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Juggalo Jeff Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 10:28 am: |
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i have a pioneer dehp-3600 and much like all other head units it has a ton of equalizer type stuff can someone tell me what q factor is all about. I know it is curve characteristics but you can adjust the lows, mids and high frequencies and the q factor for each of those low:40-80-100-160hz Mid:200-500-1k-2khz and high:3k-8k-10-12hz and the q factor:2n-1n-1w-2w. I know it may depend on your preference but what is a decent spot to adjust all these at |
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Gold Member Username: Glasswolf
NorthWest,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 4477
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 12:11 pm: |
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a parametric EQ allows three functions to be adusted.
the frequency, or how many Hz the center point of your cut/boost will be
the amount of cut or boost in dB
the Q0factor, or slope of the cut or boost, in dB per octave.
the higher the number the steeper the slope of the cut/boost. the lower the number consequently, the shallower and mroe gradual the roll-off.
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Juggalo Jeff Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 02:18 pm: |
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thanx classy glassy |
Gold Member Username: Glasswolf
NorthWest,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 4494
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:49 pm: |
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more on q-factor here:
http://www.bcae1.com/xoorder.htm
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Silver Member Username: Fishy
Tamarac,
FL
USA
Post Number: 499
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 02:30 am: |
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Yeah Q is simply the "Quality Factor" and is a measure of "steepness of resonance". Its simply the center frequency divided by the bandwidth or
Q = fc/(f2-f1)
where fc is the center frequency and f2 and f1 are the upper and lower down 3 dB frequencies or half power points of the signal.
-Fishy |
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