BenK
Junior Member
Good Evening All -
For Christmas, I received a new Kenwood KDC-X895 deck as well as the Sirius hardware accessories for it. Today, I finished the installation in my Toyota Land Cruiser. This new deck drives 2 Alpine 4 1/2" (front door) speakers, 2 factory 4 1/2" speakers (rear door), rear factory sub, and additional 10" enclosed sub (Infinity Basslink 200-Watt, Dual 10" Powered Subwoofer System) which I added a couple of years ago. This enclosed sub has a built in amplifier too. It's not a top of the line sub, but was added to simply provide a better range of sound - not to be heard outside of the vehicle.
Anyways, after installation, I went through to try to configure the audio for the best possible sound. I listen to a variety of music from my iPod, Sirius Radio, CDs, and flash memory. Compared to my old radio (Alpine CDE-9881), this Kenwood deck has many more options as far as treble, mid, and bass adjustment.
The reason that I'm posting is that I'm trying to find out what is suggested that I configure my audio settings for to achieve the best sound. I can obviously configure my new X895's settings, but also the sub's. The enclosure is connected to the deck by a pair of RCA cables connected to the "sub" RCA connections on the back. Below is a section from it's site description of it's capabilities:
"User-adjustable controls allow listeners to set the system's response to achieve optimum performance based on the vehicle's cabin gain or transfer function. These controls include: a 0- or 180-degree phase switch; a continuously variable electronic low-pass filter that is adjustable between 70 and 100Hz; variable input sensitivity; and Bass EQ that provides for adjustments between +3 and -6dB. BassLink's frequency response in a typical vehicle is 20 to 100Hz (+/-3dB), but this varies according to the vehicle and user adjustments. At maximum gain, the system can accept inputs as low as 250mV."
So given the above - what do you suggest i set both the X895 deck & sub to? Yes, a lot of it may have to do with the vehicles's acoustics - but surely there's a few things that need to match.
Thanks!
For Christmas, I received a new Kenwood KDC-X895 deck as well as the Sirius hardware accessories for it. Today, I finished the installation in my Toyota Land Cruiser. This new deck drives 2 Alpine 4 1/2" (front door) speakers, 2 factory 4 1/2" speakers (rear door), rear factory sub, and additional 10" enclosed sub (Infinity Basslink 200-Watt, Dual 10" Powered Subwoofer System) which I added a couple of years ago. This enclosed sub has a built in amplifier too. It's not a top of the line sub, but was added to simply provide a better range of sound - not to be heard outside of the vehicle.
Anyways, after installation, I went through to try to configure the audio for the best possible sound. I listen to a variety of music from my iPod, Sirius Radio, CDs, and flash memory. Compared to my old radio (Alpine CDE-9881), this Kenwood deck has many more options as far as treble, mid, and bass adjustment.
The reason that I'm posting is that I'm trying to find out what is suggested that I configure my audio settings for to achieve the best sound. I can obviously configure my new X895's settings, but also the sub's. The enclosure is connected to the deck by a pair of RCA cables connected to the "sub" RCA connections on the back. Below is a section from it's site description of it's capabilities:
"User-adjustable controls allow listeners to set the system's response to achieve optimum performance based on the vehicle's cabin gain or transfer function. These controls include: a 0- or 180-degree phase switch; a continuously variable electronic low-pass filter that is adjustable between 70 and 100Hz; variable input sensitivity; and Bass EQ that provides for adjustments between +3 and -6dB. BassLink's frequency response in a typical vehicle is 20 to 100Hz (+/-3dB), but this varies according to the vehicle and user adjustments. At maximum gain, the system can accept inputs as low as 250mV."
So given the above - what do you suggest i set both the X895 deck & sub to? Yes, a lot of it may have to do with the vehicles's acoustics - but surely there's a few things that need to match.
Thanks!