Dnx520vbt

Have the speakers been upgraded ?

The_Saint said:

Have the speakers been upgraded ?

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I think he means it doesn't sound as good through the same speakers as the previous OEM head unit he previously had, and he was expecting better results from the upgrade.

I have the 520, but it was already in the car when i got it so I do not have a comparison - however I expected it to sound better than it does, and put that down to the OEM speakers and general acoustic limitations of the door mounts.

I have found settings that are about as good as it gets for me. I can happily post up some info / shots of the settings if you are interested??

One thing to look out for, is that the equalizer settings are unique for each input, so if you sort out the sound while listening to USB, it wont be the same settings when you play a CD or radio or whatever - you have to set each up individually.

Don't forget the frequency you choose for top/mid/bottom plays a massive part as well as the levels.

Yes I understood the point. There was two points to my speaker question, one is that maybe the standard head unit and speakers are a good match and not so good for the Kenwood and also that perception of relative sound quality is entirely between our ears, maybe upgrading the speakers would change that perception

Rexo said:

I haven't upgraded the speakers, you are right I'm comparing it to when I had the OEM unit fitted.

If it's possible to show me your settings that would be mega handy! Also, how do you change the frequency of each the lows/mids/highs the frequencies are blanked out and seems unchangeable on my unit, however it must be I just don't know how!

Thanks

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You need to enable SystemQ-Ex on the equaliser landing screen to access the frequency curve values:



Select Tone, and then you get the settings menu. Got mine set like this currently:








Also dont forget to turn on Loudness in the other audio settings menu:



And when you get chance, make yourself a custom startup screen:




Here is the guide for how to do some tweaks:

http://www.darkmoon.org.uk/dnx520vbt

And link to the instruction book:

http://darkmoon.org.uk/Instruction_Manual-ENG.pdf

Rexo said:

Thanks mate!

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No worries, do let me know what you think of the results once you get full access to the tone settings, I have no point of reference as its the only HU ive had in the Leon on the stock speakers.
Very tempted to mount some 6x9s under the parcel shelf, a little sub and upgrade the fronts in the new year.