New Sound System. Set Up & Tuning
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You can do a lot/all of it yourself with a laptop, microphone and a Real Time Analysis program. (And a tape measue if the HU does time delay - start with the speaker furthest away and work back from there setting each one.)
Play a pink noise track through your speakers, put the microphone as near to the center of your head as possible (some say sit in the back while you do this for better mic positioning, but I feel that my body will affect the sound, especially my legs from the driver's side mid).
You'll see peaks and troughs across the spectrum on the RTA, and the general idea is to get this as flat as possible (add music-based tuning after, by preference).
What you can do about it depends on the tuning options on your HU and, to a certain extent, amplifier (often just cut-outs/cross-overs and/or bass boost).
If you've just got treble and bass on your HU, there's not a lot to be done - they're going to bring whole chunks up and down at once. If you've got any sort of finer equalizer, then you can start to play with smaller bands of frequencies. It's usally better/easier to flatten the frequencies that are louder than boost the quieter ones.
A digital siganal processor between the HU and the amp would give you much finer control for this than most HUs.
Play a pink noise track through your speakers, put the microphone as near to the center of your head as possible (some say sit in the back while you do this for better mic positioning, but I feel that my body will affect the sound, especially my legs from the driver's side mid).
You'll see peaks and troughs across the spectrum on the RTA, and the general idea is to get this as flat as possible (add music-based tuning after, by preference).
What you can do about it depends on the tuning options on your HU and, to a certain extent, amplifier (often just cut-outs/cross-overs and/or bass boost).
If you've just got treble and bass on your HU, there's not a lot to be done - they're going to bring whole chunks up and down at once. If you've got any sort of finer equalizer, then you can start to play with smaller bands of frequencies. It's usally better/easier to flatten the frequencies that are louder than boost the quieter ones.
A digital siganal processor between the HU and the amp would give you much finer control for this than most HUs.
Busterbvi said:
Greetings. Ive just installed a new Sony Head unit and Pioneer amp in my BMW 5 Series E39. Does anyone know a good car audio specialist that does a tuning and set up service ?
Thanks. Buster.
Top lurking Thanks. Buster.
It’s not exactly a high end system, adjust treble and bass to your liking, job done.
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