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In Reply to: RE: Loudspeakers in rooms - not flat, but how bad ? posted by BigguyinATL on December 8, 2014 at 06:22:24:
I had the usual 15 dB peaks and dips in the bass, even after moving the speakers around. After adding a sub woofer and adjusting the cross-over controls I got within 8 dB, with no more dips (1/12 octave). I took the peaks down with a parametric equalizer, ending up with about +- 3 dB from 30 Hz to 1000 Hz at my listening position.
This made a big difference. There was no more perceived bass boom from room resonances. Plucked string bass lines sounded musical. I expected this. What surprised me was that the sound stage expanded beyond the walls of the room once I got the bass leveled. The bass was setup using a measurement microphone and RTA. I then adjusted the high frequency roll off so that recordings had proper high frequency balance, averaged over a couple of dozen reference recordings. This was done by ear. 10 kHz is down about 3.5 dB compared with 1 kHz.
I would not recommend my Focal studio monitors to anyone who doesn't know how to do what I did. When I started out, I lacked the necessary tools and knowledge. Getting from mediocre sound to excellent sound took several full days of work, most of which was a learning experience.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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