Need for an equaliser?

[VY_utester]

I have the oppoprtunity to get a seperate equaliser, one of those half-din units.

Ive only got a very basic headunit that does bass, mid and treb but thats it. Would it be a good idea to run a seperate equaliser?? im running two subs of one monoblock amp, and a set of front splits of a bridge 4 channel

ANy help would be great boy cheers

[HCVP]

It depends. Do you think you need to EQ your music. Personally, i leave everything flat. I have had EQ's before, and i spent a lot of time playing around with them, thinking i was improving the sound. One day someone gave me a little talking too, and told me that i should be leaving everything flat. They said if i have to add an EQ to my setup, then i am trying to compensate for some type of short coming with the components i have.

So i set everything flat and initially i didn't like it. However i did as instructed, and left it and gave my ears time to adjust. Now i can't go back to listening to anything that someone has put their own EQ spin on.

The only constant tuning i like is sub level.

IMO, if your not happy with the signal, well there isn't much point in playing around with it and trying to improve it. Granted yes you can improve the signal most head units put out with a decent external proccesor, but if you factor in the price of the H/U and then to buy the proccessor, you may be better of just buying a better H/U from the start...

[scozz76]

Setting the controls to flat doesn't mean that the frequency response is flat. Seats, windows etc will change the frequency response no matter what equipment you're running. If you want to talk about setting everything to flat, then do it with a RTA. My system is flat (as best as I could get) to 2khz, then I start to roll off. Mind you, I align cinemas for a job.

If you want an EQ, then go for it. Don't go boosting frequencies to the point of distortion. As a rule, I always try to cut instead of boost.

[HCVP]

I don't think he was talking about using RTA, just a simple plug and play EQ. Without RTA i doubt many people could tune an EQ by ear to really gain anything, i know i certainly couldn't. As your ears adjust very quickly to whatever you are listening to i think it would become even more difficult, especially for the average listener.