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So, after a bunch of playing, I really like the head unit. I will say this - warning to all...
The Harmon Kardon system sounds terrible by default!!! You need to tweak it to your liking. That's accomplished by a *combination* of three different sets of settings.
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AFTER doing all of those in THAT order, things sound phenomenal.
Of course, your musical preferences are likely different than mine, so you may disagree with my assessment. Regardless, until you adjust it, I doubt it will be closer to anyone's liking.
Until you do, there'll be no bass, treble will be kinda muted, and things will sound hollow (especially if Surround is on with certain inputs from devices that already do sound processing).
The Harmon Kardon system sounds terrible by default!!! You need to tweak it to your liking. That's accomplished by a *combination* of three different sets of settings.
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- Tweak all of the volumes in "Settings"->"Sound" - especially increase the media volume that way you don't need to overdrive your output (eg, max out volume on your phone). It's set WAY too low. Also tweak all other sound settings to appropriate levels to work with the media volumes (eg, alerts, phone, ring, navigation, beeps etc).
. - Play with "Surround" mode. I find when connected to my Note 8, Surround mode should be OFF, otherwise, things sound tinny and empty.
. - AFTER you have done that, go into the sound settings for the media control. Do that from the "Media" button on the main screen (with something connected) or from the appropriate settings menu, and then tweak the EQ and sound position.
AFTER doing all of those in THAT order, things sound phenomenal.
Of course, your musical preferences are likely different than mine, so you may disagree with my assessment. Regardless, until you adjust it, I doubt it will be closer to anyone's liking.
Until you do, there'll be no bass, treble will be kinda muted, and things will sound hollow (especially if Surround is on with certain inputs from devices that already do sound processing).