Kranny Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 What your supposed to do is set everything flat on the HU and never touch them again. Joking? my settings are flat and i like them like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel4055 Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Yeah flat on my HU sounds better than all its presets. Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphisBred Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Don't doubt it kranny. The words never and supposed to jump out at me. Seems as if he thinks the settings have to be flat. Edited January 30, 2011 by memphisBred Quote SMD Super Seller/Buyer Audison----Hertz----Rainbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugee81 Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Try tuning the amplifier with your EQ on. Or tune it with the EQ off, and keep It off! Quote 200a alt. by Excessive Amperage hc800 under hood & 2 Deka 9a31 in rear 1/0awg + big 3 SAZ 3000D HDC3 18" @ 2 ohm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEvil Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Tune with EQ set how you like it, or off if you dont like to EQ your settings. Adjusting the EQ after tuning for clipping defeats the purpose. Quote MickyMcD - "Capable of making some serious trouser flapping volumes at where's-my-testicles frequencies, the Servo-Drives used to be fairly jaw dropping..." Any time you have have a power wire next to your frame put some rubber hosing (or cut up an innertube) around it. The wire is bound to wiggle (due to driving or flex) and the casing will eventually wear through. Hammerdown... 1% no links to outside websites, business related FB/YT pages allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hostility Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 ok ill give it a shot with all my eq settings where i want them Quote 99 s10 4.3L Big 3 220amp alt Odyssey 1500 Odyssey 2150 Northstar NSB 75 Sundown Audio 3500D Sundown Audio 125.2 3 Sundown Audio SA-12's Alpine H/U RF Power Comp set 6.5" RF 3 sixty line driver 5.25 cubes @ 31hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robster_craws Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) I leave all the settings on my eclipse HU flat and tune my audiocontrol eq to get the sound I like, I hardly ever adjust the "bass" on my HU because according to my manual it is centered at 100hz and i would get too much of that higher frequency "bass" than the stuff down around 30-45hz that i was actually trying make louder by adjusting the "bass" in the first place. Since i listen to all kinds of music that is mastered and recorded with the low frequencies levels very unconsistant from one recording to the next I adjust the gain on my bass amp higher than what it should be if i only listned to dubstep or rap with heavy high level bass lines and just turn down my bass knob on the dash that is hooked to said bass amp when i play music with loud heavy bass lines, then when I play something like "hotel california" or similar that does not have the low frequencies recorded at the high level like "bass boom bottom" does I simply turn my bass knob up and then the drums and bass guitar are brought up to the audible level I desire. If i were to adjust the "bass" feature on my HU to bring the drums and bass guitar in then I run into levels that are undesired due to the "bass" adjustment on my HU being centered at 100hz, the upper chords ( I am not a guitar guy so I guess its chords?) of the higher frequency notes (closer to 100hz) from the bass guitar become too loud while the kick drum beats are not loud enough because they are substantially lower than than the centered 100hz "bass" adjustment on the HU. I have a phillips Oscope at my house but I have never used it to tune amy amp. I use my ear when I play my music. When I am playing bass heavy music or bass music like "bass boom bottom" and I want it as loud as I can play it I do this: I turn my HU up until my mids and highs are where I want them then I turn up my bass knob that is linked to my bass amp until the bass becomes "muddier" or less defined ( I am assuming at this point that the amp has run out of headroom and I am clipping the signal sent to the subwoofer) then I back the bass knob back down until the bass becomes fully defined again (at this point I am assuming that the signal going to my subwoofer contains the entire unclipped wave form of the paticular bass note it is trying to reproduce) My spl from the subwoofer is generally not any less when I have backed off the bass knob to what I have determined to be the full wave form goin to the subwoofer from my amp versus the signal that I have determined to be the clipped wave form signal going to the subwoofer from my amp that results in the "muddy" bass that I described earlier. none of this will probably be relevent to someone tuning or playing a purely spl setup or for competition, these are my observations for a daily driver. With the recorded levels of music being so different between different sources, formats, medias etc.. I use this method to listen to my music and get the bass lines to the level I want without sending a distorted or "clipped " signal to my subwoofer.This is all just my personel opinion and how I do it. If I had subs that cost 1000 dollars apiece and competed then I am sure that I would at that point use my Oscope to tune. If any of this that I have posted is flawed, by all means someone that actually knows better or can point out something I am missing chime in and let me know, I wont hate or argue, I want to learn and I know that I don't know everything. I just want to listen to my tunes the best they can sound off of the equipment that I have. Edited February 1, 2011 by robster_craws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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