Just placed an order on a 2015 Countryman S.
There is only two things which are small that I'm not fully excited about though I'm happy with the purchase.
The speaker system. I'm a sound engineer and I find the H/K audio upgrade to have uncontrollable lows. I have a dodge magnum and the speak system is awesome in it. I found the stock speakers to have a better all around sound then the H/K with the highs down through to the lows being evenly matched. The speaker system will be an upgrade I will be making in the future. I did get the Mini Connect with Nav package so I haven't researched stuff yet but I'm sure I will find some good options when I do research for speakers.
Also, another bummer is the orange spice body color! I have to say I think for me that orange spice is my favorite color and I'm bummed it is not an option for the Countryman. Below is what I have built and the order was sent in the other day. I should see it in 6-8weeks I was told. I hope they are on track. That will give me some time to sell my dodge magnum 05 during the waiting time.

My build:



Kriky

 

Very nice

 

Welcome / Congrats and post up some pics. Would like to see more actual pics of the Countryman refresh LC update when you get it.

Looks like a good combo.

 

Videographer who began in audio here.

The HK can get a bit boomy, with certain material. I think they're pushing the low-mids to give the impression of Big Bass at low volumes, but it can cause problems. I've had decent luck just dialing down the Bass (located about four menus deep in the Connected interface). Even still, there are a couple of albums I just know not to bother with in the car. In defense of MINI and HK, I will say that those albums are not especially well produced to begin with.

There are some significant quirks tot he way MINI's audio systems are set up, so aftermarket changes are more complicated than they really should be, but there are some well regarded options out there, if you're willing to pay top dollar.

 

Thanks St_G. Looks like you had a pretty quick delivery. Looking forward to the delivery day.

 

Yeah, IIRC it was like five weeks to the day or something.

BTW, if no one else has done so yet, go check out Integrated Audio's MINI offerings. They know they're way around the weirdness better than anyone.