An car audio equaliser used to be an 90s thing. This is because headunits of that generation usually had two main settings bass and treble, thats it. You could either turn the bass or treble up or down. This is why you could purchase an standalone car equaliser either an 5 band or an 11 band eq to be fitted in the dash. They even made some that fitted in an spare din slot with an visual spectrum. They have sliders that look cool that allow you to adjust the each frequency. This allows more control and better sound adjustments to help you get the sound you want out of your car audio system. They are an hassle to fit personally and its not always straight forward to find an space on your cars dash.
So the car audio forum question today is, do you need an car audio equaliser? The answer is no. If you have an modern generation car headunit, it will have an built in parametric equaliser built into the software of it. Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood and Alpine have an built in car equaliser as an mandatory requirement. This will allow you to adjust the sound digitally. The concept is the same as having a eq built into the headunit or not and you are not going to gain better sound if you have an separate car eq installed. An kenwood car equaliser is more of an retro piece now. Yes they look cool, but in 2023 you don't really need one.
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