I recently bought a 2017 Macan GTS with the Bose system. It sounded...."ok," after I adjusted some settings in the PCM (Linear on, bass -1, treble +2). No time alignment though, so no staging/imaging.
Only pic I have of the car itself right now is in tow mode, hauling the Audi Club trailer of all things! (I'm the President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter). The Macan is just a fancier Audi Q5 anyway, right? Haha
The car this replaced was a 2018 Audi RS3. That car had a full system, professionally installed by Elevated Audio in Denver (who I would highly recommend). NavTV Zen-V MOST150 interface, Audison AP8.9bit, Audison AP1D, Morel Hybrid 602, JL Audio 13TW5v2. Of course, we pulled out all that gear out of the RS3 and returned it to stock before we sold it.
After my experience with my Cayman GTS, and since I already have all the equipment (particularly the Zen-V, which will also work in the Macan), I decided to go ahead and install it in this car.
Honestly, if I didn't already have the equipment, I'm not sure it'd be worth spending the thousands of dollars to buy new gear for it. Maybe. I guess we'll never know
The Macan is already VERY quiet from the factory, but I still wanted to do some sound treatment on the doors to help focus the energy into the cabin, and prevent any potential rattles. My husband did this task, and he was, uh, very thorough:
Meanwhile, the factory Bose amp is in the cargo area, behind a panel on the left/driver side. I started soldering on XT60 quick connects heading to the speaker locations:
Ran power to the battery (located below the cargo deck, so nice and easy access), and used some metal straps to mount the amps (they're stacked), using the factory mounting studs/nuts