What is the EQ dial on my subwoofer for?

[kneo]

I've recently purchased an entry level subwoofer (back in India) and was wondering what the 'EQ' dial on the back panel would be used for? How would it be different from a 'Volume' dial?

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[Adam]

I've recently purchased an entry level subwoofer (back in India) and was wondering what the 'EQ' dial on the back panel would be used for? How would it be different from a 'Volume' dial?

Hi. Is that function discussed in the owners manual? My guess is that it's like a parametric equalizer that will boost or cut the response in a given frequency band, but because there's no dial to set the center frequency, I'm guessing that frequency is set by the manufacturer - so it should be in the manual.

 

[kneo]

Unfortunately there's no user manual with the product.

 

[Adam]

What is the make and model of the sub?

 

[Pyrrho]

... My guess is that it's like a parametric equalizer that will boost or cut the response in a given frequency band, but because there's no dial to set the center frequency, I'm guessing that frequency is set by the manufacturer - so it should be in the manual.

This. Without knowing what frequency it is boosting or cutting, I would probably either do some experimenting with it to see what I liked, or simply leave it centered and never touch it.

Knowing the brand and model might help locate a manual online to find out more.

 

[kneo]

This is the product. These guys are based in India and are the ones who owns nibbana audio. There's no user manual for the product.

 

[Adam]

If you haven't already, I recommend contacting the company from the info on that website and asking them.

 

[allen_in_texas]

Only a guess and I very well might be wrong: Is it how steep the filter curve is, say in dB/octave? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Butterworth_Filter_Orders.svg