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I used balance +2 to the right (+3 was not right to my ears) I still alternate between Logic7 On and Off depending upon my listening source. So far, i'm happy with this setup the most, but it does require me to push the volume a bit (but that could have been my test source recording). Sounds clean, tight with a good bass punch and clear highs. I'm no audiophile, but it sounds good!
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@bluex, The balance is as Lincoln said, somewhere between 2 &3, I also set it to 2. The volume on the HU is darn low, so yeah you have to dial it up a bit, or we are all becoming deaf with age :
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How loud do you guys set the volume? I set my radio volume to 10-15 clicks using the knob, which is like 10% of the volume bar. I'm wondering if I listen to music too quietly, because all audio systems sound the same to me i.e. Civic vs. S-class
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At that low of a volume I don't really think you are listening to music but rather have it for background noise? The point that I think many of us who care about the sound have is that any good sound system should try to come as close as possible to recreating a live or studio performance as much as possible. In order to evaluate/recreate that, the volume has to be set much higher than 10% as you mentioned.
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One thing I dislike about the sound system is that the volume from iPhone/BT/Aux is much quieter than radio, whenever I switch between the two I have to adjust the volume a lot (~30% vs 10%). Any way to fix that? |
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I plug my iPhone into the USB in the center console instead of using BT. Radio is still louder but the difference isn't nearly as much as it is with BT audio.
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Lincoln thanks for your contribution. So glad I decided to go through the 7 pages instead of using the first equalizer setting I found. Using your number 1 setting with 100 and 200 flat and balance plus 2. I listen to Spotify and satellite usually and it now sounds 100 times better.
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Thanks for all your great work on this. Excuse my ignorance but don't the equalizer settings override the bass and treble settings? |
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Thanks for all your hard work on this. Excuse my ignorance but on the last setting doesn't the equalizer override the bass and treble settings? |
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FYI, these settings are most likely not applicable to the newer cars with iDrive 5. I've had both a 2016 and 2017 with the HK system and my 2017 sounds noticeably better. Bass is tighter and stronger and highs are less harsh on the newer HK system. For reference I copied over my driver profile so all settings are the same.
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This is what sounds good to me for the mp3s I have loaded. I listen to everything but country. The bass is too much for Sat radio tho. Overall I prefer more bass to be felt and the settings sound better when you're driving. I also have active sound coded off.
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Calibrated mic measurements with Harman house curve
I know this is kind of an old thread but just wanted to share my settings and methodology.
I used a UMIK-1 calibrated microphone and used REW to do the measurements. I did a few sweep tests with the settings on the car set to 0 and Logic7 turned off. I then used the AutoEQ function in REW to create a correction profile. I then applied that to a MiniDSP (basically a mini computer that does digital signal processing.) One difference between my settings and Lincoln30's is that I created a correction profile set to a "house curve", specifically the Harman curve. Double-blind tests by Harman and B&K have shown that (some/many/most?) people prefer a slightly increased bass response and a slight treble roll-off as opposed to a completely flat response. If that appeals to you, you may like my settings. I find that flat is not ideal for me especially considering the music has to fight with engine noise, road noise etc. My settings actually weren't too different from the ones Lincoln30 posted as his #2 setting, so that was good. My measurements showed the same issues that Lincoln30 stated were "unfixable" without some hardware upgrades. I completely agree. After I had the correction profile applied to the MiniDSP, I ran some pink noise through the system and took another measurement and used that as a reference. I set REW to 1/1 Octave because that is all the refinement our BMW's EQ will allow. Then I ran pink noise without any DSP corrections and instead tried to match my reference measurements only using the M3's EQ adjustments. Here are my settings: Treble: 0 Bass: 0 Logic7: off 100hz: -2 200hz: -3 500hz: +2 1khz: 0 2khz: 0 5khz: 0 10khz: +1 I've attached my frequency response measurements from REW. Blue line: EQ settings flat (stock settings) logic7 off Green line: Correction profile created by REW AutoEQ applied to MiniDSP Gold line: EQ settings on the car (as closely matched as possible) to REW's AutoEQ settings on MiniDSP Update: After analyzing the stock settings, it looks like they closely follow the Harman/JBL house curve (it is a Harman Kardon system). It looks like what they've done is boost the lower frequencies (from about 300hz down to 50hz) possibly to account for road and engine noise. Just a thought. These guys might not be so thoughtless after all. I've come to this conclusion because after making the initial adjustments while parked, the system sounded awesome. When I started driving, I felt like the bass was being drowned out by noise. I looked back at the graph to see what I adjustments I should make to the low end. Oh wow, they already thought about that. Darn you BMW! :-) Last edited by joeykayo; 03-13-2017 at 09:16 AM.. Reason: Add photos for clarification. |
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I'm jelly.......I want the new interface too!!!!!
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