Topic: Is EQ essential?

[craziechild]

the reason behind adding EQ into my system was because i had a lack of mid-bass problem as some have known it and tried to solve my problem through forum...

anyway... my installer that time keep on insist that i change the front mid from the 6" to 8" which i was very reluctant as i had just weld 6" copper speaker baffle onto my door frame... so i tried to EQ the mid lower end and sure enough it helps then i went on to EQ the whole front stage... but during that painful process of getting the EQ curves right... i got a lot of people saying to me that i am wasting my time...

so after i would say my first succesful EQ tuning... still wondering is it an important part in the tuning process?

to me... my system now... its important... when on defeat on mode... the sound is really really thin... no "energy" and "no f-e-e-l-i-n-g" from the singer...

cheers...

[wengweng]

system with very good installation and good tuning should need few EQing. This is what I read from the kuailow competition forum where the competitors said the make their installation as good as possible.

But my car 5 band EQ also not enough. hahahaha

[octave]

ah yes, the second version; ol' wise one.
can it be acheived without an EQ in a car?

well ... it is obviously not that impossible .
but the possibility of it is virtually imposssible  ...
with the current sonic performances of audio hardwares
amongst the mobile enthusiasts .

however ... the possibility is subjected to
varying degrees of interpretation depending
upon an individual exposure and appreciation of
music .

if EQing is unneccessary ... the gifted studio engineers will
be en masse unemployed ...

and ultimately a dying breed ... 

[built]

so, craziechild, here's your answer... 

if EQing is unneccessary ... many studio engineers will
be unemployed ...

or is it? 

[craziechild]

think so... but that raised another question... if the recordings are all well EQed... then we EQ our system would spoil their good works?

or it doesnt?

[Zenn]

the engineers listen to it in a square room, good monitor speakers, placed widely apart, room also soundproof sometimes. 

so now listening to car have to eq all over again lor, thats why...

[craziechild]

hmmm... good point... thanks for enlighten me...

[roy77]

i guess the tuning is a big challenge... most of them just sit on it after fade up with the tuning... well that was for me once upon a time...

[built]

i guess the tuning is a big challenge... most of them just sit on it after fade up with the tuning... well that was for me once upon a time...

you must be very old... or are you in a fairy tale world?
just kidding...

[Audiophiliac]

you must be very old... or are you in a fairy tale world?
just kidding...

I would suspect tha Roy77 means you was born at 1977

[roy77]

forgot to mention... im still playing active... lol...
it was a way to *poison those that are deciding to go active...

if its a fact then never stop poisoning, we poison to make everyone happy with the final results dun we...   

[kevyeoh]

i wanna ask here....is 16band EQ good enough or 31band EQ is the way to go?

Usually which freq band we play around most to tune? i don't think we adjust every single band right?
is there any critical band we should focus on more?

[carcrazy]

EQ is critical for me in the finishing stage of tuning. Go for external EQ that uses discrete components rather than processor. You will hear the big difference between the two.Its not about how many band of EQ but the quality and outcome of the sound that matters the most. If budget permits than go for 30 band eq.

[Zenn]

just a matter of precision and also knowledge and experience

31 band will be more precise than 16 band, also harder bcoz u need to know which of the 31 band to adjust, so u can start of with 16 band and graduate later to 31 band...

[carcrazy]

16 band should be sufficient unless you are going for extreme high-end setup.
Mostly you need to eq around midrange region like 250Hz,500Hz and etc..
Again it depends on your system. There's no fix rule to EQ.