Audio Settings

[eoin27]

I was driving on a long journey on Saturday and I was fiddling around with the audio. I always kept it at:

Bass: 8
Treble: 9
LOUD: On
Balance: 0
Fader: 0

I thought this was about normal for every car I had. But on the way home I was thinking, "I cant hear the rear speakers or the rear tweeters" from my 8 speaker JBL setup in the coupe. Now when I had the saloon, the front four speakers were a lot better than the two rear ones so I didnt pay much attention to them anyway. But in fiddling about, I found a new setting and it greatly improves the sound quality and gives it more of a surround effect. I can also turn it up really loud and not have my ears bleed.

Here it is.

Bass: 6
Treble: 4
LOUD: Off
Balance: -1 (to left, because the passenger side is further away!)
Fader: -4 (to rear)

Also, let me know what you all think. Do you use different settings?

[steve_earwig]

Yep, mine's been like that (accompanied by the fart fart fart noise of the estate's feeble rears). Thing is, it's fine if it's just you but it won't be any good for someone sitting in the passenger seat and any passengers in the rear will go deaf.

I think the loud button only works up to a certain volume on most stereos, better to sod about with the bass & treble controls.

[eoin27]

Thing is, it's fine if it's just you but it won't be any good for someone sitting in the passenger seat and any passengers in the rear will go deaf.

Agree totally.

I think the loud button only works up to a certain volume on most stereos, better to sod about with the bass & treble controls.

Thats right but it gives a little extra punch at higher volumes too

[teamster1975]

I have mine faded to the rear, bass at 4, treble 2, no loud button! Sound balance is pretty good

[Bailes1992]

I got a sony radio, JBL GTO627 6.5" 60w rms fron't speakers, Alpine SXE-1025S in the back, Infinity subwoofer and the car's been sound deadend.
My Bass is on 2/3ish. Trebble is on 7/8ish. The speakers are faded slightly to the rear and the sub is on mid way ish.
This gives me good background bass which is not overpowering, good quality and clear/crisp sound with a slight surround effect.

[steve_earwig]

Where did you put the sub?

[Bailes1992]

Where did you put the sub?

Boot

[steve_earwig]

Not in the spare wheel well or anything, ah. I suppose you can always take it out (and leave it behind in the carpark at the DIY store)

[Bailes1992]

Not in the spare wheel well or anything, ah. I suppose you can always take it out (and leave it behind in the carpark at the DIY store)

I'm think of moulding it into one of the storage compartments in the sides on the boot eventually.

[Gary406]

i have all my balance settings on 0 its that loud i dont have to adjust them 1 to the left and 2 to the rear

bass -4
midrange - +3
treble - full always (+8)
Sub - +11 max is +15

amp is adjusted so it kicks the sub loud
think low pass filter on the head unit is set 50hz so all the bass stays away from the door and shelf speakers

kenwood head unit (currently looking to upgrade to alpine)
JBL 2 channel amp running bridged, a 12" JBL sub
Vibe front door speakers and Vibe 6x9s

when i finally get the alpine head unit i will buy another 2 channel JBL amp and run it at 2ohm powering the Vibe door speakers and 6x9s

for a budget priced system it is quite good, beats most modern standard rubbish for sure

[Gary406]

I have mine faded to the rear, bass at 4, treble 2, no loud button! Sound balance is pretty good

treble is better higher than bass,

but i supose its what the individual likes

[steve_earwig]

Depends if the original set up actually has any bass

I'm think of moulding it into one of the storage compartments in the sides on the boot eventually.

You'd have to do a bit better than the oe fixings, otherwise it'll be fart fart fart all over again. There are holes for a couple of 6 inchers (oo-er misses) in the back door ( ), you just need to cut holes in the card. I think they'd maybe persuaded to go a bit bigger, perhaps oval.

[teamster1975]

I have mine faded to the rear, bass at 4, treble 2, no loud button! Sound balance is pretty good

treble is better higher than bass,

but i supose its what the individual likes

tbh with the stock setup it sounds about right to me, I've never really been into fancy sound systems. As long as it plays out of all the speakers I'm happy!

[plod]

The higher the frequency the less it travels, hence why treble settings are usually higher than bass settings.

TBH, I don't find the 406 system that bad, not brilliant, but acceptable, so haven't messed with it, as been there, done that, and had some scrowts steal my gear on a few occassions, so no longer bother.

I used to own a XR4x4 and had an enclosure that more or less filled the boot - we used to call it the coffin, and needed 2 people to get ot out the boot
Had a 15" Rockford Fossgate Sub in it, couple of kenwood amps, some pioneer 8" in the shelf - bloody brilliant speakers they were - tweeters in the b pillars blah blah blah

Listened to a lot of Jungle back then, but always attracted too much unwanted intention.

Would be nice to update some of the speakers, but again, I don't fancy the unwanted attention

[STALLED]

The front splits in the 406 are shockingly bad. Dynamat and new front splits should be the first sound upgrade, as the door cards rattle a farrrrkload!

The rear 6x9's aren't that bad - but will distort under the slightest bit of volume.