP as an example, Lynk & Co 08 currently provides two mainstream ** platforms: QQ and NetEase Cloud.
It is worth mentioning that these two **APPs have been deeply customized for Lynk & Co 08 in terms of UI interface and functionality, and can be integrated into the system's **source.
In terms of equalizer tuning and sound field control, the design of the Lynk & Co 08 is special. First of all, after entering the sound section in the settings, you can see that the Lynk & Co 08 provides two categories: spatial sound and virtual venue.
So if you are a tuning expert, then in Spatial Sound, Lynk & Co 08 provides a wealth of adjustment options, including but not limited to: sound field adjustment, 3D surround sound intensity, custom equalizer, etc.
And if you want to use an engineer's preset sound effects, you can choose them directly in the Virtual Venue. After measurement, the difference between the four modes is still very significant. Especially the two modes of ** hall and concert, which are very immersive.
However, it should be noted that after the Virtual Venue function is enabled, functions such as sound field adjustment and 3D surround sound effects cannot be used.
The above is the sound field performance of the 4 surround modes, at a cursory glance, there is not much difference in performance, but if you look closely, you can see that the concert and the opera house emphasize the sense of space, and the ** hall and recording studio emphasize the sense of hearing, and their respective positioning is still relatively clear.
For users who like to use a USB flash drive to listen to private collections, the USB port of Lynk & Co 08 is located inside the armrest, and only supports Type-C interface.
The good news is that the port on the left supports USB 30 transfer speed. The bad news is that only the left interface of the two interfaces can read the contents of the USB flash drive. If you choose a USB flash drive to listen to songs, it will occupy the only 60W fast charging interface in the whole car.
After listening to a number of tracks in the car, I personally feel that the most suitable way to listen to Lynk & Co 08 may not be in the **APP, but to open the QQ** best area in the Lynk & Co giant screen hall.
After entering the function, the Lynk & Co 08 can be combined with seat adjustment, car machine screen, atmosphere light linkage and other functions to provide a full range of audio-visual experience in the car, which is quite impressive.
For example, when the prelude to "Sold Out", the theme song of the movie "Ace**2", sounded in the Lynk & Co 08 car, the sense of atmosphere that was once only available in the cinema can now be experienced in the car.