Loud feature on 880 active

[gijoe 10+ year member]

I recently added a 4 channel amp and I'm running my Boston s60's active. I'm getting to the point where I'm happy with the way it's tuned but I'm curious about Pioneers Loud feature. I set my gains and crossovers with it on, now if I turn it off I lose a lot of volume and my bass goes into the toilet. I guess my question is, what does the feature actually do? And will I benifit from tuning my system and setting my gains with it off? I was under the impression that it's intent is to mellow out certain frequencies at certain volumes, so will I get a more consistent sound by tuning my hu with this feature on or off?

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[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

yes, the loud feature mellows out certain frequencies:eyebrow:

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

turn off the loud, and reset your gains..

 

[krayzie07 10+ year member]

this is something I wanted to know aswell

so will be turning LOUD off aslong w/ Bass Boost

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Loud sucks, it only there for when you're listening to songs at long volume and there is NO bass response.

It artificially boost frequencies.

Turn loud off, reset gains.

nG

 

[hardhitta47 10+ year member]

turn off the internal amp while you're at it

 

[gijoe 10+ year member]

Cool, thanks. The internal amp was the first thing to go when I got my amp. I just want to make sure that I can get a well balanced sound, I previously set everything with LOUD on, so now when I turn it off I lose a lot. I'll turn it off and redo my gains and tuning and see how it goes.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Cool, thanks. The internal amp was the first thing to go when I got my amp. I just want to make sure that I can get a well balanced sound, I previously set everything with LOUD on, so now when I turn it off I lose a lot. I'll turn it off and redo my gains and tuning and see how it goes.

If you still feel it's lacking, toy around with your EQ to slightly boost specific frequencies...

nG

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

If you still feel it's lacking, toy around with your EQ to slightly boost specific frequencies...
nG

Soooooo.... isn't this essentially what "Loud" does??? lol

IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO MUSIC THE WAY WE TELL YOU, THEN YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!!!!

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Soooooo.... isn't this essentially what "Loud" does??? lol

The LOUD feature is a generic curve, a generic EQ that boost A LOT of frequencies... too much. It is essentiall a preset EQ curve, that is JUNK.

Actually listening to your system, and boosting or cutting the SPECIFIC frequencies that need to be... is a much better way of actually tuning your system.

nG

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

The LOUD feature is a generic curve, a generic EQ that boost A LOT of frequencies... too much. It is essentiall a preset EQ curve, that is JUNK.

Actually listening to your system, and boosting or cutting the SPECIFIC frequencies that need to be... is a much better way of actually tuning your system.

nG

Mmmhmmm.... unless you actually LIKE that preset EQ curve? Or is it wrong then, too?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Mmmhmmm.... unless you actually LIKE that preset EQ curve? Or is it wrong then, too?

Then you have horrible taste in audio/quality.

There is NO preset curve to put on a HU, that works for every car. That's why there is a customizeable EQ.

nG

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

Then you have horrible taste in audio/quality.

Wow... that's an incredibly narrow-minded viewpoint. Thanks for that.

Considering you don't know jack about how I have my system set up, then I'd say you have a horrible viewpoint as well. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Enjoy!

 

[99StangGt 10+ year member]

Loudness usually boost low and high freqs. It is used for listening to lower volumes. a lot of decks with loudness when turned up the loudness shuts off. I used it with my Nak decks. Its easy to see if it shuts off at loud volumes, turn up the volume and then turn on and off the loudness.

 

[99StangGt 10+ year member]

This is from the pioneer website.

Loundness: At low volume levels, low and high frequency sounds in music can be overpowered by ambient noise levels in the vehicle. loudness control provides an easy way to boost these frequencies and provide better overall sound at low volume levels. Many pioneer models feature 3-mode loudness, allowing you a more precise control of the boost levels.