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<blockquote data-quote="eharri3" data-source="post: 6596063" data-attributes="member: 591579">I think most of Alpine&#039;s newer head units are set up with no real built in tuning specifically so you have to buy a separate add-on module, and they hope you&#039;ll be convinced IMPRINT is the end all, be all and give them the extra money rather than spending it elsewhere.I hear IMPRINT cuts bass frequencies rather aggressively, getting you a very flat frequency response but a real-life sound that won&#039;t initially be right if you don&#039;t work around this. Also you have to experiment alot with mic positions and play with it a bit to make the computer do a tune you like. Seems like it ends up being more work than taking a bit of time to play with a separate EQ.And once you set IMPRINT up I don&#039;t think you can go in and make tweaks and adjustments to the computer tune, you live with it as is or you start over.&nbsp; Probably a good alternative to using some of the instruments necessary to tune textbook style using a separate processor, or to doing the measurements for time alignment. Just sucks that you can&#039;t use it to get a baseline and then tweak it from there. I had no interest in it. I went to a Pioneer HU with built-in time alignment, built in sub, front, and rear crossovers, and a 16 band graphic rather than keeping my Alpine and paying for IMPRINT. I can adjust it on the fly as I want or pick any of the pre-programmed EQ curves and then adjust from there.My pio also has a less elaborate auto-tuning system built in that sets the EQ curve and time alignment, all I have to do is plug the mic in, set it on the faceplate, get out and close the doors. May or may not play with it at some point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eharri3, post: 6596063, member: 591579"] I think most of Alpine's newer head units are set up with no real built in tuning specifically so you have to buy a separate add-on module, and they hope you'll be convinced IMPRINT is the end all, be all and give them the extra money rather than spending it elsewhere. I hear IMPRINT cuts bass frequencies rather aggressively, getting you a very flat frequency response but a real-life sound that won't initially be right if you don't work around this. Also you have to experiment alot with mic positions and play with it a bit to make the computer do a tune you like. Seems like it ends up being more work than taking a bit of time to play with a separate EQ. And once you set IMPRINT up I don't think you can go in and make tweaks and adjustments to the computer tune, you live with it as is or you start over. Probably a good alternative to using some of the instruments necessary to tune textbook style using a separate processor, or to doing the measurements for time alignment. Just sucks that you can't use it to get a baseline and then tweak it from there. I had no interest in it. I went to a Pioneer HU with built-in time alignment, built in sub, front, and rear crossovers, and a 16 band graphic rather than keeping my Alpine and paying for IMPRINT. I can adjust it on the fly as I want or pick any of the pre-programmed EQ curves and then adjust from there. My pio also has a less elaborate auto-tuning system built in that sets the EQ curve and time alignment, all I have to do is plug the mic in, set it on the faceplate, get out and close the doors. May or may not play with it at some point. [/QUOTE]

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