2023 Kia Telluride - Harman Kardon 12-speaker Sound System Review

[@kyron2092]

The Stinger, Optima and Cadenza have the best Harman Kardon systems Korea gave us. The majority of owners hate this system in the Telluride and Palisade. People loved it in the sedans I mentioned

[@markied2873]

It's disappointing honestly on the Telluride.

[@BrandonG8Man]

Seems this is a trend with HK in other brands as well since you uncovered similar issues with the BMW too.

[@chadrickenberg3676]

Do you have any recommendations for how to improve the sound system? Is it as simple as adding an amplified subwoofer?

[@sagenorton4718]

How do you turn on the surround sound

[@christopherrmcg]

QuantumLogic in Volvo's sounds great to me, but I know Volvo has some other harman technologies they use. I want to hear it in the Palisade/Telluride for my own comparison

[@PrashanthAkunuri]

Volvo's is far superior. I own a 2023 Telluride. 😅

[@amirfakhribadri7994]

Harman korea team wow 🫠🫠 my brain like this.

[@TripleMachine]

Everytime you mention uncompressed audio I wonder if you are a member of RED ?

[@czechmate9497]

Wait! A manual sunshade?

[@876junk]

Does it have a hard drive to save music?

[@DailyMotorSound]

No

[@mintchevvv1834]

Not 1987

[@ericrainey8224]

I thought Tellurides came with 10 speakers 🤔🤔🤔

[@ericrainey8224]

@@2nd-place Palisade has up to 12

[@al151]

They both have 12

[@godgipz]

12 shitty speakers

[@455LT1]

They both have 12, Kia mislabels it in their brochures. I was disappointed with this system in my Telluride over 4 years. It was dull and lacked any type of image separation. The highs were muffled and the midrange was muddied. I think they needed dash mounted tweeters to elevate the sound as the door mounted units are too low
I could never teak it to get a pleasing sound.