Gain settings and Bluetooth music
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Yes I agree to use the cleanest source for setting your gains. I forget sometimes I'm not comparing apples to apples. My aftermarket HU has the ability to adjust source input levels to match everything evenly.
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EVERY HU should have this ability as table stakes IMO. I ****ing hate it when I've forgotten to turn the volume down before switching from a quiet track on the iPod to SiriusXM.
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OP when you were describing distortion from bluetooth that rang a bell with me. A lot of phones have EQ settings in them that can cause some pretty weird sounds once piped into an amplified audio system. I seem to recall most of the android phones I have used have those EQ adjustments on them.
You might want to check to see that they are set to flat. As a test pair another bluetooth device to your stereo and see how it sounds as a comparison. I have seen some wild deviations from one bluetooth audio device to another. As an example I had the EQ in Media Monkey set for some headphones I was listening to while sitting in my recliner relaxing with Covid. A few weeks later when I selected bluetooth as the source on my head unit it was way too heavy on the bottom end. I remembered I had tweaked the EQ for those headphones and set it back to flat. After that the bluetooth source sounded fine.
Good luck.
You might want to check to see that they are set to flat. As a test pair another bluetooth device to your stereo and see how it sounds as a comparison. I have seen some wild deviations from one bluetooth audio device to another. As an example I had the EQ in Media Monkey set for some headphones I was listening to while sitting in my recliner relaxing with Covid. A few weeks later when I selected bluetooth as the source on my head unit it was way too heavy on the bottom end. I remembered I had tweaked the EQ for those headphones and set it back to flat. After that the bluetooth source sounded fine.
Good luck.
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I think on my S7 there was an option enabled by default in one of those sound settings that made the music sound pretty dull. When I disabled it the bluetooth audio sounded better.
I gotta say the Quad DAC on the LG V series phones makes for some fat sound out the headphone jack. When I have my phone mounted on the bars for GPS use sometimes I'll plug it into the AUX jack to take advantage of those DACs. Really brings the system alive.
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Well an update. Decided to go ahead and purchase a license for my TR Centurion "pay per license" and program the HU to the 8/2 flash. The DSR1 came with a file to offset the crazy Boom EQ curve, but I'm not sure that is the way to go. Flashed, checked the HU with DD1, distortion moved from 4 clicks down before, to just one under full volume, Checked the DSR1 with the DD1, no clipping. Connected the amp and set gains, sounds great all the way up now, no clipping
