I have a 2025 tahoe high country and noticed right away a significant audio volume difference between the front seats and middle seats. To the point I have to turn it up and get blown away in the front seats for the passengers in the middle seat to hear it at a normal level. Ive gone through all the settings, normal, centerpoint, fader in the middle etc. I had the dealer run diagnostic tests and everything checked out fine. there is a message into gm engineering currently awaiting a response. What i measured was an average 8-10db difference at ear level between the 2 rows. I really hope it wasnt "designed this way" by GM.
10db audio volume difference between front seats and middle seats
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do you have the RSE option with any head sets or headphones plugged in? I forgot if mine dips the rear volume of the kids are watching stuff on the screens.
My bad make that 14Nov24 & though not the OP no RSE in my ‘25 unit but the imbalance has been noticeable since day 1.
Keep on mind you should have 4 different Audio Settings that you can control from the touch screen under Audio Settings: Normal, Driver, Centerpoint and Rear. These settings seem to have a great impact on speaker levels in different positions. Did a quick test and found that is sounded like some speakers were either turned off or the level was dropped very low depending on the setting. This is the similar set up as my 2005 Yukon Denali with a Bose system.
Seems that Centerpoint may have offered the best overall balance from the front seating position, but you need to play around a bit and see what works best for you.
Even once you have selected 1 of 4 sound modes, you can then still fade front to rear as needed.
It it hard to play with it and understand how the rear seating position audio is changing while sitting in the front seat. It may be easier with a helper in the front to control things while you sit in the back seat(s) and row(s) to find what sounds best and is not too quiet or loud overall.
Seems that Centerpoint may have offered the best overall balance from the front seating position, but you need to play around a bit and see what works best for you.
Even once you have selected 1 of 4 sound modes, you can then still fade front to rear as needed.
It it hard to play with it and understand how the rear seating position audio is changing while sitting in the front seat. It may be easier with a helper in the front to control things while you sit in the back seat(s) and row(s) to find what sounds best and is not too quiet or loud overall.
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