05-21-2019, 12:51 PM | #1 |
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Harman Kardon equalizer settings?
Just picked up my car (took delivery a week ago but was the PPF shop) yesterday and drove it today for the 1st time.
I am not a huge audiophile but I still like to listen to music at a good setting with some good punch and clear mid tones. Can people post their equalizer settings that they use for their HK system? |
05-22-2019, 09:56 AM | #2 |
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I posted mine a while ago here: https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ardon+settings
Pasting them below as well: All - I've been messing with the Harman Kardon settings over the past month or so. The default settings are pretty crappy in my opinion, but I realize this stuff is subjective. My beefs with the default settings: - 2nd Row and Rear speakers are hard to get "involved" - Front speaker bias - 2nd Row and Rear speakers don't output high range at all - Soundstage/voice is biased to the passenger side (sounds like vocals are coming from the passenger tweeter - maybe due to how each tweeter is aimed). - No real punch all around. After messing around with different settings, I found that using Logic 7 Surround with the max (furthest right) surround setting was the best way to get the rear speakers to "get in the game" - especially with regard to bringing out their higher end. But setting the Surround to max biased the speakers to the rear so I needed to use the fader to bring the overall sound back forward a little. To get the sound stage/vocals more centered, I nudged the balance over to the left. EQ settings, I just messed with until it sounded good to me and had a little more punch. Below are all my settings. If others have settings they like, post them for others to try. Logic Seven Surround: Enabled Surround: +2 (all the way to the right) Treble: +4 Bass: +3 Balance: Left 1 Fader: Left (F) 2 Equalizer: 100khz + 4 200khz + 2 500khz 0 1khz +1 2khz +2 5khz +4 10khz +5 I'd also recommend tuning your settings listening to: a) A song you are very familiar with or b) A song known to have excellent production and range I use "Rosanna" by Toto. Not my favorite band or song by a long shot but it's well produced and is an excellent track to make sure you are getting the entire range out of your system. Another good artist to setup/test against is Steely Dan. Anything produced by them is exceptional recording quality (Hey Nineteen, Peg). Not a favorite band, but another good one to use when trying to dial in a sound system. |
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My original post was left behind in the general forum, when the moderators split the single forum into sub groups. So not easy to find. |
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05-19-2024, 07:00 AM | #6 |
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I've had my X5 with Harman Kardon system for a couple of weeks and also struggled to find tone and EQ settings that sounded good.
Ran across a thread on another forum (link below). I input the EQ settings listed in that thread and added a few notches of the bass control.....what a difference it made. The trick was reducing the 200hz band. To my ears, the bass tightened up significantly and vocals became much more clear. Logic 7 seems to confuse the front soundstage on some tracks....try it with Logic 7 on and off to hear which sounds better to your ears. https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/h...sound.1442963/ |
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05-19-2024, 10:21 PM | #7 |
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Ideal way to tune your specific car would be to pick up a SPL meter (Sound pressure level) and download test tones on a usb device. Place your SPL meter in the most favored position in the car while playing through the test tones to equalize them at that position.
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