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Help with High Pass Frequency, Low Pass......Searched and still confused.
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<blockquote data-quote="2010HHRUMADBRUH" data-source="post: 8227904" data-attributes="member: 606055"><p>My personaly experience with head units has been that if they have a ton of options for sound, and especially if they seem to have 2-3 different sub-menus for one particular range (sub, mid or high) they are not easy and maybe even impossible to shut the EQ off.</p><p></p><p>I run my stock unit (which has 3.5mm input so it's all I need) with a line driver. The settings on the unit are all flat. I have a crossover and a sub amp going off the line driver, so all my settings are adjusted from the crossover/sub amp.</p><p></p><p>I tried a this pioneer DEH-P500UB, and it did not sound the same at all. Both in louness and in sound quality. This unit has a lot of audio settings and options, and I beleive it's because of this reason that it's very difficult to set them correctly. Which options affect other options, and how? I could never figure it out, so I went back to the stock unit.</p><p></p><p>Now from what I've heard, most stock units are garbage. I just happen to have a decent one, apparently.</p><p></p><p>You could run a cord from your device, directly into the amplifier via 3.5mm to RCA cable, if you don't really listen to the radio or CDs' (I sure as hell don't). I would be willing to bet that if you at least tried doing this to compare the difference, it would be like night and day. (this would prove my theory that aftermarket head units with a lot of options are hard to setup and possibly have some options that can't be turned off)</p><p></p><p>Another thing: that unit is not active capable, from what I can tell. At this point, I'm not sure why head units even have crossover settings, if they don't do anything, which is the impression I get from "Active capable" units. I do notice that they will slightly change the sound of stock speakers or 2-ways, or when you use the speaker outputs on a head unit anyway. They might be hindering the amplifiers' crossover settings, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2010HHRUMADBRUH, post: 8227904, member: 606055"] My personaly experience with head units has been that if they have a ton of options for sound, and especially if they seem to have 2-3 different sub-menus for one particular range (sub, mid or high) they are not easy and maybe even impossible to shut the EQ off. I run my stock unit (which has 3.5mm input so it's all I need) with a line driver. The settings on the unit are all flat. I have a crossover and a sub amp going off the line driver, so all my settings are adjusted from the crossover/sub amp. I tried a this pioneer DEH-P500UB, and it did not sound the same at all. Both in louness and in sound quality. This unit has a lot of audio settings and options, and I beleive it's because of this reason that it's very difficult to set them correctly. Which options affect other options, and how? I could never figure it out, so I went back to the stock unit. Now from what I've heard, most stock units are garbage. I just happen to have a decent one, apparently. You could run a cord from your device, directly into the amplifier via 3.5mm to RCA cable, if you don't really listen to the radio or CDs' (I sure as hell don't). I would be willing to bet that if you at least tried doing this to compare the difference, it would be like night and day. (this would prove my theory that aftermarket head units with a lot of options are hard to setup and possibly have some options that can't be turned off) Another thing: that unit is not active capable, from what I can tell. At this point, I'm not sure why head units even have crossover settings, if they don't do anything, which is the impression I get from "Active capable" units. I do notice that they will slightly change the sound of stock speakers or 2-ways, or when you use the speaker outputs on a head unit anyway. They might be hindering the amplifiers' crossover settings, too. [/QUOTE]
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