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GBX · 09-16-2010, 08:23 AM

I've been running Malek's settings on my e92 335 for the last 2 years. Amazing! Best i've ever tried. Can't wait to try these out on the M when i get it! Keep up the great work Malek.

Only question i have is what settings should i tweak if i'm listening to mostly hip-hop. In my 335 you told me that "Rap and hip/hop generally are a bit amplified in the middle, low and top range and are generally dead anywhere inbetween that area" so you had me "Go to the 1khz setting and take it down a bar, and go to the 500 hz setting and take it down a bar". Thougths in this situation or should i be good with the settings you already proposed?

MRE90M3 · 10-02-2010, 06:16 PM

hmm i can not get the Crisp setting...

this may have been answered before.. and i was lazy and misread it somewhere on the forum.. but could the factory amp be adjusted? tweaked?

dexx · 10-03-2010, 07:31 AM

My question is, why do the stock settings sound like crap? I mean it's all muddy.. I'll mess with it more when I get my car back from germany.

Technic · 10-03-2010, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dexx

My question is, why do the stock settings sound like crap? I mean it's all muddy.. I'll mess with it more when I get my car back from germany.

That's the $64,000 question.

A great OEM system should sound good with all the adjustments in the center and sound great after adjusting to taste. The EPS sounds like crap in the center and barely decent after spending quite some time fiddling with the 7-band EQ, bass, treble, and fader.

For me that's a bad design.

original732 · 10-03-2010, 05:25 PM

dude excellent setup

Malek · 10-03-2010, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by original732

dude excellent setup

Thanks, updated settings are coming. I haven't had time to go back to the car to jot them back down to post them.

The new settings are a bit better IMO.

-Malek

=[monkey]= · 10-04-2010, 02:46 AM

what type of music is this setting for?

Malek · 10-04-2010, 12:59 PM

It was done using equipment and then finalized through all sorts of music.

If you listen to hip hop and rap and that kind of music, no factory stereo will probably satisfy you as those kinds of songs are mastered so incorrectly its sad.

Nowadays people think the louder the recording, the better the "quality" of the song, however, this is not true at all.

-Malek

dimabimmer · 10-04-2010, 07:29 PM

OP, thanks for posting, this is very helpfull

However, I was driving with my friend and he happens to be DJ IDES himself... we played some of his newest tracks

http://www.djides.com/2010/09/wicked-summer-2010/ on EPS in my E92, I asked him to set EQ and this is what he did:

He originally set Fader to zero, but I asked him to move it just a tap to rear... but it was just my preference not necessarily a better one on my part...

Hope it helps...

toper · 10-04-2010, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dimabimmer

OP, thanks for posting, this is very helpfull

However, I was driving with my friend and he happens to be DJ IDES himself... we played some of his newest tracks

http://www.djides.com/2010/09/wicked-summer-2010/ on EPS in my E92, I asked him to set EQ and this is what he did:

He originally set Fader to zero, but I asked him to move it just a tap to rear... but it was just my preference not necessarily a better one on my part...

Hope it helps...

got any numbers to go with your pics? it's hard for me to eyeball what your settings are...

jacobe92 · 10-04-2010, 08:40 PM

Thanks I'll try your set up and see if I like it or not. I've had the car for two months and I have yet to find the best e.q. setting for my premium sound system.

Thanks

saurabbhatia · 10-04-2010, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toper

got any numbers to go with your pics? it's hard for me to eyeball what your settings are...

looks like

+2
+3
+3
+1
0
-3
-3

toper · 10-04-2010, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saurabbhatia

looks like

+2
+3
+3
+1
0
-3
-3

thx man, i'll give those a try.

Leonardo629 · 10-05-2010, 04:20 AM

hope this helps

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...?se=yahoorefer

dre335 · 10-06-2010, 07:20 AM

Hi Malek. Appreciate any updates or final tweaks. Your settings are great !!

Leonardo629 · 10-12-2010, 04:09 AM

bump...waiting for the new setting as well

NoogMan · 10-12-2010, 10:58 AM

Bump

335viaSTi · 10-13-2010, 04:58 PM

Wondering if anyone has settings for E90 M3's yet? I have yet to find something that I love.

dexx · 10-13-2010, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 335viaSTi

Wondering if anyone has settings for E90 M3's yet? I have yet to find something that I love.

I came to different settings adjusting by ear. Notably I turned down the 100Hz and turned up the bass to flatten out the low end response. I'll use a test track when I get my car back to verify how close I was to flat...

*however* I just got the option and didn't look at it in detail, however what BMW claims is that it has a live DIRAC processor that supposedly sets up an EQ filter to make the audio "perfect" in real-time. I would imagine there is a microphone somewhere doing measurements. My current thought is the installation is f-d up and it's destroying the EQ curve instead of fixing it.

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e60...ory-visit.html

Leonardo629 · 11-05-2010, 11:51 AM

bump...

Technic · 11-05-2010, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dexx

I came to different settings adjusting by ear. Notably I turned down the 100Hz and turned up the bass to flatten out the low end response. I'll use a test track when I get my car back to verify how close I was to flat...

*however* I just got the option and didn't look at it in detail, however what BMW claims is that it has a live DIRAC processor that supposedly sets up an EQ filter to make the audio "perfect" in real-time. I would imagine there is a microphone somewhere doing measurements. My current thought is the installation is f-d up and it's destroying the EQ curve instead of fixing it.

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e60...ory-visit.html

There's no microphone for real-time adjustment in this OEM system... the EQ curve is fixed from factory.

quality_sound · 11-05-2010, 12:51 PM

You guys need to adjust this to YOUR ear. Of all things subjective sound is probably the most widely varied. Like the "DJ" setting above. Is anyone really surprised that he bumped up the bass and dropped everything above that? DJs are the LAST people I'd go to for advice on anything sound quality related.

Also, there is plenty of good hip-hop and rap that's well recorded. You just have to know where to look. Modent pop/Top 40 stuff is probably the worst stuff available since it's all compressed to sound good on earbuds.

10-04-2010, 07:29 PM	#31
dimabimmer Lieutenant Colonel Drives: '11 E92 M3 ZCP 6MT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Brooklyn to SoHo NYC Posts: 1,617 iTrader: (0)	OP, thanks for posting, this is very helpfull However, I was driving with my friend and he happens to be DJ IDES himself... we played some of his newest tracks http://www.djides.com/2010/09/wicked-summer-2010/ on EPS in my E92, I asked him to set EQ and this is what he did: He originally set Fader to zero, but I asked him to move it just a tap to rear... but it was just my preference not necessarily a better one on my part... Hope it helps... Attached Images __________________ '11 E92 M3 ZCP SG 6MT Tech Sound USB Heat Cloth Aluminium Sunshade http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422151 Last edited by dimabimmer; 10-04-2010 at 07:35 PM.

10-04-2010, 08:40 PM	#33
jacobe92 Second Lieutenant Drives: 2011 e92 Space Gray Comp pkg, Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dumaguete City, Philippines Posts: 220 iTrader: (1)	eq setting Thanks I'll try your set up and see if I like it or not. I've had the car for two months and I have yet to find the best e.q. setting for my premium sound system. Thanks

10-12-2010, 10:58 AM	#39
NoogMan Private First Class Drives: 2011 E90 M3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lancaster, SC Posts: 115 iTrader: (1)	Bump __________________ 2011 M3 Sedan 2008 Audi RS4 (RIP 9-3-2010) 2010 Audi Q5 S-Line

10-13-2010, 04:58 PM	#40
335viaSTi Colonel Drives: LeMans Blue E90 ///M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: WPAFB, OH Posts: 2,351 iTrader: (3)	Wondering if anyone has settings for E90 M3's yet? I have yet to find something that I love. __________________ E90 ///M3 [LeMans / Silver Novillo Extended / Carbon Leather Trim / DCT / Everything] I picked DCT because I want to be more involved in my un-involvement.

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09-16-2010, 08:23 AM	#23
GBX Lieutenant Drives: 08 e92 335xi MB/SB Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 441 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 e92 335xi [0.00]	I've been running Malek's settings on my e92 335 for the last 2 years. Amazing! Best i've ever tried. Can't wait to try these out on the M when i get it! Keep up the great work Malek. Only question i have is what settings should i tweak if i'm listening to mostly hip-hop. In my 335 you told me that "Rap and hip/hop generally are a bit amplified in the middle, low and top range and are generally dead anywhere inbetween that area" so you had me "Go to the 1khz setting and take it down a bar, and go to the 500 hz setting and take it down a bar". Thougths in this situation or should i be good with the settings you already proposed?

10-02-2010, 06:16 PM	#24
MRE90M3 "its baby blue m3 to you sir." Drives: Silverstone Metallic II Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Upland California Posts: 443 iTrader: (2)	hmm i can not get the Crisp setting... this may have been answered before.. and i was lazy and misread it somewhere on the forum.. but could the factory amp be adjusted? tweaked?

10-03-2010, 07:31 AM	#25
dexx Second Lieutenant Drives: 05 LGT w/AVO380, '11 M3 ZCP Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MA Posts: 263 iTrader: (0)	My question is, why do the stock settings sound like crap? I mean it's all muddy.. I'll mess with it more when I get my car back from germany.

10-03-2010, 05:25 PM	#27
original732 New Member Drives: 2010 328xi Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 26 iTrader: (0)	dude excellent setup

10-04-2010, 02:46 AM	#29
=[monkey]= First Lieutenant Drives: sc m3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 311 iTrader: (4)	what type of music is this setting for?

10-04-2010, 12:59 PM	#30
Malek Colonel Drives: E92 ZCP Melbourne 6MT Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 2,804 iTrader: (5)	It was done using equipment and then finalized through all sorts of music. If you listen to hip hop and rap and that kind of music, no factory stereo will probably satisfy you as those kinds of songs are mastered so incorrectly its sad. Nowadays people think the louder the recording, the better the "quality" of the song, however, this is not true at all. -Malek

10-05-2010, 04:20 AM	#36
Leonardo629 Captain Drives: 2013 M3 Coupe Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Walnut, CA Posts: 886 iTrader: (8)	hope this helps http://content.usatoday.com/communit...?se=yahoorefer

10-06-2010, 07:20 AM	#37
dre335 Private First Class Drives: E90-M3 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 153 iTrader: (0)	Hi Malek. Appreciate any updates or final tweaks. Your settings are great !!

10-12-2010, 04:09 AM	#38
Leonardo629 Captain Drives: 2013 M3 Coupe Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Walnut, CA Posts: 886 iTrader: (8)	bump...waiting for the new setting as well

11-05-2010, 11:51 AM	#42
Leonardo629 Captain Drives: 2013 M3 Coupe Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Walnut, CA Posts: 886 iTrader: (8)	bump...

11-05-2010, 12:51 PM	#44
quality_sound 8 tracks of madness Drives: Slowly Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: At home Posts: 2,720 iTrader: (1)	You guys need to adjust this to YOUR ear. Of all things subjective sound is probably the most widely varied. Like the "DJ" setting above. Is anyone really surprised that he bumped up the bass and dropped everything above that? DJs are the LAST people I'd go to for advice on anything sound quality related. Also, there is plenty of good hip-hop and rap that's well recorded. You just have to know where to look. Modent pop/Top 40 stuff is probably the worst stuff available since it's all compressed to sound good on earbuds.