Sound System Settings- Alpine

[Core666]

Hey Everyone.

I need help in adjusting my equaliser and crossover settings with the Alpine Head Unit CDA-9887.

I cant seem to get settings that im satisfied with.

If anyone can forward me settings they use for Metal/Hardcore and seperate settings for Hip-Hop/Rap, it would be much appreciated.

Im sick of f**king around with it

Cheers

Bryan

Ps- Associative equipment includes (Alpine Type R Speakers, Alpine V-Power MRPF600 Amp, Kicker Twin CompNVR Subs, Kicker ZX 1500 Amp)

Got all this bad ass equipment and not getting the sound it deserve

[Primordial]

Theres not much point someone sending you eq and crossover settings.. Its likely to sound just as crap.

The reason for having the adjustability is so you can suit it to your own vehicle acoustics and speaker characteristics.

You just need someone who can tune a system properly. With decent gear like that it shouldnt be too difficult. You just need a keen ear.

Here's a good article. Follow this step by step:

http://community.crutchfield.com/blogs/av_...hannel-amp.aspx

Make sure you start with a flat eq. In my opinion though stay away from EQ settings entirely. I've always found that they unbalance the sound and introduce clipping because you're boosting frequencies which the preset thinks you should boost.. It will bost them over your pre-set max volume level as described in the artive i posted. The idea that all "rock" songs fall into a single EQ setting is ridiculous. Unless you've got a very good ear for tuning a system I'd just leave them flat - and even then only use a custom eq to REDUCE a frequency which is noticably clipping during a song. Be wary of increasing bass with EQ's. They throw your tune out the window because your splits will start to clip pretty quickly, and in some head units it adjusts the subwoofer level as well, meaning your subs will be clipping (ie. bad news!).

Hope that helps!

[trel]

i had a 9887 in my old car, go to a sound shop and ask them if you can borrow or ask if they can tune the system for you with the tuning module that you can buy for that deck... might cost you 50 bucks but once you set it you never have to do it again.