what deck settings should i apply for best quality sound with solid bass?

Question

What should i change my settings on my deck to for the questoin above? Such as the EQ-M,EQ-H,EQ-L levels and the "80+" level or the HPF, or the "SLA"?? any suggestions would be great!! thank you!

I have 2 12's in my trunk, 800 watt amp, sealed box if that helps

Answer 1

Sounds like you have a Pioneer head unit. If you do, just a word of advice.... depending upon the model you have, the RCA outputs eventually lose shield. Okay... as far as your question, each person hears things differently. When I set up a system for customers at our shop, (provided you are using the built in amplifier on the head unit), I put the low eq level at 80hz. Depending on the head unit you are using and whether it has a subwoofer dedicated RCA out is going to depend on what to set the bass on. IF you turn the bass up on the head unit to get more out of the 12's, you will also be sending bass to the full range speakers (mids and highs) which will produce high distortion levels. To solve this problem would require the use of a separate amplifier on the full range speakers running through an active crossover network, or using an amplifier with an adjustable internal crossover. That way you can get more bass out of the 12's without damage to your full ranges. The sla control is actually designed to level out the volume differences from one source to another. It stands for Signal Level Adjustment. Basically when you go from radio to cd... if the radio plays low, but when you go to cd and it is really loud, you can adjust them equally to eliminate that problem. Most head units do this automatically, that is the reason I am assuming that you have a Pioneer head unit. Hope this helped! Live Loud!

Answer 2

I'll address the ones you listed. Yes, it sounds like you're working with pioneer.

SLA - This is Sound Level Adjustment. If you find that your CDs play a lot louder or quieter than the radio, you can adjust this to match the radio. It's basically a permanent volume control, set it and forget it.

HPF - Your high pass filter. This will cut off bass to your front speakers, which you want to do. If your speaker diameter is 5.25"to6" it should be set to 80. Bigger should be 50, smaller should be 125.

If you use an HPF, you should set the SUB crossover so it matches. Otherwise you might overlap or have frequency gaps and BAD SOUND. :)

EQ-L/M/H this is your adjustment for low, mid, and high frequencies. If you think your music has too much treble, you turn down EQ-H, if you have to much bass turn down EQ-L.

**It's really important that you never set the values on the Equalizer to + values. If you have H = +2, M = 0, L = 0; That would be the exact same thing as H = 0, M = -2, L = -2. If you go into the + values, you could cause distortion and blow your speakers.

Answer 3

it depends on what you listen too but i set my HPF on 125Hz and the LP to 80Hz i put the SLA on 2 and didnt mess much with the EQ band at all.

my settings are for rock