Welcome! Need support, you got it. Or share your ideas and experiences.
Return to Planar Speaker Asylum
184.58.110.124
In Reply to: RE: Trying Limage Speaker Placement posted by steven d on April 03, 2017 at 09:30:07
Happy to see you found a solution.
If you have not yet fine tuned the gap to the wall and the distance to the front wall then you should still do so (without the EQ engaged - and then fix the optimal result with the EQ).
The tonal balance of the 3A is warmer and more bass heavy than the later models so that wall loading can make the midrange sound anemic relative to the deep bass. EQ is a solution if it is sufficiently high quality to be transparent. Your piece obviously works. You can try to get a picture of what the tonal balance is with your SPL meter and a test CD to do a FR sweep. No setup required, no software to learn. Look up the generic calibration curve to see where your results are "legit" as the response falls off at the top and bottom octaves.
The results you got are appropriate to the Limage setup and are to be expected, your EQ fixes the nits the rest of us have to live with if we don't multiamp. It provides a bigger and more resolved soundstage, wider sweet spot, warmer tonal balance with real deep bass, and stronger dynamics.
Follow Ups:
"The tonal balance of the 3A is warmer and more bass heavy than the later models"
What is the 3A? I'm perplexed. Prob a typo?
I certainly would defeat the EQ while tweaking the placement. What I'd be looking to do is get the phasing right at the magic spot so there is minimal confusion but still retain the cavernous stage and power of foundation.
I don't mind REW. I'd used in the past many times and have benefitted from it. I used it with this space in the summer last year after the EQ was loaned to me. It was painstaking to get an appropriate setting, but once I settled I really REALLY loved to tone of a 'more flat' FR. however I sensed a loss of dynamic range. Now that I have a beefier amplifier Nd I'm using a speaker cable which interferes less the signal a reduction of dynamic range still leaves plenty of it on the table.
Should I get to it, I'll post graphs here, but it's hard during the week to do 75db sweeps at 9PM in a condo. I hope it's raining on the weekend.
My friend who was here helping, who is very hard to please and very discerning, was very surprised at the setup. He's been here many times and rarely has anything good to say. But he remarked that the music is fun to listen to. Once we EQ'd, he said it was music, it was involving, and we both wanted to listen to more. That's a good sign.
My mistake re the 3A. I didn't look up your setup but went by superficial appearance and presumed it was a 3A. However, the 2.5r has the same tonal balance issue just that it is more pronounced at a lower freq than with the 3A. .
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: