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Who ever is running an Alpine 9835/33, do you have Media Expander always running? I've tried eq'ing with out the MX on, but it just sounds too flat for me.

I know everyone's eq setup is different due to other audio equipment and car in general, but what are your eq settings? I'm getting decent low and very good high end, but no matter what I do I can't get my mids to sound good at all.

Thanks for your help,
Craig

 
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I don't have the 9835 but I do have a unit with media expander. It is usualy off. I only turn it on occasionaly. I think it messes with my sound stage.

My eq is basicly flat.

 
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I can't wait to get my speakers, subs and amps installed. I have to wait until the weekend after x-mas though. I'm not working outdoors during a Chicago winter.

 
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Aww, come on. Its warm out today. And it may even hit 40 this week

edit: I checked it out. You are correct. Its going to stay cold for a few days. I think I'll fill up my tank today because I'm going to run out tommorow or thursday and I'd rather pump gas at 36F than 19 or 21

P.S. man I love auto start on my car this time of year

 
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You're joking right? I think the highest it is supposed to get this week is 27. I heard the lows are somewhere near 4 to 9 below zero. I will just take my time and try to work in the car as much as possible, with it running. Maybe I will have everything installed by Sunday. But my hopes aren't high.

 
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The Media Xpander is basically a sound quality enhancement that has different settings depending on the source. On mp3 and XM, the audio is compressed across the entire bandwidth, resulting in a sound that seems to lack high and low frequency definition and clarity. The Xpander gives a slight level adjustment to these frequencies giving it a "live" sound. On Cd's it effects lower frequencies only, and on FM it effects vocals.

 
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^ What he said....

I have the Meida expander running at times, but most of the time my EQ is flat. I tend to turn it on when on the highway where road noise can intrude into the cabin.

 
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I have the 9811 and use MX for my IPOD or MP3 discs only

 
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I got a question... I just got the 9835, I set the Dimmer to Manual, but it just goes Dim and stays that way, how do I choose between Dim and Not Dim ?

 
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Oh and sorry for bringing this back from the dead....

 
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There is no way to manually adjust the dimmer unless you disconnect the dimmer wire, then set it to auto, and it will always be on "bright" and to get it to dim, you switch it to manual.

 
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bah humba, thats stupid of alpine.
Thanks for the help.

 
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On CDS the MediaX is a problem for me the way it effects lower freqs like Mass said. It jacks with high, low, mid balance that I have set with my amps. For that matter, I always defeat everything I can on Headunits and try to use the most raw signal I can til I get to my amps. Originally developed to compensate for the compresion loss of MP3 formatted music, Media Xpander just seems to act like a "loud" button when I use it on MP3s. Personally, I think the loss for Mp3s is minimal when good quality Files are used and my system sounds quite good with any "Xpanders" of any kind, thank you very much Alpine. Can't blame ////Alpine for adding features, but I personally hate mediaX.

 
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I like MX, but only on some sources... it was like my Sony deck that had SSO( sound stage organizer )

 
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Well since we are back on this topic... I dont use any EQs or the MX feature. I think I only used the MX once, and that was for some shoddy mp3 cd I burned, which I replace rather quickly with a higher bit rate cd.

 
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From what the manual explains, MX is intended for compressed audio sources - I use it only with MP3's and with Sirius radio. If you do a side by side comparison between MP3 and CD on a high enough quality system (even with higher bitrate MP3) there is a noticable difference in the sound quality - to me the MP3 sounds "flat" and MX helps compensate by boosting high and low end.

 
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Other then MX and the EQs, do you guys use the build in X overs ? any other feautres u guys use ? i-personalize ?

 
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Nope. I use defeat.

 
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My CDA-9811 has a built in passive crossover - I use a crossover on my subwoofer amp and the Boston Pro comps have passive crossovers as well.

 
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I have MX on at all times, and my eq is flat

 
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Has anyone took the time to figure the time correction on the 9835 for a coupe? i'm pretty sure 01-05 should be about the same...

 
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^^^^^Also depends on where your speakers are mounted^^^^^

 
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it depends on your type of speakers and how/where they are mounted
use i-personalize from alpine's website

 
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i have the MX on when i listen to the radio cause it takes out some of the static. i generally run my EQ flat but i do have the highs tuned up a little and i have crossovers for the front speakers.

 
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dont you mean active crossover in the deck?

the components have a passive crossover...