HK Rear Seat Sound

[Edwards]

Anyone listened to the HK system from the back seat? It's just odd with the two way headliner speaker on one side and the 6x9 door woofer on the other. Really seems like the 6x9 door speaker should be a two or three way to balance out.

Now if you are the unlucky center seat person you'd get great sound, just coming above and behind you.

 

[djwdjw]

Anyone listened to the HK system from the back seat? It's just odd with the two way headliner speaker on one side and the 6x9 door woofer on the other. Really seems like the 6x9 door speaker should be a two or three way to balance out.

Now if you are the unlucky center seat person you'd get great sound, just coming above and behind you.

I find the sub to be completely overpowering. I have it cut all the way down on eq and it still is overpowering an otherwise reasonable audio set-up. My build is after the TSB cut-off so it's not that problem. Ridiculously boomy. Feels like it rattles everyone at the stoplights, including me

 

[392DCGC]

I find the sub to be completely overpowering. I have it cut all the way down on eq and it still is overpowering an otherwise reasonable audio set-up. My build is after the TSB cut-off so it's not that problem. Ridiculously boomy. Feels like it rattles everyone at the stoplights, including me

You turned the bass to -9 on the EQ and find the sub overpowering? If so, makes me wonder how these trucks have so much variance. Mine at 0 is barely noticeable.

 

[djwdjw]

You turned the bass to -9 on the EQ and find the sub overpowering? If so, makes me wonder how these trucks have so much variance. Mine at 0 is barely noticeable.

Yes. It is more pronounced when playing a CD for me, and the music choice does make a difference. But I have shifted the fader far forward to compensate with -9 on bass eq. I often have a grandkid in the rear seat and worry the sub is gonna cause a nosebleed

 

[Jordan2929]

I have also noticed how if your sitting in the rear seats its almost as though the sound is only coming through the headliner speakers, very odd to listen to music that way. Just another reason why I'm very displeased with this sound system.

 

[Ortiz7983]

My setup sounds nice. No complains here. And I’m up to date on software version.

 

[Nick814]

Havent sat in back yet, but up front i think it sounds great.

 

[The_Chemist]

Sound in the back seat is horrible! My girlfriend and I sat back there to be comfortable and listen to the HK. It was unacceptable. Muddy muffled bass and no highs. Front seats are a totally different story.

As much as people complain about the sub, I think it's pretty good. It is capable of reproducing deep organ pedal bass. I do not like the frequencies that the bass is boosted though. It's way too boomy. I'd like to boost at 50 Hz & 100 Hz. The system sounds like the bass boost may be at 250 Hz, which makes it sound muddy.

I wish someone who is tech savvy would figure a hack to add a 1/3 octave equalizer. That would be awesome.

 

[greatone99]

mine supposedly has the update ,based on my build date ,and I have the the bass set at plus 6 and its still not enough .thinking mine does not have the update

 

[MJP]

mine supposedly has the update ,based on my build date ,and I have the the bass set at plus 6 and its still not enough .thinking mine does not have the update

If you are at plus 6 there is no way you have the update. The bass is ridiculously prominent once you get the update. Most people have it set at level or below just to be able to listen to it.

 

[greatone99]

If you are at plus 6 there is no way you have the update. The bass is ridiculously prominent once you get the update. Most people have it set at level or below just to be able to listen to it.

its going in next week for the update good or bad . I can adjust the equalizer down ,plus I use sportfiy app which has an equalizer where u can fine tune the different frenq

 

[The_Chemist]

mine supposedly has the update ,based on my build date ,and I have the the bass set at plus 6 and its still not enough .thinking mine does not have the update

I doubt if you really do have the update. My truck was built in late September. I have the eq set totally flat and the bass is more than enough. My truck is so sloppily built that the entire rear wall and the sliding window vibrates.

 

[MJP]

its going in next week for the update good or bad . I can adjust the equalizer down ,plus I use sportfiy app which has an equalizer where u can fine tune the different frenq

I still think it's worth updating even with the bass issues.

 

[Jordan2929]

mine supposedly has the update ,based on my build date ,and I have the the bass set at plus 6 and its still not enough .thinking mine does not have the update

Can you comfortably turn the volume all the way up?

 

[greatone99]

Can you comfortably turn the volume all the way up?

with a cd its a loud with no distortion at full volume ,with Sirius its not as loud at 38 with a cd

 

[Jordan2929]

with a cd its a loud with no distortion at full volume ,with Sirius its not as loud at 38 with a cd

I would be able to turn it up to 38 without any problem on any input, after the update I rarely go above 26.

 

[HeliPilot]

I don't go above 22 in mine. I was driving down I-94 today, sunroof open, 75mph and radio was set to 19...Loud and clear.

 

[greatone99]

I did a db test mine is 112.5 db at full volume ,and averages 95 between 26-30 ,I also noticed bass sounds better at minus 2 to plus 2 ,and is a muddy mess at plus 5 where I had it ,so maybe mine is updated ,and my ears maybe suck lol I went to the dealer today and there where no updates for my amp ,as in it is updated ,they plugged it in

 

[ashasha]

Just picked up a Limited the other day. It must have been sitting for a while because the build date was Oct2018....got a great deal, truck is fine other than the stereo. I have the excessive bass and poor mid problem as well. I have a service appointment scheduled for Tuesday, but it's sounding (no pun intended) like I'm going to be facing an uphill battle with the service center. It's weird because sometimes it sounds fairly decent; especially with modern pop, but for classic rock it is pretty poor. I had an HK system in a Mercedes a few years ago and it sounded much better than this does. I have to back the bass down to almost nothing and then it just sounds like a crappy 80's boombox. It's really boxy and boomy with smeared mids. The highs are there, but everything sounds off.

Has anyone managed to get to the bottom of this? Like what software and EQ version is supposed to be installed?

 

[Patsy1099]

There’s a tsb for the hk system which is supposed to make a huge difference. If you go to the tsb thread and go into the dealer with that hopefully they will apply it and all will be good. Let’s us know