RevvdMedia
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Hey guys,
I plan to install a Clarion EQS746 (or equivalent) 7 band equalizer between the head unit and amp to clean up the clarity and EQ on the speakers - they are about 70% to where I want them to be. I need to make a decision on sound staging as I don't want to spend the extra money on a more expensive equalizer right now (Audiocontrol EQX and equivalents are over 300 dollars in Canada whereas the Clarion can be had for $100). I'm basically going to piecemeal my system together.
The issue is the Clarion and most other equalizers are only 2 channel. Where this becomes a problem is the staging of audio for door chimes and bluetooth call audio - they are staged to the front - but to retain those you would need to plug the front channels into the equalizer and then send that signal to the front and rear - which means your bluetooth voice audio and chimes are now in "surround sound" coming out of the front and rear. I have devised some sound staging possibilities:
1) Plug the front channel into the EQ, use the fader on the EQ to control front/rear balance.
Pros: EQ will affect front and rear speakers.
Cons: No Front/rear fade through head unit, only the EQ; chimes and BT voice is coming from all speakers.
2) Plug the front channel into the EQ, but leave the rear channel going straight into the amp from the head unit.
Pros: Retain front/rear fader control through HU, chimes and BT voice stays up front.
Cons: No fine control of EQ on rear speakers except through head unit, which will affect the front speakers as well.
3) Plug the front channel into the EQ, set the front components as full range, use the rear speakers from the SUB out and only use rears as bass fill. Only being 6-1/2" speakers, not sure how beneficial this will be even with a 90hz and lower crossover set.
Pros: As the rear speakers will only put out bass frequencies, you probably won't notice much "surround sound" effect on BT voice and chimes.
Cons: Not sure how good this will sound, plus it will be a waste that I put in coax into the rear since they won't be used for frequencies above 90hz.
Before anyone goes down this road - yes I am aware of factory audio processors, more expensive EQ's and whatnot, but I'm choosing the oldschool 7-band method for budget reasons. I can afford the more expensive options, but I really want to give this a try. The biggest problem I'm having with the factory audio with new speakers is I think the factory EQ has too wide of a curve which really doesn't allow the finer tweaking I feel I need to get the sound at least 90% there.
Thoughts from the gurus?
I plan to install a Clarion EQS746 (or equivalent) 7 band equalizer between the head unit and amp to clean up the clarity and EQ on the speakers - they are about 70% to where I want them to be. I need to make a decision on sound staging as I don't want to spend the extra money on a more expensive equalizer right now (Audiocontrol EQX and equivalents are over 300 dollars in Canada whereas the Clarion can be had for $100). I'm basically going to piecemeal my system together.
The issue is the Clarion and most other equalizers are only 2 channel. Where this becomes a problem is the staging of audio for door chimes and bluetooth call audio - they are staged to the front - but to retain those you would need to plug the front channels into the equalizer and then send that signal to the front and rear - which means your bluetooth voice audio and chimes are now in "surround sound" coming out of the front and rear. I have devised some sound staging possibilities:
1) Plug the front channel into the EQ, use the fader on the EQ to control front/rear balance.
Pros: EQ will affect front and rear speakers.
Cons: No Front/rear fade through head unit, only the EQ; chimes and BT voice is coming from all speakers.
2) Plug the front channel into the EQ, but leave the rear channel going straight into the amp from the head unit.
Pros: Retain front/rear fader control through HU, chimes and BT voice stays up front.
Cons: No fine control of EQ on rear speakers except through head unit, which will affect the front speakers as well.
3) Plug the front channel into the EQ, set the front components as full range, use the rear speakers from the SUB out and only use rears as bass fill. Only being 6-1/2" speakers, not sure how beneficial this will be even with a 90hz and lower crossover set.
Pros: As the rear speakers will only put out bass frequencies, you probably won't notice much "surround sound" effect on BT voice and chimes.
Cons: Not sure how good this will sound, plus it will be a waste that I put in coax into the rear since they won't be used for frequencies above 90hz.
Before anyone goes down this road - yes I am aware of factory audio processors, more expensive EQ's and whatnot, but I'm choosing the oldschool 7-band method for budget reasons. I can afford the more expensive options, but I really want to give this a try. The biggest problem I'm having with the factory audio with new speakers is I think the factory EQ has too wide of a curve which really doesn't allow the finer tweaking I feel I need to get the sound at least 90% there.
Thoughts from the gurus?
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