iTac91 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I just installed my new HU and replaced all my OEM speakers. My HU is the Kenwood dpx500bt. I really like it, i've just never messed with some of the audio settings this comes with. Specifically the center frequency and Q factor. After some research i have a good idea of how it all affects the music. Im just not sure on what to set it all on. My equipment and setting values are as follows: Two Hertz DT 24.3 Four Hertz DCX 570.3 (no amp yet, but coming soon) Two JL 10w0's in a sealed enclosure JL JX500/1D for the subs The settings on the HU can be found http://manual.kenwood.com/ce/im369/NorthAmerica/English(en)/IM369_13-2DIN_K_r1-11.html here. Im looking for a "smooth" sound and i listen to all music. Three main ones are Rock (hard and harder ) , Rap, and Electric. Any and all input is valuable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 The higher the "q" the narrower the band of frequencies effected. Basically it like higher q is a higher slope. Say you put center at 1k and q at 1.25 then the frequenceies above and below will be effected less than a q of .5. So if you cut 1k by 3db the say at .5. q down to 600 and up to 1200 get slightly cut too but not as much. With q of 1.25 then maybe only 950 And 1050 get cut. My numbers aren't exact but there is info out there about how q works. Just have to Google it. Rest in peace, walled 87 accord build log 03' Corolla build with AA Mayhem inside. My super random youtube channel and terrible camera work. Wiring comparison by CaptainzPlanetz Wire and fuse guide by Guest SyKo13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTac91 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 What's a good setting for the center frequency. I have my bass at 100 and the q and 1.5. Mid is at 1k with a q of 1 and my treble is at 10k. No q available for treble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTac91 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I found a Q calculator and dove into it a little more. This is what i came up with Bass: 100 Hz at 1.25 Q gives me a band of 67.7 to 147.7 Mids: 1k Hz at .75 Q gives me 535.2 to 1868.5 Treble: 10K Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Whatever sounds good to you. Rest in peace, walled 87 accord build log 03' Corolla build with AA Mayhem inside. My super random youtube channel and terrible camera work. Wiring comparison by CaptainzPlanetz Wire and fuse guide by Guest SyKo13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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