u/AnOldRustyBMW

I just upgraded from an iPhone 11 to a Galaxy S26. I am literally just trying to get a note from my iPhone to my Galaxy notes. My iPhone wont let me email them to myself because its their stupid sharing method. I can get the notes icloud.com on my Galaxy but I can't download them in any way. I like to think I'm pretty tech savvy but how the hell is anyone normal supposed to figure out how to do this? Getting fed up with compatibilities and syncs and clouds and holy sh*t bro I just want to avoid having to manually re-type every note but I am about 2 minutes away from doing so.

Anyone wanna help or just talk sh*t about Apple let me know.

Hey guys, I really don't know a lot about car audio so here I am. In 2023 I bought a speaker upgrade from Bavsound for my 2000 BMW 323ci.

https://www.bavsound.com/products/stage-one-bmw-e46-coupe-standard-hi-fi?syclid=7171d995-dee7-44c3-b27f-6b58581bb1fe

I installed everything myself, and it was about as easy as the website says it was. Upgraded speakers with the stock head unit sounded better than before. My issue is that the music is "ping-y" and it sort of pierces your ears in the high frequency range, way before you ever hear the bass. I feel like I can't listen above 1/3 volume before the high frequency just makes it painful. I also do not have a subwoofer, and for what little I know about sound I know those produce good bass/low frequency.

For contrast, my dad has a 2023 Ford Escape with the "Bang and Olufsen" sound system, and you can crank it way louder than my BMW without that piercing high frequency feeling in your ears.

The only thing I'm worried about is that on better set-ups, I see thicker gauge wires, and I'm wondering if that's also a problem on my setup? Do I need to rewire all the speakers with thicker wire? Would installing a subwoofer solve my issues?

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice. I'm trying to work with whatever it is I did 3 years ago.

Hi guys! I have two secondary air pumps (SAP) and I would like to test their function. I noticed the outlet only has two prongs, does that mean I can just hook up a bench battery and some alligator clips to see if they work? Thanks in advance!