Time Alignment...

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

So here is the deal. I just bought a Kenwood Excelon KDC-x693 and am excited because its a huge upgrade from my current sony deck.

Anyway, i am curious about the added feature of time alignment. I've never messed with this before since i didnt have a capable deck.

I've read through several threads and i understand how it works, i just have a few questions..

So if i set up my time alignment so that my stage sounds like i'm in the center of it, then wont the passengers hear the music as sounding off and or bad?

I would love to fully enjoy the benefits of my stage but i also want my passengers to enjoy it as well.

Is there any way to use the time alignment feature of the deck to make it better for all occupants of the car or can it really only be targeted to one occupant?

I dont have the deck as of yet, its on the way but i just want to plan ahead.

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[modskwod 10+ year member]

It can really only be targeted toward one place, so your passenger would be SOL if you were listening with the T/A on. However, I think you can turn it on and off on most decks, so just turn it off when you have a passenger.

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

Lol that is what i was thinking, yea i think i'll have a couple profiles setup if possible.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Blue Fury 10+ year member]

the passenger probably couldn't tell the difference anyway.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

who cares about what the passenger hears.

 

[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

the passenger probably couldn't tell the difference anyway.

This. I have the same deck. Have never had anyone complain, I always get compliments. That likely wouldn't the case if I gave a few members here demos, but for the average listener, they don't notice it lol.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

who cares about what the passenger hears.

x2

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

hahah, hopefully its not too hard to setup. I'll be doing it by ear.

Will most def come to the forums for some help.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

search?

 

[Wattser93 10+ year member]

who cares about what the passenger hears.

+1, most can't tell the difference anyways.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

You can use time alignment for both seats at the same time. Instead of delaying your closest speaker so that it matches your furthest you simply delay each pair of tweets and mids on each side to one another. That distance isn't as relative to either position and can help staging some. So if your tweets are the closest on both sides you measure your left tweets distance to your left mid and right tweet to right mid and then delay for each side.

If you using components and your tweets and mids aren't together this helps.

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

I am not using comps, i have MB Quart coaxials. My car really has no place for separate placement so i had to choose coaxials.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

yould have to have speakers in the center, so yould have your own left and right speaker and so would your passenger

the more you set it for your ears, the more it messes it up for your passengers ears

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Honestly most passengers won't care. It mostly affects staging and very few people even know what proper staging is in a vehicle or listen for it. In my car if I set my drivers seat up properly the passenger side center image is directly in front of them. Alot of less experienced people like that anyway so it's not a huge trade off in my case.