Settings for upgraded music system

[Singh911]

I found a US based forum with some great info from someone very seriously into their audio arrived at very scientifically from what i read. I have copied these settings below. They sound great and far better than i had on the settings beforehand.

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Fader +2 towards rear (I changed this to +1 in my car)
Treble +4
Bass 0 (+1 in my car)
Surround off!!!
100Hz -2
200Hz -1
500Hz 0
1KHz +2
2KHz -3
5KHz +4
10KHz +6 (i changed this to +4 in my car)

The surround just seems to add copious amounts of reverb and wrecks the sound IMO.
I initially set everything up using my ears, then used some sine wave test files with a large diaphram mic who's responce I'm familiar with and an oscilloscope (yes - I'm into audio!).

[ratty6464]

which car model and stereo model?

[ratty6464]

Totally agree that the surround mode is rebbish and distorts the sound (not in a good way!)

[Singh911]

These were for an f10 m5 for the loudspeaker professional upgrade (later called the hk I think). They may also work with other cars with the same upgrade though the acoustics were tested and arrived at these values on an f10.