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Review on Enhance Your Riding Experience with Cardo Motorcycle 45mm Audio Set - Black (Single Pack) by Tom Roberts

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No sound profile update on Freedom 4+

The Freecom 4+ firmware comes with a default sound profile from JBL that is only suitable for 40mm drivers. This will not fit 45mm speakers. You can't update the firmware using the QR code provided to get additional sound profiles that make the speakers worth anything. They'll still be too high and hurt your ears if you don't already have an additional audio app on your phone, and will probably still hurt your eyes like they did on mine. Big speakers just mean they don't have enough power. If you try a headphone amp, you'll get LOUD, piercing highs instead of a full sound. Good luck playing the radio. For $78, JBL and Cardo should be ashamed that they didn't provide additional profiles for both devices. When I walked out the door I had paid over $400 for these things because I thought I got the best thing yet. But I can't even pay to get better. Given how technology has evolved these days, it's a shame to spend so much on something that has so many flaws and a penetrating "superior" sound. shish. What a rip off.

Pros
  • Impressive
Cons
  • Some cons