so who else has "loud" turned on their hu?

[Farris2k1 10+ year member]

i've gotta keep loud on, otherwise i have to turn up my hu **** near to full volume for it to really pound

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[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

"Loud" in 12V language translates into "Sounds like crap". Set your gains correctly or build a different box if you want it to be louder and still sound decent.

 

[DJ FURY 10+ year member]

Nothing good comes out of using the loud button at high volumes.Or at least i have yet to hear anything good.Just my opinion.

 

[jemorgan85 10+ year member]

The loud feature does nothing but sacrifice sound clarity for increased signal strength.

 

[78nova 10+ year member]

i always have mine on i love loud bass

 

[infinity1412 10+ year member]

i had a loud button on one of my old cd players and if it wasnt on there was no bass at all so i always had it on

 

[someone16 10+ year member]

does media xpander on alpine hu's=loud on others? if so then i use it

 

[Farris2k1 10+ year member]

my stuff sounds good with loud on, and it's not even turned high, usually at about 18-22, the only thing that ***** my stupid trunk rattling now, gotta do someting about that

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

i thought loud was only for when you had the volume low, so it would still sound like , i guess you could say good, if i turned my old head unit down and put loud on it still sounded kind of powerful, but like other peopel have said, when you turn the volume up it didnt sound good to me. just my thought. im probly wrong

Peace

C

 

[Vicious 10+ year member]

I keep MX on with my Alpine unit, if that counts.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

"Loud" stands for "Loudness Compensation". It boosts low and high frequencies at low volume levels to compensate for your ears' sensitivity. In theory, if your system sounds good at low volume without loudness, it should sound boomy and harsh at high volume. Not your system's fault, it's your ears.

A correctly implimented loudness function decreases boost as the volume control is increased. It's been on hi-fi amps for over 50 years. Digitally applied loudness however varies in effectiveness greatly with the specific dsp used. Some work as they should, some don't.

I use mine because the system sounds anemic at low levels otherwise, as it should.