Improve Touring bass quality

[Dragon Systems]

I messed around with tuning the bass on my 17 touring today, it has two separate controls, it looks like you can turn the gain up and down for the sub itself, and then it appears you can control how much bass is being put out by the content itself. It appears to respond better if you turn the sub itself down while turning the bass in the signal up. The bass actually sounds ok and appears to be able to go deeper when I do this, im guessing having the gain on the woofer turned up is just overwhelming it. This appears to largely fix the rattle problem as well.

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[ResortCasual]

I messed around with tuning the bass on my 17 touring today, it has two separate controls, it looks like you can turn the gain up and down for the sub itself, and then it appears you can control how much bass is being put out by the content itself. It appears to respond better if you turn the sub itself down while turning the bass in the signal up. The bass actually sounds ok and appears to be able to go deeper when I do this, im guessing having the gain on the woofer turned up is just overwhelming it. This appears to largely fix the rattle problem as well.

Just curious, what "number" settings did you ultimately settle on?

 

[n2da2nd]

I messed around with tuning the bass on my 17 touring today, it has two separate controls, it looks like you can turn the gain up and down for the sub itself, and then it appears you can control how much bass is being put out by the content itself. It appears to respond better if you turn the sub itself down while turning the bass in the signal up. The bass actually sounds ok and appears to be able to go deeper when I do this, im guessing having the gain on the woofer turned up is just overwhelming it. This appears to largely fix the rattle problem as well.

Would love to see your setting numbers on the audio as well. I'm debating whether or not to put in my sub and amp from my old Accord

 

[Dragon Systems]

Ok, here it is, I did a video showing exactly what I did with a bit of explanation as to exactly why I did it how I did, it is worth nothing there is only so much you can do with it as the speakers Honda used are pure unadulterated garbage(Honda, im talking to you guys, very disappointed about this) anyway, here ya go

 

[Gansan]

Regarding DTS Neural Surround, it sounds like to get the best benefit, you have to encode the source audio with it and then it can extract 5.1 discrete channels of audio. It's used in certain HD radio broadcasts.

For example: https://www.americanpublicmedia.org/dts/

 

[Dragon Systems]

If only it could read Flac... then I would be happy...

 

[steviiee]

Didn't someone else also post their settings here? I was trying to look for it but now I can't seem to find it

 

[Dragon Systems]

I did not find anything on a quick glance which is why I posted after messing around with it all day today. Even this only gets it to acceptable though... honestly, I get it... the Touring only costs like $3Kish more if you find the right deal than an EX-L, and for that you get LED headlights, heated rear seats, the audio system, better wheels, and I think a few other things, BUT that being said, I really feel like the audio system in these cars falls under the category of, if you cant do it right, dont do it at all, I mean, really wish they would have partnered with JL or some other big name brand to create something just for the car, I mean seriously, what big name in audio wouldnt want to partner with Honda to create a powerful sound system for the number 1 car in America, and many other places?? When I worked at Ford we had partnered with I think it was Kenwood or Alpine to get a system just for the F150 that car toys did install on us on.... grrrr

 

[Dragon Systems]

Ok, it is worth mentioning that in about 8 hours in the car since tuning it in this way the bass has hit as hard I could possibly expect, and actually with it tuned like this I think the bass I am getting is coming a lot more from the front and rear speakers than before, also, I have not heard the rear deck rattle a single time.

 

[Gansan]

I messed around with tuning the bass on my 17 touring today, it has two separate controls, it looks like you can turn the gain up and down for the sub itself, and then it appears you can control how much bass is being put out by the content itself. It appears to respond better if you turn the sub itself down while turning the bass in the signal up. The bass actually sounds ok and appears to be able to go deeper when I do this, im guessing having the gain on the woofer turned up is just overwhelming it. This appears to largely fix the rattle problem as well.

I have been trying out your settings and I like the sound. To me it sounds warmer in the midbass, which I feel is one area where the system is lacking. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Dragon Systems]

When you turn up the bass I think it is feeding more bass to the speakers rather than just the sub. I also think the sub is set from the factory to a higher bass level than it can perform, in fact, I find that if I turn it back up im not actually hearing an increase in bass. I also think it has the side effect of fixing the rattle because I think the rattle noise is a byproduct of overwhelming the woofer, as well as maybe related to like frequencies at which stuff vibrates or something like that

 

[d1zguy]

DTS neural actually decreases the bass. I just turned DTS Neural and very happy with the system. I fixed the rattling by sticking a microfiber cloth from an opening in between the rear deck metal and the rear deck plastic from the trunk. I've got the SI so my 3rd brake light is on the wing not the deck.

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