Pioneer D6902R or BT Titan II's
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I was told by bill if I use BT speaker's I don't need to water proof. But If I go with different speaker's I would have to. Yes BT lids are hogtunes.
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I always look at my gain setting like the face of a clock. On the infinity's the gain setting on the RZ4 is set straight up and down or the 12 and the 6. The Pioneers are set at the 1 and 7. You can run on the infinity's on flat as well. Flat meaning All Pass or full. . If you use MP3gain. You can set all your music at about 93db and not worry about clipping. Sounds dam good by the way! This amp does not have a crossover setting. That would be accomplished through the HU if needed. The frequency response on the infinity's is 45-25k HZ So you can cross them over at 60 to 80 HZ without a problem.
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Gannicus this leads me to a question for you. The kenwood excelons have a EQ pro that lets you adjust the EQ by what hertz not generic bass/mid/treble. If I looked up BT 7.1's to find out there operating range, could I just use the eq pro and turn down what is out of there range?
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Gannicus this leads me to a question for you. The kenwood excelons have a EQ pro that lets you adjust the EQ by what hertz not generic bass/mid/treble. If I looked up BT 7.1's to find out there operating range, could I just use the eq pro and turn down what is out of there range?
Yes Sir! That's what it's all about . . . . Knowing your components. The BT's are 49-22khz meaning they are optimized in this range. I'm not a sound engineer or any thing like that but that's my understanding from researching this stuff over the years. AAWAV or NUTZ are my go to guys for confirmation when I have a technical question. I know a hell of a lot about this stuff but I will never reach NUTZ level expertise. . . lol
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Yes Sir! That's what it's all about . . . . Knowing your components. The BT's are 49-22khz meaning they are optimized in this range. I'm not a sound engineer or any thing like that but that's my understanding from researching this stuff over the years. AAWAV or NUTZ are my go to guys for confirmation when I have a technical question. I know a hell of a lot about this stuff but I will never reach NUTZ level expertise. . . lol
with regards to the EQ question... there is no real point in filtering the <49Hz away as the speaker will not or barely produce those frequencies (meaning below 49Hz). it might help a little bit, but again I am neither a graduated audio engineer.
the trick is to - and here we go, it is all subjective, as my ears are not Gann's ears - HOW LUCKY I AM, you should see them
just kidding my friend - to bring a range of frequencies up or down according your personal preference and type of music you play...now keep in mind, if for example one of the frequencies in the EQ settings is 250Hz, that does not mean it is just that frequency that will be enhanced or reduces via the EQ setting. it usually goes 6/12/18db sloped (depending on the type of filter used).
the kenwood eXcelon seems to have a 13! band equalizer... good (great options) and bad (if you mess up or do not know what to do with it LOL).
below an example of an EQ that has a +12db turned on on 3000Hz (3kHz) with the rest all flat.
the more frequency channels you have on a EQ the more you can fine tune the sound.
My Deck got a 5 channel fixed frequency EQ.
now loudness is for example a sort of EQ setting that will boost only highs and lows. hence the reason you need to DISABLE that on your Bike unless you play at a really low volume (
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Aawav..
I don't know how you guys under stand this stuff. But wish I could. Its guys like you that help us all learn what we are doing wrong. So with the Kenwood is it better to leave the EQs set up as is out of the box and just use a pre set one? it has a eq set that says threw?
I don't know how you guys under stand this stuff. But wish I could. Its guys like you that help us all learn what we are doing wrong. So with the Kenwood is it better to leave the EQs set up as is out of the box and just use a pre set one? it has a eq set that says threw?
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The easiest way I found to tune with my Sony was to download the app to my phone and connect to my radio via Bluetooth. I went to an old parking lot with no one around and turned the radio up as loud as I could until it started sounding bad while the EQ was flat lined and then standing a little ways back from my bike I adjusted everything to my liking at a volume I know I would be able to hear riding down the highway. With my phone app I can adjust front and rear fade, the EQ and position. The fade and position are pretty close to being the same but you can fine tune every speaker a ittle more with position. So much more you can do with an aftermarket radio!
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Aawav..
I don't know how you guys under stand this stuff. But wish I could. Its guys like you that help us all learn what we are doing wrong. So with the Kenwood is it better to leave the EQs set up as is out of the box and just use a pre set one? it has a eq set that says threw?
I don't know how you guys under stand this stuff. But wish I could. Its guys like you that help us all learn what we are doing wrong. So with the Kenwood is it better to leave the EQs set up as is out of the box and just use a pre set one? it has a eq set that says threw?
NO Boost or loudness setting turned on please
next thing, ask a buddy or friend that does have some understanding of audio and/or EQ to help you dial in the EQ to YOUR liking. make sure you have a set of songs in good quality! you really like and are representative of the type of music. if you have original CDs that is great as those are better than mp3.
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