anyone ever used the RF RE-Q "bass restoration signal processor"

[JoeGibs 10+ year member]

MTX re-Q Bass restoration signal processor Get full bass response when adding amps to a factory system at Crutchfield.com

I'm trying to help a friend do an install in an 08 escalade with the factory bose, navigation, phone, and onstar and all that good junk. I would normally just use a LOC, but the last time i used one in line with a bose stereo, it just stopped getting louder after a certain volume. definitely dont want to have that problem with this install considering the kind of money we're going to be putting into it. So i came across this little guy. in theory, it does exactly what i'd need it to do to counter the factory bose bullshit.

anyone used one, or something like it before?

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[Ronny 10+ year member]

RE-Q is great and has surprisingly good SQ for being an OEM integrator.

BUT, the bass restoration on the RE-Q is lacking, I switched mine out for an Audiocontrol LC8i instead.

 

[JoeGibs 10+ year member]

do the audiocontrol's have the same feature, as the bose starts to cut out it compensates for it by boosting signal?

 

[Ronny 10+ year member]

Yup.

The AC unit is better than the RE-Q by far IMO, many more features as well.

 

[JoeGibs 10+ year member]

I don't need the 8 channel audiocontrol, do i? the 6 channel should work? my friend also said that he's pretty sure there's a factory subwoofer, so i'm hoping i can find and tap into that. you're sure these little bastards get rid of the 'subs stop getting louder' problem with bose?

 

[SourDeez 10+ year member]

08 escalade has an 8 inch sub i think it is in the center console under the dash

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

I just did one of these in a customers 08 Accord last week. 4ch w/ Alpine Type-S 6.5comps front, 6.5coax rear, Hifonics Brutus 1609D, DD2512 @ 2ohm. The highs turned out ok, needed an EQ pretty bad as the highs were screaming but mid was lacking.

The car started out w/ just the Brutus amp and DD2512 (installed that a few weeks ago w/ a $20 LOC) and he came back to have the RE-Q, 4ch, rears and fronts. The sub amp picked up ground/alt noise, but 4ch didn't w/ the RE-Q. I searched around and saw the RE-q was having problems for that, I ordered a 12amp DC filter for him today. Signal sensing was kinda a pain. Sometimes it worked right, sometimes it would have like a 45 to 60sec delay for turn-on and turn-off. Lack of sub-level control was disappointing (customer thought it had it). Freaking huge input harness was some BS too.

All in all, I rate the RE-Q mediocre at best. Sub didn't sound much better over the $20 LOC and Mids just seem to not get much lower freq. (reason I say an EQ would be nice)

I would recommend the LC6i over the Re-Q.