Hi everyone, me again.
I called this thread tune #3, but in reality it is tune 20+. Lol. I am very, very happy to report that I think I am starting to figure this thing out. I did a full retune after work yesterday and though it sounded great. I was tired though and wanted to sleep on it. This morning I got in my truck and damn near shed a tear.....it sounded FUCKING AMAZING!! I mean it really blew my mind. I finally got the depth, width and tones right where I wanted them. Its crazy, my speakers disappeared and the instruments were so nicely spaced out across the dash. I couldn't believe it. I can't say its perfect, but if this tune was karate class, I think I earned my yellow belt today.
I have to give a huge shout out and thank you to dumdum!!! He was the first one I reached out to, but he deserves a ton of credit for his patience and approach-ability. Also, everyone on this forum who has been kind enough to give me suggestions and pass along some of the great knowledge and experience this place possesses. Thank you car audio junkies!
I included an image of some REW graphs. I have done some very slight tweeking since these, but no saved graphs yet. Like I said, its not perfectly on curve, but the tones and definition are far and away my best yet. I also realize that Helix has an auto tune feature that would give me similar results, but I really am trying to learn where, when and why the tuning works. It fun!!
Edit: I should also mention that I have read the Audiofrog tuning guide cover to cover several times, and that thing is my new bible. I tune in a slightly different way, but the knowledge and explanations in that guide are second to none. Thank you to the gentleman who wrote that little beauty!!