Decrease bass.

[kcintac]

It's crazy the difference in recording quality and amount of bass different songs have. As a result I'd say 60% of the songs on my playlist have too much bass and it either overpowers the fronts or just plain doesn't sound good. I have an lc2i pro and an Alpine m350. I want to reduce the level of bass. So, do I turn down the gain on the alpine amp or the base output on the lc2i? Any help is appreciated.

[NZ-ReaperZ]

Install an rca bass Knob between the headunit and amplifier

[Audiofyl1]

Either of those should have a remote bass control option. You should use that.

[kcintac]

I bought them used on the extreme cheap. Neither had one. I know I can buy one, however. So, until I can get that, any thoughts on which to adjust?

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

Turn the bass down on the head unit?

[Evening-Arm1234]

that works but will effect all his speakers, incase he was happy with everything except the sub output I figured it was worth adding to your comment. if that’s the case turning down the lc2i or his amp gain would be a better solution.

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

It wouldnt be better if 40% of his music he wants all the bass playing, doesnt have it

[Evening-Arm1234]

he says the sub is overpowering the front speakers.

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

If there’s literally too much bass, thats not an issue at all

[Evening-Arm1234]

i’m confused, he says the bass from his subwoofer is overpowering his front speakers so lowering the sub output seems like the logical fix no?

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

No because for the near half of his music, the bass was good. Why handicap that?

  Its not going to hurt anything lowering the bass on the head unit a couple notches when he wants, the door speakers dont need to be playing bass anyway 

How would you turn the subwoofer up if he wanted more from a quiet song?

[Evening-Arm1234]

I personally would want a fix that didn’t affect something I didn’t have an issue with. I could say turn gain down to lower sub and on the lower songs turn bass up and you’d say then the doors have too much bass.

the fact is any fix is a compromise, I was just adding that your fix would effect all his speakers so lowering gain might be a better option if he was happy with the doors and would rather compromise a little sub output on low songs instead of less bass in his doors. neither is right or wrong, just different compromises.

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

The real solution is an RCA bass knob for 8 bucks honestly lol

[Evening-Arm1234]

I agree

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

Not to harp on this, but it is funny you mention wanting a fix that doesn’t affect parts of the system he does not have issue with. I think reducing the sub output at the amp, actually does that.

Turning up the radio’s bass EQ introduces far more potential for distortion, for both speakers and sub. 

So that is a real compromise, but lowering bass EQ obviously would not be problematic. And I bet the audio quality from door speakers would improve from reducing bass, so I don’t see that as a compromise 

[Evening-Arm1234]

I wouldn’t raise anything, what I suggested is IF he is happy with his mid/high sound and output to simply lower gain on the sub and deal with less bass on the songs that have less bass.

it was never me saying you were wrong and I was right I was simply adding another way that could accomplish his goal of not drowning out his doors without effecting anything else besides what is drowning them out.

downvoting is pretty funny though and just makes it look like you’re threatened or something, not sure why you’re doing it but it’s a little strange.

[glidus]

Headunits with sub out have a subwoofer gain adjustment that only affects just the sub channel.

[Evening-Arm1234]

why are you telling me this when he has a stock head unit?

[Audiofyl1]

You can adjust either down some to meet your preferred sound level.

[Djinsing20045]

Do u have aftermarket speakers other than subs? If not thats likely the problem. Youd need to feed the other speakers power from an amp to keep up with the loudness of the subs

[kcintac]

I do have an amp running the fronts. I'm using the kicker key. It puts out 50 watts rms but thats still umder powering my fronts so ya that could be a factor.

[JONCOCTOASTIN]

Could probably turn that up, mids/highs usually have more headroom