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Please help me you guys xx
Can anyone please tell me roughly how your bass/trebble & volume should all be set up on your amp & your HEAD unit haha? I just wana check that I am getting the most out of my stereo & dont wana take it to a shop to ask for them to laugh at me & think i'm stupid! I wana be able to set it up myself!
Also have any of you ever brought a recon MAF sensor off e-bay?
Thanx xx
Also have any of you ever brought a recon MAF sensor off e-bay?
Thanx xx
18 May 2007, 03:06 PM
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Have dabbled a bit with in-car hi-fi. Know more about home stuff, the purists will press the button that says bypass on their home amps so that the bass and treble controls are removed from the signal path. That way you are listening to the source (e.g. a CD) the way the producer / artist intended it to be heard. If you can't bypass them then set them to zero so they have minimal effect on the recording.........
However a car is a less than perfect listening room, due to being in a confined space, and once your moving engine noise, wind noise, etc to contend with. So slightly different rules can apply. The first thing is the bass will get washed out by the engine and road noise, that's why most car systems have a sub-woofer to boost it back up again. The treble side of things isn't too bad but the sound does need to be fairly direct, hence the tweeters are normally put quite high up so the sound doesn't have too far to go to get to your ears. Personally I think setting the bass a treble up / down a few clicks to your taste is fine. If you're having to set it a full to get the sound you want then there's probably something wrong with either your system, it's set up, how you comprehend music or your ears
As for the MAF sensor, knowing yours is the old hot wire type it may be worth the gamble, but a new one is probably better for peace of mind. They last quite a while anyway unlike the cartridge jobs on the newer models.
However a car is a less than perfect listening room, due to being in a confined space, and once your moving engine noise, wind noise, etc to contend with. So slightly different rules can apply. The first thing is the bass will get washed out by the engine and road noise, that's why most car systems have a sub-woofer to boost it back up again. The treble side of things isn't too bad but the sound does need to be fairly direct, hence the tweeters are normally put quite high up so the sound doesn't have too far to go to get to your ears. Personally I think setting the bass a treble up / down a few clicks to your taste is fine. If you're having to set it a full to get the sound you want then there's probably something wrong with either your system, it's set up, how you comprehend music or your ears
As for the MAF sensor, knowing yours is the old hot wire type it may be worth the gamble, but a new one is probably better for peace of mind. They last quite a while anyway unlike the cartridge jobs on the newer models.
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Have dabbled a bit with in-car hi-fi. Know more about home stuff, the purists will press the button that says bypass on their home amps so that the bass and treble controls are removed from the signal path. That way you are listening to the source (e.g. a CD) the way the producer / artist intended it to be heard. If you can't bypass them then set them to zero so they have minimal effect on the recording.........
However a car is a less than perfect listening room, due to being in a confined space, and once your moving engine noise, wind noise, etc to contend with. So slightly different rules can apply. The first thing is the bass will get washed out by the engine and road noise, that's why most car systems have a sub-woofer to boost it back up again. The treble side of things isn't too bad but the sound does need to be fairly direct, hence the tweeters are normally put quite high up so the sound doesn't have too far to go to get to your ears. Personally I think setting the bass a treble up / down a few clicks to your taste is fine. If you're having to set it a full to get the sound you want then there's probably something wrong with either your system, it's set up, how you comprehend music or your ears
As for the MAF sensor, knowing yours is the old hot wire type it may be worth the gamble, but a new one is probably better for peace of mind. They last quite a while anyway unlike the cartridge jobs on the newer models.
However a car is a less than perfect listening room, due to being in a confined space, and once your moving engine noise, wind noise, etc to contend with. So slightly different rules can apply. The first thing is the bass will get washed out by the engine and road noise, that's why most car systems have a sub-woofer to boost it back up again. The treble side of things isn't too bad but the sound does need to be fairly direct, hence the tweeters are normally put quite high up so the sound doesn't have too far to go to get to your ears. Personally I think setting the bass a treble up / down a few clicks to your taste is fine. If you're having to set it a full to get the sound you want then there's probably something wrong with either your system, it's set up, how you comprehend music or your ears
As for the MAF sensor, knowing yours is the old hot wire type it may be worth the gamble, but a new one is probably better for peace of mind. They last quite a while anyway unlike the cartridge jobs on the newer models.
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It's all down to your taste. Tweek till your ears are happy.
I'm a basshead so the more bass the better for me (you can never have too much vibes!!), but I also like the highs to be clear so I usually have the trebble off flat (not at 0) too.
I think my JVC head unit is currently set to Bass +3 and trebble +6. Each car, speaker, head unit & ears are different.
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I'm a basshead so the more bass the better for me (you can never have too much vibes!!), but I also like the highs to be clear so I usually have the trebble off flat (not at 0) too.
I think my JVC head unit is currently set to Bass +3 and trebble +6. Each car, speaker, head unit & ears are different.
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I SAID NICE ONE BRUVVA!! Sorry had a moment there! Hope you've seen the film Human Traffic haha!! I Loooovveeeee bass (not base how I put it earlier haha!) Is that the same with your amp then? BOOM BOOM BOOM back at cha!
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Nope got standard Subaru cassette/radio in mine, though the previous owners were kind enough to have the additional 6CD changer fitted
Don't need a stereo anyway. Hayward and Scott full de-cat exhaust system provides a more than adequate sound track
In my previous car I had a nice system, Alpine head unit, Alpine 6cd changer, Denon DCA-800 (6x50W RMS), Alpine Subwoofer, and Mission speakers. Was quite bassy
Don't need a stereo anyway. Hayward and Scott full de-cat exhaust system provides a more than adequate sound track
In my previous car I had a nice system, Alpine head unit, Alpine 6cd changer, Denon DCA-800 (6x50W RMS
), Alpine Subwoofer, and Mission speakers. Was quite bassy
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Nope got standard Subaru cassette/radio in mine, though the previous owners were kind enough to have the additional 6CD changer fitted
Don't need a stereo anyway. Hayward and Scott full de-cat exhaust system provides a more than adequate sound track
In my previous car I had a nice system, Alpine head unit, Alpine 6cd changer, Denon DCA-800 (6x50W RMS), Alpine Subwoofer, and Mission speakers. Was quite bassy
Don't need a stereo anyway. Hayward and Scott full de-cat exhaust system provides a more than adequate sound track
In my previous car I had a nice system, Alpine head unit, Alpine 6cd changer, Denon DCA-800 (6x50W RMS
), Alpine Subwoofer, and Mission speakers. Was quite bassy 
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