The sound developed by our research center in Weissach is amplified by a sound from Berlin. We’re talking about Burmester®, a custom audio manufacturer based in Berlin and one of the most respected premium audio manufacturers in the world. The Burmester® High-End Surround Sound System is available as an option for all Panamera models.
The technologies behind the system are on level with the finest of the Burmester® premium home audio systems, showcasing state-of-the-art technology and featured in a Gran Turismo for the first time. The effort is uncompromising, the craftsmanship excellent, the sound phenomenal. The system owes its superiority to countless details, and one goal: perfection in sound.
As early as the Panamera concept phase, Porsche and Burmester® had already embarked on a close collaboration in order to determine the optimal installation locations for the special loudspeakers. Never before has such a large and acoustically effective total diaphragm surface area been used in a production vehicle and integrated to such perfection.
The system has 16 amplifier channels with a total output of more than 1,000 watts, 16 loudspeakers including an active subwoofer with a 300-watt Class D amplifier, a total diaphragm surface area of more than 2.5 square feet, and a frequency response of 30 Hz to 20 kHz.
Conceptually, we have broken entirely new ground. Crossover technology has been carried over more or less unmodified from the home audio sector. Analog and digital filters have been optimally defined for their new installation location and finely tuned after extensive in-car audio testing.
The tweeters are ribbon-based Air Motion Transformers (AMT) that have been designed specifically for the Panamera, for unmistakably fine, clear and undistorted high-frequency sound reproduction with excellent level stability. All loudspeaker housings are perfectly matched and deliver superior bass foundation, definition and impulse accuracy. As yet unequaled, the result is a natural and richly textured spatial sound. All of which is achieved, despite the system’s remarkably low overall weight, thanks to intelligent Burmester® lightweight technology.
Furthermore, the elegantly pure design with galvanized surrounds and Burmester® logos on selected loudspeakers makes it clear that the appeal of the Burmester® High-End Surround Sound System is as much about the visual as it is the audio.