Cicada ordered
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On your DSP screen the vertical lines between 20-100Hz are in 10Hz increments, 100-1000Hz are in 100Hz increments, and 1000-10000Hz are in 1000Hz increments. The Cicada DSP's and amp with the DSP installed come with presets to flatten the Harley EQ curve without having to flash the bike. If you really do have the RF flash then they shouldn't have used one of the preset EQ curves. My recommendation is to make sure that your head unit is actually flashed then remove all the EQ and set your HP filter to 100Hz with a -12db slope. Also, if they did not install the resistors that came with your speakers then I would install them since you are running your system passive. They should go on the power wire before the external crossover. There should be a picture of this in your owners manual to reference. See how this sounds then you can play with EQ or even reducing your gain level for each channel.
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Yeah man, that looks 100% better!
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Pulled the trigger on the Cicada DSP150.4D amp and CH65.4 speakers for my 2019 Street Glide set-up. Install should be next week once parts are in. Only $220 more than the Evox 400.2, GZ, HKI DSP set-up. Hopefully it will be worth the money!
I’ll post results when it’s all finished
I’ll post results when it’s all finished
Congratulations on the new system. Good thread. I like the Cicada products and also like Hertz a lot based on research of both. Curious if you considered Hertz and if so what helped you make your decision.
Thanks
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Cruiser
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From: Milwaukee, WI
i have run into a couple issues: the original EQ setup by the installer was not the best, not Cicada’s fault, I am using one of their preset EQ maps, which has made things much better. I have found on a few occasions, when streaming from my phone, the bike volume control no longer works, and I can only control volume using my phone. Can turn volume all the way up or down on bike, with no effect on system volume. Not sure what is causing this? Finally, it seems the system is not nearly as loud as it originally was, best I can describe is what was very loud at 1/2 full, now requires 3/4 or more to equal…again, not sure what happened? Maybe it’s just me!
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What is more than likely happening when the headunit isn't controlling the volume is that you are streaming directly to the amp.
If you are not making any adjustments on the amp via BT just simply disconnect your phone from the amp bt.
If you are not making any adjustments on the amp via BT just simply disconnect your phone from the amp bt.
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Cruiser
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From: Milwaukee, WI
Could that be the cause of the loudness issue?
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That will cause a volume difference for sure as the amp is receiving difference input signals.
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From: Indiana
when you want to adjust with the dsp, you have to go to the cicada dsp app and connect thru that app. When you are finished with dsp, disconnect the app. Then connect with your head unit, that way as Badboy said, you will be streaming thru the head unit and not the amp..