hey, i was curious to know whether everyone with an Alpine Head Unit has their MX setting to On or Off. MX stands for Media Xpander.
ALPINE RULES.

 

I have mine set to off. Seems too muddy up the music but I havent messed with it enough to say its better or worse but for my setup it sounds better switched off.

 

good god!!!!

OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF!!!!!!

 

everyone please MINUS one point from ON and GIVE one point to OFF. for some stupid marijuana-related reason i accidentally picked ON when i meant to choose OFF. dude was i stoned. anyway, mine is OFF. just curious to know whether any audio junkies actually have theirs to on.

 

OFF unless I am listening to a crappy radio station then I set it at 1

 

I have it, and it's always Off, seems too bassy/not enough treble when i have it on. What's the meaning of MX Mode? What's it use for?

 

i keep mine switched on for fm and sirius and off for bassy cd's.....seems to "brighten" up the music a bit, but then again i'm using no external amps to power my four-channel system

 

Off all the time on my 7995. sounds like *** with it on in my opinion.

 

yo EBP_SI i got the same deck as you (7995). that makes you cool too. how much you get your deck for? whats the setup function that toggles between CD-DA and CD-DA/MP3 do? do you know? the manual doesn't even mention it.. hmmm... i wonder. does your deck ever turn on and off rapidly sometimes like mine? mine does, but as soon as i detach the face and put it back on it stops. i think it has something to do with the pins that connect the face to the unit. i dont know. nice killer deck i love mine a whole lot which you can obviously tell since I'm messenging you with this reply only because you have the same deck as me. ALPINE on my friend..

 

CD-DA plays only normal Audio CD's i think and CD-DA/MP3 plays both Audio CD and MP3 CD's?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shyboy817 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">CD-DA plays only normal Audio CD's i think and CD-DA/MP3 plays both Audio CD and MP3 CD's?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no thats not it. thats what i automatically assumed at first but when i left it to CD-DA by itself it still played my mp3 CDs. the mystery lives..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by civic_speed99 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OFF unless I am listening to a crappy radio station then I set it at 1</TD></TR></TABLE>

Definitely OFF . I agree....only when the station I have on is lousy do I ever turn it on.

 

A Million Times, OFF!!!!!!!!!

 

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can't say that its ever happened to me. there was only one time when it wouldnt play any cds but once the car warmed up everything was normal. that was in the extreme cold too though.

 

MX = Muddiness Xpander :-P

 

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there was only one time when it wouldnt play any cds but once the car warmed up everything was normal. that was in the extreme cold too though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

wow. thats crazy to hear. never knew that could posibly happen to a head unit.

 

On.. and on level 3. Bangs alot harder and still sounds good IMO.

 

The media xpander is for lower quality cds its supposed to make them sound clearer (sp) i keep mine set to off unless im playing something custom burned or bootleg then i put it on 3. btw i have a 7892

 

for the most part, the MX feature tends to over process most CD's, making them sound less clear unless the songs were encoded at a low bitrate....

 

If you have ever been running a processor with a clipping indicator you would be amazed how badly mx will clip a signal even at low listening levels.

IMO it overprocesses the signal by a ton!

 

Ever since I got my 7998, I have left it on. I guess I should try to mess with the settings with the MX off.