The 2015 facelift adds a
sound symposer into the equation — active sound control channels engine sound to the speakers, so the three options in the 3 - Mode Drive System now get an additional audible perspective.
The 3.4 - litre flat - six produces searing power and almost painfully loud sound effects with the sports exhaust and
symposer open into the cockpit, but the otherwise excellent PDK tested here feels like it has a short second gear and a long third.
The 2015 facelift also adds a sound
symposer into the equation — active sound control channels engine sound to the speakers, offering an additional audible perspective to the three options in the 3 - Mode Drive System.
And a variable sound
symposer brings the peppy EcoBoost engine's raspy exhaust note into the cabin when you want it, but tones down the noise factor when you don't.
Sound
symposer tubes amplify chosen powerplant frequencies in the cabin, but Porsche might hold tryouts for shorter wavelengths and higher - pitched voices.
The extra power over the regular XFR and XKR's 5 - litre V8 engine is provided by improved airflow and a new exhaust system, the latter also cranking up the noise levels and an
intake symposer feeding extra sound into the cabin.
If it's out and out thrills you're after then the petrol - powered model delivers scintillating pace and a special sound
symposer delivers a rasping exhaust note under acceleration, yet reduces engine noise to a background hum when cruising.
The standard sound
symposer intensifies the driving experience; it transmits induction sounds of the turbo engine to the passenger compartment via a speaker diaphragm.
The Cobb Tuning Focus was outfitted with a wealth of the company's own products, including its Accessport V3 tuner, a turbo - back exhaust system, a front - mount intercooler, a cold - air intake, a turbo kit, motor mounts, an adjustable shift plate, a shift knob and a sound
symposer delete.
In a move that will likely have purists up in arms, Porsche has fitted a so - called
sound symposer to the new 911 Turbo to generate a synthetic soundtrack.
The Fiesta also adopts the Focus's brake - based Torque Vectoring Control, an electronic limited slip differential, and Sound
Symposer.
The TTS feels much more energetic thanks to its wider tires, tauter suspension, and exuberant exhaust note amplified by a sound
symposer that pipes the most flattering frequencies into the cabin.
To transmit acoustic action into the cabin, the engineers installed a «sound
symposer» in the firewall.
Well we're looking forward to experiencing the «Sound
Symposer», which is claimed to transmit engine sound into the cabin via the A-pillars.
So the new ST has a «sound
symposer» that pumps induction noise through a resonating tube to the back of the facia, a trick that gives the impression of a bigger engine with more cylinders, ensuring the character of the old 2.5 isn't completely lost.
Granted, the output is amplified once again by Porsche's «sound
symposer,» a tube that transfers induction noise into the cabin.
Thanks to a sound
symposer (Ford - speak) and a sound generator (VW terminology), which establish acoustic links between the engine bay and the passenger compartment, both powerplants are remarkably melodious travel companions.
A «Sound
Symposer» pipes in the sounds of the intake to the cabin through the car's A-pillar when the car is in sport mode.
All the while it plays an eager, if not particularly sophisticated, tune, augmented in the cabin by a sound
symposer.
A «Sound
Symposer» directs engine intake noise into the interior, while your neighbours will delight in the vocal sports exhaust.
You're also egged on by the throaty engine note, which is surprisingly easy on the ear given that it's essentially artificially generated by a sound
symposer.
The intake system also features
a symposer that channels more of the induction noise into the cabin, adding to the aural excitement of the XFR - S Sportbrake.
It's certainly better than something conjured up by a sound
symposer.
The intake system also features
a symposer that channels more of the induction noise into the cabin, adding to the aural excitement of driving the XFR - S.
That's because of what Porsche dubbed the «sound
symposer.»
The symposer opens in lower gears and under hard acceleration, closes while cruising in top gear.
When you buy a Fiesta ST, you're also getting the perception of speed and sportiness via a «sound
symposer.»
A sport exhaust system is available as an option in combination with a switchable sound
symposer, which optimally transmits the V8 sound experience into the interior.
Any doubts about fewer cylinders are quickly forgotten once you feel how hard Ford's 1.5 unit pulls from low revs and enjoys spinning up to its limiter, all the while accompanied by a muscular, growling soundtrack that is tastefully piped into the interior through the Sound
Symposer, with proper pops and cracks from the new sports exhaust.
The symposer is driver - and passenger - friendly but less friendly is the firm sport suspension going over bumpy roads.
We could still live without the added aural spice of the «sound
symposer», mind you — although the effect of the new sports exhaust is a welcome one.
«These two sound
symposers have a different setup between the standard car and Carrera S. It's just a tube where the intake system is connected with the interior but separated by a membrane.
Porsche engineers have use two «sound
symposers» to emphasise the sound of the engine.
It's fast and it's bumpy and you'll love the sound
symposer.
It's not too refined, though: Ford wanted to make sure you could hear the engine properly, so this Fiesta has the same «sound
symposer» as the Focus ST, to pipe synthesized engine noise into the cabin.
A controllable valve located in front of the membrane enables the Sound
Symposer to be activated or deactivated by means of the Sport button.
Elsewhere, there's also the Sound
Symposer, which directs intake noise into the interior at the push of a button.
A significant part of this process is the reworking of the famed sound
symposer, first found on the previous Focus ST and subsequently employed to devastating effect on the previous generation European Focus RS and RS500 models.
Instead, it uses two mechanical sound
symposers than «pipe» real «live» induction and engine noise forward into the cabin.
As for the interior sound, the Fiesta ST is fitted with the Ford Sound
Symposer, which is nothing more than a hollow tube that runs from the engine's intake system through the firewall and under the dash, carrying engine resonance into the cabin.
The Sound -
Symposer is the manifestation of all the fussy - ass navel - gazing that threatens the soul of every automaker.
Well, it's the presence of perhaps the all - time dumbest invention in the history of the automobile, the Sound
Symposer.
I didn't mind
the Symposer at all.
So what about that sound
symposer?
This type of generator is more commonly called a sound
symposer — and it's something of a poisoned chalice.
On the other hand, without
the symposer activated, the GT doesn't sound nearly as good.
The Ford Focus ST also follows its predecessor by including a «sound
symposer» that transmits the sound of the engine directly into the cabin.