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why is my engine and road noise swallowing all the bass/ midbass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lasherž" data-source="post: 8710067" data-attributes="member: 679555"><p>Sound deadening is the obvious solution for most vehicles, but with a convertible you're going to reach diminishing returns much quicker. You'll never get it to sound good next to a guard rail, curb, or building, but my order for killing exhaust sound would be first address the exhaust itself if you can find an alternative muffler or more quiet solution. Then use CLD and CCF on the bare trunk ground and CLD, CCF, MLV, and CCD again on the underside of the carpet. From there you can address the wheel wells and trunk lid if it's not better but be careful not to expect too much. Similarly for road noise get your balancing and alignment taken care of first, then wheel wells, trunk, flooring, and doors.</p><p></p><p>Your easiest solution here might just be a bass knob if the difference in high volume w/ road noise and low volume w/o is too much to enjoy music with. Interestingly with an audiocontrol LOC you can address this more directly with bass at least, not so much midbass by increasing the bass restoration higher over a volume threshold. I don't know if there's any head units that address this automagically, it's rare to even find one that can adjust the volume to speed let alone the EQ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lasherž, post: 8710067, member: 679555"] Sound deadening is the obvious solution for most vehicles, but with a convertible you're going to reach diminishing returns much quicker. You'll never get it to sound good next to a guard rail, curb, or building, but my order for killing exhaust sound would be first address the exhaust itself if you can find an alternative muffler or more quiet solution. Then use CLD and CCF on the bare trunk ground and CLD, CCF, MLV, and CCD again on the underside of the carpet. From there you can address the wheel wells and trunk lid if it's not better but be careful not to expect too much. Similarly for road noise get your balancing and alignment taken care of first, then wheel wells, trunk, flooring, and doors. Your easiest solution here might just be a bass knob if the difference in high volume w/ road noise and low volume w/o is too much to enjoy music with. Interestingly with an audiocontrol LOC you can address this more directly with bass at least, not so much midbass by increasing the bass restoration higher over a volume threshold. I don't know if there's any head units that address this automagically, it's rare to even find one that can adjust the volume to speed let alone the EQ. [/QUOTE]
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