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In Reply to: Speaker Measurements vs. Subjective Listening posted by lenw on February 18, 2007 at 11:26:57:
i agree that speaker measurements are only a starting point in telling about what a particular speaker might do in a real world listening environment.my last 2 sets of speakers have had considerable adjustability for adapting the speakers to specific room conditions and personal listening biases. i have yet to measure my second set of speakers. however; i did measure my first set at the listening position with a very basic tool (PAA3) for frequency response and it was quite flat. eventually; i ended up adding a bump in the mid-bass by raising the crossover point. this added body and smoothed out the treble. i was then able to add gain to the treble for more high frequency energy. i ended up with a less flat curve but a considerably more coherent, involving natural sound.
i am about to measure and play around with my second set of speakers. i have so far only adjusted them by ear.
it should be interesting whether my 'end point' is less or more linear than my current settings.....and how the frequency response of this speaker compares to the last speaker when optimzed to my tastes in the same room.
i know there are substaintial limitations to my measuring tool and methodology; yet it seems likely that even in room measurements have not much to do with how the speaker actually makes music.
personally; i enjoy the measurements that Stereophile provides; but mostly for the efficiency issues and amp compatibility. the data does allow you to know areas where there could be issues.
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