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Porsche Panamera

Burmester High-End 3D Surround Sound System

The optional system uses 21 individually controlled loudspeakers, including a 25 cm active subwoofer with its own 400 W class D amplifier.

The whole system

Drag to turn. Positions are drawn by zone from the maker’s published layout; exact placement inside each zone is schematic.

Speakers
21
Amplifier
1,455 W
Channels
Not published
Rank by speakers
10 of 20

Engineering notes

  • Burmester's 21 loudspeakers are individually controlled by class-D amplifiers with 1,455 W total, 400 W of it for the subwoofer.
  • The Air Motion Transformer drives the front channels. Its folded-sheet diaphragm has nearly half the oscillating mass of the previous design at the same piston area, and efficiency rises by 6 dB.
  • Auro-3D processing, developed with Galaxy Studios in Belgium, adds height from the A-pillar speakers. A separate algorithm repairs compressed sources such as Bluetooth and MP3.
  • All drivers sit in lightweight die-cast aluminium baskets, and the amplifiers run at over 95 percent efficiency.

Cabin

Layout
Four-seat saloon
Seats
4
Zones with speakers
4
Fitment
Option
  • Burmester AMT (folded-sheet diaphragm)
  • Die-cast aluminium baskets

More from Burmester

Sources

2 speakers: a-pillars. Unpublished number of speakers: dash-center. 1 speakers: subwoofer. 18 speakers: other