I've got the stock non-Bose (single disc) HU w/the stock speakers on in my 2K2 Max GXE. I'm just wondering how many people feel that FM radio sounds a bit muffled compared to CD given equal treble settings?

I always have my bass at +4, but when I listen to CDs I have treble at -2, and when I switch to radio, I have set treble to +2 to make it sound roughly equivalent.

Anyone else find this to be true? It's a little annoying that whenever I switch I have to futz w/the settings to make it sound "right".

BTW, I have no idea how the 2K and 2K1 stereos sound in comparison. I looked at my friend's 2K stock non-Bose HU (no longer installed in his car) and the controls look different from mine.

 

The same here. I set Bass -4 for CD. It comes from the front left speaker(s). It was not that bad a few month ago. It may be that some water leaked into the front door. Many times during rain I had to pull down the window. Later when the car was dry I noticed that if the window is pulled down and then back up it pulled some water out of nowhere. Probably, that water was inside the door.

Peolpe advice will be greatly appreciated. Can it be connected? Do you have accumulation of water inside the driver's door?

P.S. I am 2k2 SE basic, non-Bose single CD.

 

FM = Frequency Modulation
CD = Digital Audio

There's no way FM can be as clear and crisp as a CD. Even my BOSE system plays CD's much brighter then the radio.

 

FM Frequency response is from 30 to 15000 Hz and pretty much falls off to nothing at about 9kHz. CD response is from about 20 to 20000 Hz. Hence CD will give you much brighter sound.

If you try to listen to AM station response get even worse and tops out at under 3kHz providind pretty much no treble...

 

Yeah, but then there's AM stereo

DW

 

Yeah, but my previous car stereos in my old car which were aftermarket Kenwood and Alpine HUs (fairly high end for the time, cost around $300 each) didn't have a marked difference in treble between CD and FM.

 

I agree 100%. My 2k2 SE with Bose sounds very nice with CDs, but the FM is extremely muffled. Our 9 year old Corolla with base stereo actually sounds better.

Of course, the dealer says "sounds fine to me"

 

simply that the FM tuner, not receiving a good signal due to a weak station, a bad connection to the antenna, etc, could have electronically cut the frequency response down to keep your FM sounds sounding somehwat pleasant. In this day of CD, satellite radio etc, most manufacturer's don't give much attention to FM tuning anymore.

DW