I like to listen to pretty much everything.. and from past expiriance, it is VERY hard to get GOOD sounding rap (alot of bass, little mids, lots of highs) and rock (much less bass/hitting not rumbling, lots of mids and lots of highs)
what do you guys recomend doing to get an easy adjustment.. I thought about trying to get a seperat EQ (6-8 bands) and hooking it up somehow on a switch so i can bypass it for rap (very easy to tune, just turn up bass and highs) and flip it on for rock (needs much more adjustment)... what do you guys think, and are there any ideas of how to do this?

system set up will more then likely be componets up front (infinity kappa, xs kicker ect..) coaxials in the rear (again, kappa or xs kicker)..more then likely an mtx sub, maybe 2... (reason for these brands is I am a circuit city employee)

 

Thats your Circuit City brands for ya. Im not one to retune all the time, I set it once and leave it. Pick up a Kicker KQ5 or KQ9 on accomodations...when tuned right you should be able to listen to anything and not have to really mess with it for daily use. And personally, out of everything on accomodations, Id probably get a full Kicker system, the nicer stuff than we have in-store.

 

As much fun as it is to play with toys, the constant attention gets old. Find something with digital presets and just use those if youre hell bent on using an eq for this. Edit - audiocontrol dqs, with remote.

Personally, I just like the midbass, then tune the sub low and adjust the sub level output.

 

honestly I DONT want en EQ. I Want this as simple as possible. I wanted to do all kicket, but I think i might do mtx subs (same discount as kicker). the kicker tend to be louder, but the mtx's really hit alot better. I do plan on going all SX kicker amps though, which are all digital..

Im have no idea what digital presets are. Is there where I can basicaly make a setting.. save it, make another and save that.. then go back and forth depending on the music??????

 

Yeah.. You know I think my head unit actually has that... as do most upper echelon head units.

 

Hmmm, is it just me are is it odd that someone wants to adjust the sound of the system depending on the music style vs tweaking it to sound good. A good system should be able to handle both equally well w/o having to change back and forth.

I bet you're one of those guys that aligns your eq like in smile, like the evil bad sound clown laughing at people who does this.

Yea, you can get a digital eq with programable presets, but on a scale, I'd recommend setting for a remote bass module for on your sub amp (think kicker can still use modules), to turn it up and down depending on your mood.

I have the older Kicker 3xi crossover that had that option, loved it, made it nice to turn down the bass in a hurry.

 

most newer radios have different eq profiles - rap/rock/power .... ect
get a hu that will do that - i think that is what you are looking for..

 

Buy a deck with two "custom" eq presets.

 

I will be running a 4 channel amp to them, I know pioneer and all have that, but honestly i think its a dumb cheap EQ..

djgizmo your an idiot, Sorry that I do not like the same sound for my rap and my rock... Rap does not require much mids, actually to me it sounds better with very little mids, whereas rock is the complete opposite.

 

EQ's serves very important purposes but djgizmo is right about on thing. A quality installation with quality speakers and equipment should not need major sound adjustment with the EQ. The problem is in a car audio environment is it almost impossible to get the same sound at all times even with high end equipment. Also, recording producers are much more liberal with their own EQ adjustment before the sound even hits CD which complicates matters worse. So a deticated EQ will almost certainly be needed to get consistent sound.

Also, you mentioned you want preset EQs, unfortunately preset EQs have to be digital, and as you mentions are "dumb cheap" EQs. The closest to decent digital EQ I have found resides in the JVC Arsenal headunits. its a 7 band parametric with 15 user customizable presents. You can also have it auto select an EQ setting based on the CD in the drive. That unit runs for $279 retail