Need advice on head unit settings

[chewychewbacca]

So from what I am understanding, based on sqcomp, the factory speakers are crap?

Been playing with settings to get the sound to sound good to my ears, and I ended up LPFing at 100Hz and HPF at 100Hz. I had it HPF'ed at 80Hz and LPF'ed at 80Hz before but the speakers just started sounding pretty bad at high volumes, probably because the factory speakers suck.

Now that i've read sqcomps post and understood a bit more about where on the freq range subs should be reproducing sound, I think I should plan on getting some of the speakers replaced? So basically a sub ideally wants to be 65Hz and below, with speakers taking care of the rest.

For now I think it sounds good at a 100Hz crossover point with my current setup, may tweak it again tonight.

I intended on getting a sub to fill in the bass because the factory speakers were okay to me, just sounded bad at higher volumes.

So I am assuming the last step to making my sound better would be to replace all the speakers?

Thanks a ton for the info guys as I had no idea how the factory speakers actually operated and I'm a general noob to car audio, just wanted some better sound while cruising. New headunit definitely made my speakers sound better but I guess you can only push so much into a factory speaker.

Trying to squeeze as much sound quality out as I can without breaking the bank (not much of a bank lol), definitely will have to look into sound deadening in the future, particularly the major points Derrick has pointed out.

[RawrDaddy]

Originally Posted by chewychewbacca

So from what I am understanding, based on sqcomp, the factory speakers are crap?


I intended on getting a sub to fill in the bass because the factory speakers were okay to me, just sounded bad at higher volumes.

youll definitely gain even more of an improvement with replacing the speakers.
but assuming from that statement - you want good soudn quality at the higher volumes - aka your calling for an amp.

you would have heard a large improvement with an amp and the OEM HU.
(most aftermarket HU's push more powers to the speakers..("aswell as process sound better") - hence why usually aftermarket HU's sound better than factory. amps are used to push more power)

most aftermarket speakers will need an amp anyway to actually be powered efficiently. even at the lowest continuous power needs - most speakers will need atleast 50 watts. your head unit MAXES at 50 watts altogether.

aka - i would first invest in an amp - power the stock speakers. if you want better quality than the stock speakers - you upgrade from there.
i am in no way saying - the stock speakers are great though. they can suffice when properly set though. i never get any distortion or clipping.

[chewychewbacca]

thanks for the info and for clearing some things up for me.