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Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:58 pm

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 …

Damn. 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.

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.

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:22 pm 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.

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:50 pm

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:22 pm 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

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:18 pm

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:50 pm

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.

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:20 pm

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.

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: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:02 am

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:20 pm

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.

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.

MexicanYarisTK 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

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:38 pm

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.

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.

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:38 pm

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.

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.

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:54 pm It is the Logic 7 system but I ended up settling with this.

I also finally got a chance to really see the laser lights in action and they’re cool as hell. Seeing the high beams light up around the car in front of me is

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:32 am Would probably sound better from a CD

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:54 pm It is the Logic 7 system but I ended up settling with this.

I also finally got a chance to really see the laser lights in action and they’re cool as hell. Seeing the high beams light up around the car in front of me is

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:05 pm Logic7 but has a 9 band EQ

D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:21 am

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:54 pm It is the Logic 7 system but I ended up settling with this.

I also finally got a chance to really see the laser lights in action and they’re cool as hell. Seeing the high beams light up around the car in front of me is

Man, even that graphic of the EQ is confusing to me

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:05 pm Logic7 but has a 9 band EQ

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:18 pm Just got an email from enterprise saying I have to pay a $200 speeding ticket from back in August when I was driving the poverty Benz.

$175 for the ticket plus a $25 fee.

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:39 pm Return the M3 you can't handle German hersprsss

golftdibrad1 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:16 am speed cameras are cancer

Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:18 pm Just got an email from enterprise saying I have to pay a $200 speeding ticket from back in August when I was driving the poverty Benz.

$175 for the ticket plus a $25 fee.