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- 2019 CX-5 Signature
Seadawg, what are you using as the source to play FLAC/ALAC files in your CX 5 ? The reason I ask is that I burned a few CD's using the EAC (Exact Audio Copy) software in FLAC format and then loaded them onto a USB stick. The Bose system does not recognize the files. I then burned the same tracks in WAV format, loaded them onto the same USB stick and the system only recognizes the WAV files on that USB stick.
I think the Bose system sounds like crap with strident midrange. I too am a classic rock listener and wonder if it is the fault of the WAV format ? In my Nissan 370Z the 6 disc changer quit working a couple of years ago so I bought a Pyle PDAP18 music device and loaded a bunch of my favorite albums in FLAC format onto it so I could have tunes for road trips. It played through the AUX input in the Nissan. I plugged the Pyle unit into the AUX input in my new Mazda and it works fine but of course you have to use the controls on the Pyle device for menu, track, play/pause, etc which is hazardous while driving. The USB stick drives in the Mazda work great with steering wheel controls and console controls and showing album art, track title, etc on the dash display but I just am not happy with the fidelity.
Have you tried 320k MP3's? That's the highest quality the CX-5's USB port can play. It sounds about as good as it can in that format, as the Blose system's limitations start being revealed.