Stereo too loud in front too low in back.
05-03-15, 07:41 PM
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Stereo too loud in front too low in back.
I finally got tired of the sound not being balanced on my 2015 RX 350. I found it takes an adjustment of 3 clicks to the rear speakers and one click to the left to balance the sound. You then have to turn the volume up and finally you have sound that is not over powered by the front speakers.
05-04-15, 07:39 AM
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I believe I've moved every one of my Lexi sound settings slightly back from center the day I brought the vehicle home and began adjusting things. I don't believe I've changed left-and-right in every one of my Nakamichi (back-in-the-day) or Mark Levinson systems -- I just went out and checked, and my 2013 RX450h is sitting in the center of left-and-right, and back only two clicks. 
Isn't it great we can make such a simple setting to customize sound systems to our own personal preferences?
Isn't it great we can make such a simple setting to customize sound systems to our own personal preferences?
05-04-15, 06:28 PM
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I believe I've moved every one of my Lexi sound settings slightly back from center the day I brought the vehicle home and began adjusting things. I don't believe I've changed left-and-right in every one of my Nakamichi (back-in-the-day) or Mark Levinson systems -- I just went out and checked, and my 2013 RX450h is sitting in the center of left-and-right, and back only two clicks.
Isn't it great we can make such a simple setting to customize sound systems to our own personal preferences?
Isn't it great we can make such a simple setting to customize sound systems to our own personal preferences?
I agree, but I don't understand why on neutral settings I can't hear the rear speakers. This is my third third generation lease and it has been pretty much the same with all of three of them. Maybe it's because there are more speakers in front than in back.
05-04-15, 07:33 PM
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Yes, I suspect so. But for me, it's an easy setting change to make the sound like I want, no different than I have on my home multi-thousand-dollar surround systems in each of my homes for years.
Honestly though, since my Retriever (dog) is in the back seat of my RX most of the time with me, and she's very sensitive to loud noises, I keep the sound level down more than I probably otherwise would in the overall vehicle -- even with my shifting the balance to the rear just a bit to better suit my own tastes. I suspect if I had young children with very sensitive ears during their development phase, I'd be even more concerned to do the same. ...but I'm thankful for the ability to make the change just the same in my Lexus as well as my former BMW and present MBZ.
I know having to make the little setting change is bugging you, but for me, it's not a big deal. We each have things that bug us and I get that. I guess I've been tweaking balance and fade since I was a teenager with my old portable LP player (yup, like a plastic boom box that played 33-RPM records -- I wonder how many folks here remember those good 'ol days) in my bedroom back in the 60's, so it has not bothered me to do the same with my progressively more expensive and technical sound systems in my apts, homes and vehicles the last 40+ years. ...ah, what one's age will do bringing along philosophical views -- and I'm not even 60 yet.
Honestly though, since my Retriever (dog) is in the back seat of my RX most of the time with me, and she's very sensitive to loud noises, I keep the sound level down more than I probably otherwise would in the overall vehicle -- even with my shifting the balance to the rear just a bit to better suit my own tastes. I suspect if I had young children with very sensitive ears during their development phase, I'd be even more concerned to do the same. ...but I'm thankful for the ability to make the change just the same in my Lexus as well as my former BMW and present MBZ.
I know having to make the little setting change is bugging you, but for me, it's not a big deal. We each have things that bug us and I get that. I guess I've been tweaking balance and fade since I was a teenager with my old portable LP player (yup, like a plastic boom box that played 33-RPM records -- I wonder how many folks here remember those good 'ol days) in my bedroom back in the 60's, so it has not bothered me to do the same with my progressively more expensive and technical sound systems in my apts, homes and vehicles the last 40+ years. ...ah, what one's age will do bringing along philosophical views -- and I'm not even 60 yet.
05-04-15, 08:30 PM
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Yes, I suspect so. But for me, it's an easy setting change to make the sound like I want, no different than I have on my home multi-thousand-dollar surround systems in each of my homes for years.
Honestly though, since my Retriever (dog) is in the back seat of my RX most of the time with me, and she's very sensitive to loud noises, I keep the sound level down more than I probably otherwise would in the overall vehicle -- even with my shifting the balance to the rear just a bit to better suit my own tastes. I suspect if I had young children with very sensitive ears during their development phase, I'd be even more concerned to do the same. ...but I'm thankful for the ability to make the change just the same in my Lexus as well as my former BMW and present MBZ.
I know having to make the little setting change is bugging you, but for me, it's not a big deal. We each have things that bug us and I get that. I guess I've been tweaking balance and fade since I was a teenager with my old portable LP player (yup, like a plastic boom box that played 33-RPM records -- I wonder how many folks here remember those good 'ol days) in my bedroom back in the 60's, so it has not bothered me to do the same with my progressively more expensive and technical sound systems in my apts, homes and vehicles the last 40+ years. ...ah, what one's age will do bringing along philosophical views -- and I'm not even 60 yet.
Honestly though, since my Retriever (dog) is in the back seat of my RX most of the time with me, and she's very sensitive to loud noises, I keep the sound level down more than I probably otherwise would in the overall vehicle -- even with my shifting the balance to the rear just a bit to better suit my own tastes. I suspect if I had young children with very sensitive ears during their development phase, I'd be even more concerned to do the same. ...but I'm thankful for the ability to make the change just the same in my Lexus as well as my former BMW and present MBZ.
I know having to make the little setting change is bugging you, but for me, it's not a big deal. We each have things that bug us and I get that. I guess I've been tweaking balance and fade since I was a teenager with my old portable LP player (yup, like a plastic boom box that played 33-RPM records -- I wonder how many folks here remember those good 'ol days) in my bedroom back in the 60's, so it has not bothered me to do the same with my progressively more expensive and technical sound systems in my apts, homes and vehicles the last 40+ years. ...ah, what one's age will do bringing along philosophical views -- and I'm not even 60 yet.
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