What is the KHZ stuff I find on my deck's equalizer? How do you guys have yours set?

 

Khz = 1000 hrz.. more than likely this is a boosting point, preset on your hu, meaning you probably have the option of a freq, 1khrz, 2.5khrz, etc.. then to the side you have an option, +1, +2, +3, and so on, this is just a boost in signal at that given frequency, like a treble boost or whatever..

 

Oh nice. Yea I noticed it sounded a little better when I messed with it. Should I bring everything up to the highest KHZ?

 

Uhh no, not really. It all depends on your individual taste in music, your own audio preferences and what your system can handle.

Typically there are three major areas of equalization. Bass, Mid Bass, Highs. These different areas are about 20Hz-200Hz, 200Hz-10KHz, 10KHz-20Khz respectively. If you put more emphasis on low end you are going to get louder pounding bass, (kick drum), if you emphasize the middle you will get louder mid bass (snare & synth) and if you emphasize the last you are going to get louder highs, (guitars & vocals).

Turning them all up simultaneously will just bring everything up, equalizing nothing, and raising your signal into probably distortion.

Instead you should find the areas that you want to emphasize, for example 20Hz to 200Hz (remember individual Hertz, NOT KiloHertz!) and leave those at zero and bring the rest down. Then if you want a higher volume adjust it from the deck or the gain on your amp (if you have one)

 

yea, he hit the nail on the head.. but what i would do is get a bass cd, and test with it, not because it has bass, but because those disc are usually boosted or amplified disc.. and the mainly techno synthesized sounds usually cover a broad range and should have sharp highs and mids also. honestly, playing with a eq can be extreme or simple, depends on your bands.. if its a 3 band eq.. it won't take long at all, but if your eq has like 10 bands, or even some 32 bands i've seen. then for the hardcore sq guy, can take days and day and days of listening.. i know i spent like 25 hours of listening one time just to adjust a little 7 band eq i had until it made my components high theater quality sounding..