Aftermarket Radio and Equalizer

[Blacksheep Josh]

I'm building up my system in my vehicle, it'll consist of:

(4) 12" Kicker CVR Subwoofer
(2) Rockford Fosgate 700s amps
(1) 4-Channel Amplifier for Door speakers (unsure of which one yet, still shopping)
(2) Sets of Kicker KS.5 door speakers.

A lot of the radios I'm looking at don't have good equlizer outputs. For instance, I've been considering the Alpine CDA-105 but it doesn't have very many options as far as the equalizer goes. I'm using an old (almost 10 year) Sony CD Player that has 7 presets, but I can also go in and change the frequencies in each setting.

So what I'm wondering is this: Because I'm planning on using RCA's to run the signal to the amps, and then to the speakers, could I simply get this receiver, run an equalizer between the radio and amps and still get the customization for the levels that I want?

I'm pretty sure this is accurate, but I've NEVER dealt with a standalone equalizer before. I like my music tuned a certain way, and my current radio gives me the options but it's starting to fail... Any advice is appreciated.

 

[toypaseo]

Headunit RCA's to EQ to AMP is how I have ran them in the past.

Past EQ's: Pioneer EQ-6500, Blaupunkt BEQ-65

 

[corkey]

most of the higher end Kenwood head units have System EQ's built in, mine has a variety of frequencies, and sub woofer crossover and control,

 

[Blacksheep Josh]

I've found a few that has preset settings in them, but they don't come with an optino to adjust those settings. Probably just do what toypaseo did and run it that way. Go with a setting on the headunit I like, then tweak it at the equalizer. It'll be for just the mids/highs, I use my bassboost knob to control how much the subs are putting out.