Q adjustment on amp, deck, eq?

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Topic: Q adjustment on amp, deck, eq?

Posted By: downstarinc
Subject: Q adjustment on amp, deck, eq?
Date Posted: January 20, 2006 at 11:46 PM

ok ive been wondering what the "Q" adjustment on my amp,deck,eq does? i have an eclipse 5444 deck and it has 3 settings (Q1=slow Q2=normal Q3=sharp)...can anybody explain what "Q" does?

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jl audio..nuff said

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Posted By: nstaller36695
Date Posted: January 21, 2006 at 12:30 AM

i asked a jl rep to properly explain that to me and i've taken electronics courses in high school voc and college and nothing he said made any sense to me in other words get a dictionary and read the manuel i've played with them and i havent heard any drastic changes in sound quality but if u are going to tune your amp using an osciliscope then u can see a frequency change

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: January 21, 2006 at 1:37 AM

The "Q" rating in a parametric equalizer is the rate of change of the envelope. Basically a higher Q means a "faster" rate of change, creating a narrower adjustment band on either side of the EQ center frequency setting.

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