AudioControl DQX manual Sample RTA curve

The Strength of Digital™

There is no one curve that will satisfy every person, as we all have different tastes. How else can you explain Liberace or rice cakes? The key is to use your DQX to help balance your system from one frequency to the next and give your speakers the sparkle, sizzle, detail or punch that the acous- tics of the car have compromised.

3)Start equalizing by removing any large bumps, peaks, or areas with too much energy at a particu- lar frequency. Next, boost the ranges that do not have enough energy. We strongly recommend that you cut or decrease energy before you boost. Try to keep any boosts to +6dB or less for best performance.

4)Although the plethora of controls on your DQX can be intimidating, fear not they were designed to give enough control to maximize your systems performance but not enough to get you in trouble. Here is an explanation of the key areas you should focus on:

Sub-bass: 100 Hz and below - A car without bass is like a day without sunshine…unless you live where we do because most of the days in the Pacific Northwest do not have sunshine. Bass is one of the more critical areas although it is also one of the most difficult to properly reproduce. Most people prefer their bass frequencies to be 6 to 9 dB louder than the rest of their system, although

Figure 14: Sample RTA curve

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