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I'm trying to tweak my Pioneer HU for optimal sound. I'm not using bass boost, treble boost, SPEQ, or loud at all. I'm basically just gonna tweak the EQ and the Q factor. Although i'm clueless as how to adjust the Q factor. Does anyone that have experience with pioneer HU have any tweaking tips?

 
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What model? That would kind of help. Otherwise:

Loudness - High
Low - -2
Mid -5
High - 5
Sub - 80 Hz - +4
HPF - 150 Hz - (only if Sub amp is hooked up to Sub Out)

 
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pioneer p7400mp is the model number of the deck.

 
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it varies on the type of music u listen to, what volumes of levels u listen to, etc. its all in what your ears like to listen to IMO

i listen to hip-hop and rap mainly and my settings on the q-factor are:
low: set at Widest (+2 W) , and lowest fhz
mid: set at Narrow +1, 5k fhz (not sure)
high: set at Narrow +1, and 10 or 12.5k fhz



W = wide
N = narrow

if you set the fhz so its more wide on the q-factor, it will hit that note harder/louder?/more. you can see why i have my lows set as the widest as the hip-hop songs i listen to have major bass and it catches the bass notes and plays it smoothly and clean. same goes with some mid notes.

 
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hmmm this would be kinda hard for me then since i have kinda 2 different types i listen to. 75% of the time metal and 25% rap. Although there are two custom settings i can have. what would be a good suggested starting point (Q factor) for metal?

 
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Its all gonna depend on how you like the music and what kind of install you did with the speakers. Here is mine. I have a 2k2 sedan all 6.5 inch speakers, infinity reference, on a 25-30wrmsx4 alpine amp. It's the 13 band eq curve. Gave some bass cause rears are only 6.5 inch, gave a little treble too. It sounds way better than flat and better than the preset curves. Go through each band and set it all the way up or all the way down. If you like how it sounds, turn it up but not too much that it distorts. If you don't like it, turn it down a little.

+2 +4 +2 +4 +1 0 -1 -1 0 +1 +3 0 +2

HPF front 50 Hz
HPF rear 50 Hz

 
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hmm i guess i should have mentioned some details of my setup. 6.5" components in stock speaker locations, NO rears, and 2 12" type r's in the trunk. The HU only has a 3 band EQ. bass mid treble. Not a fan of using loud option or any bass/treble boost at all. I pretty much have my EQ set where i want it, just the Q factor i wasn't sure of how to adjust.

 
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3 band eq wow not much to tune then. I don't know what I'd do. And I don't think mine even has q factor.

 
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First off, you cannot suggest a xover point for him when you don't know the rest of his system. You say 150 HP only if sub amp is hooked up to sub out? Why, what bearing does the sub connection have on his HPF?


Kornsied - The answer to your question is one that you probably don't wanna hear. No one here can help you set those controls. The equation here is Speakers size and type + install location + install quality + vehicle acoustics + Music preference + Driver's preference = effective EQ and SP Settings. That being said, if any one of your variable inputs are any different than mine, my settings would be different than yours. So, what you need to do is learn how to make the settings yourself. TRUST ME, this is something that doing it on your own will make you a much better sound person. So, take every setting you can control. Sound Q, Q factor, HPF, LPF, Slope, etc. etc. etc. Write them all down. Then, proceed to define and research each setting to gain an understanding of how it will effect your sound. For instance.

Slope - The per octave rate that the sound level goes up or down, as the frequency increases or decreases. So every time the frequency is changed by 2, which is one octave, the sound level will go up or down by whatever your slope is set, say 6db.

Do this for every setting, then you'll be able to find your own perfect settings independantly.