Equalizing makes sure that more power is devoted to a smaller band of frequencies, and can often lead to others getting starved of it, since the total power available to the system remains the same. Loud can be defined as an overall increase in the output level. I have seen some digital processors in Studios which also cover attack decay (via noise gates) and include parametric (Q, F, L) settings that can offer some solution but even here the use of these processors is limited.Īlso, it's not true that using the equalizer makes a system 'loud'. In some cases (usually in the case of really poor recordings, or very poor components, or a really uncooperative envrioment a EQ can make music a little more listenable or tolerable but given that we ICEers have graduated from the levels I dont think most of you will need a EQ at all and the EQ you will have access to wont be adequate. No EQ is going to cover all this, you'll need a host of very expensive processors and analysers to dothis right. Hence in most cases a NO EQ setting will sound nicer than a EQed setting.Ī system (HU, Amp, Speaker, Envrioment/Install) has huge peaks and valleys in the freq and phase resppone not to mention time alignment, attack and decay. Not adequate in th level of control they offer and even less so in the quality of their processing. Even if the speaker measures flat in the lab, your car will be sure to mess it. Note the frequencies which are irregular, the degree of irregularity, and based on the scope of your equalizer, try and fix it. It is also common to have pink noise playing and analysing the response with an RTA. Only these will alow you 'frequency settings' unlike graphic eqs that have fixed center frequencies. All Pioneers have a three band one usually. For this, I have a mental picture of what the track playing would ideally sound like, a benchmark, usually based on some other top notch home or car hi-fi installation. I AM NOT a golden eared geek, but I believe I can judge what bands to look at (to a certain extent), and how much boost/ attenuation to provide in that band, when I listen to a compromised sound system. Selecting good components and good installation minimizes the need is what I meant. I am not saying there is no need to equalize. How about the frequency settings B&T these are confusing for many to get the right sound. I too was fiddling with my HU settings and settled on 0 for all after advice from navinji and all here. ![]() So effectively there is no need to equalize? when should we change these settngs. Now i know why navin choses his car keeping ICE and not FE/performance in his mind.ĭisclaimer-I am no audio expert.Consult one for better understanding of tuning. Not just all spectrum of sound but to me the most imp tuning part a good installer will look is front sound staging.Basically one should feel that sound is coming from front stage and he can pin-ponit the location of each instruments being played as we can do if its being played live from a real stage.There r few other things like TA which have been discussed many time before here.įew days back i checked the ICE of my BIL,sony HU with sony front 4" and rear 6x9".Nothing special to talk about SQ but one striking feature was its front sound staging coz of presence of front spk in dashboard which is probably the best loaction for mid-freq sounds. What exactly does he look for while tuning the system? I dont think soĪ good tuner will tune the system after the installation. similar for midband and high frequency.Īgain depends on individual's choice.e.g.LBM would like to go as low as possible but i prefer a 50-100Hz spectrum of low freq sounds.It gives very tight punchy kind of bass.O/W i like mid frq more than bass.īasically if theres a hard and fast thumb rule while tuning. should it be ideally in the centre or as low as possible but knowing the limits of the speakers. Generally what is the bass frequency tuned to as there are options from 40Hz to 200Hz. ![]() Say there are filter settings for low, mid and high frequencies. ![]() That point should ideally be flat setings.lol Once you get to that point then it depends on your personal preference to tune it. That's true i was wondering if theres any particular view of tuning to get the perfect balance.
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