I like bass. I added a 10” kicker hideaway sub to the Tacoma as well and upgraded the speakers to kickers. It sounds in some ways better than my near 6 figure IX. But for a factory system the H/K seems decentGberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:58 pmDamn. You're cranking up that bass and treble. I just had them at +30%. I'm no audiophile but I know this system doesn't sound great when volume is up.max225 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:38 am
Hmm… I’m usually at 70% bass and 80% treble and I leave the mid range alone. My i4 had the “ok” base stereo so I’m not 100% sure what the best settings are on the current HK as my IX has a bit of a different setup.
My main complaint with that one is that there is 0 bass out back… it’s all treble but the front driver/passenger seats vibrate …
The genius at my dealer has a youtube video showing the one he made so I'll try that. I really have no idea which bars do what so I'll copy his and adjust from there.
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So as an 'audio engineer' by education and former trade, I would say that EQs should typically be subtractive and not additive. If you want more low end and high, leave them at 0 and lower the mid range.
I think it needs more mids? It seems very flat even with raised bass and treble that seem to bring the curve up by default.
I don't know if your 3 had it, but you can adjust 7 different frequencies on the EQ. That's too much for this
I would suggest flattening all bands (honestly this is usually the best setting) and then going one band at a time. Pick a song you love and know really well/have listened to on many systems. From there, I'd try out boosting one band like 6 db and listening to the song, see if it sounds better or worse to you. Once you've done this with all seven bands, any that you thought made it sound worse, try lowering them by like 3 db and seeing what you think.
My 3 series just had low, mid, high it was poverty spec and the stereo, while better than a GR86, was shit. It was def worse than the base stereo by a decent margin.
I sat in it for a good 25 minutes playing around with the EQ to finally get it right. I think it sounds better but in no way is this some crazy knock your socks off sound system.D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:18 pmI would suggest flattening all bands (honestly this is usually the best setting) and then going one band at a time. Pick a song you love and know really well/have listened to on many systems. From there, I'd try out boosting one band like 6 db and listening to the song, see if it sounds better or worse to you. Once you've done this with all seven bands, any that you thought made it sound worse, try lowering them by like 3 db and seeing what you think.
My 3 series just had low, mid, high it was poverty spec and the stereo, while better than a GR86, was shit. It was def worse than the base stereo by a decent margin.
the reality is that if it’s incredible, it really shouldn’t need any EQ adjustments. While cars are not great acoustical environments, the stereo is tuned from the factory for the exactly ‘room’ it will be in, so the idea of the consumer then improving it via tuning audio engineers/acousticians did at the OEM is kind of absurd. EQ is just for subjective tastes and a toy to tinker with in cars.Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:20 pmI sat in it for a good 25 minutes playing around with the EQ to finally get it right. I think it sounds better but in no way is this some crazy knock your socks off sound system.D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:18 pm
I would suggest flattening all bands (honestly this is usually the best setting) and then going one band at a time. Pick a song you love and know really well/have listened to on many systems. From there, I'd try out boosting one band like 6 db and listening to the song, see if it sounds better or worse to you. Once you've done this with all seven bands, any that you thought made it sound worse, try lowering them by like 3 db and seeing what you think.
My 3 series just had low, mid, high it was poverty spec and the stereo, while better than a GR86, was shit. It was def worse than the base stereo by a decent margin.
It's also got a "surround sound" setting which I left on because I'm assuming they intended for it to be on. It was slightly different with it off but not that big of a difference. I'm also streaming from apple music so the source is lossless and I have the EQ disabled in the app.D Griff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:02 amthe reality is that if it’s incredible, it really shouldn’t need any EQ adjustments. While cars are not great acoustical environments, the stereo is tuned from the factory for the exactly ‘room’ it will be in, so the idea of the consumer then improving it via tuning audio engineers/acousticians did at the OEM is kind of absurd. EQ is just for subjective tastes and a toy to tinker with in cars.
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Speaking of EQ whenever I get into a rental car and I noticed the music is a little bassy to my liking, Im assuming someone who had it before me trying to be cool and put the bass up high, but when i checked it was all 0
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Depends on the car and options of course. But Nissans in particular are definitely best at 0. If you turn em up past that the speakers fall the eff apartMexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:14 pm Speaking of EQ whenever I get into a rental car and I noticed the music is a little bassy to my liking, Im assuming someone who had it before me trying to be cool and put the bass up high, but when i checked it was all 0
The surround sound thing is confusing to me. Basically all music is mixed in stereo so I don’t understand what that’s supposed to do.Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:38 pmIt's also got a "surround sound" setting which I left on because I'm assuming they intended for it to be on. It was slightly different with it off but not that big of a difference. I'm also streaming from apple music so the source is lossless and I have the EQ disabled in the app.D Griff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:02 am
the reality is that if it’s incredible, it really shouldn’t need any EQ adjustments. While cars are not great acoustical environments, the stereo is tuned from the factory for the exactly ‘room’ it will be in, so the idea of the consumer then improving it via tuning audio engineers/acousticians did at the OEM is kind of absurd. EQ is just for subjective tastes and a toy to tinker with in cars.
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My “compressed” YouTube music sounds just fine. I’m pretty anal when it comes to car Audio also, but once you start driving the car there is so much other noise that it will offset most music settings even in super quiet cars like my evs. In a loud M3 … totally different.Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:38 pmIt's also got a "surround sound" setting which I left on because I'm assuming they intended for it to be on. It was slightly different with it off but not that big of a difference. I'm also streaming from apple music so the source is lossless and I have the EQ disabled in the app.D Griff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:02 am
the reality is that if it’s incredible, it really shouldn’t need any EQ adjustments. While cars are not great acoustical environments, the stereo is tuned from the factory for the exactly ‘room’ it will be in, so the idea of the consumer then improving it via tuning audio engineers/acousticians did at the OEM is kind of absurd. EQ is just for subjective tastes and a toy to tinker with in cars.
I’m assuming your surround is “logic 7” it does sound better with it on as it “lifts” the sound from chest to head level. Is what I noticed.
Man, even that graphic of the EQ is confusing to me
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