There is plenty of bass and tonality on the warm/balanced front. Overall, I was very pleased with the sound. I simply don't have room for such a large speaker on my desk/workstation. It seems the woofer is still whaling at that frequency as is the tweeter so perhaps that is causing the cancellation at that frequency. This so called spinorama shows us just about everything we need to know about the speaker with respect to tonality and some flaws: Likewise listening tests are performed per research that shows mono listening is much more revealing of differences between speakers than stereo or multichannel.Īcoustic measurements can be grouped in a way that can be perceptually analyzed to determine how good a speaker is and how it can be used in a room. Measurements are compliant with latest speaker research into what can predict the speaker preference and is standardized in CEA/CTA-2034 ANSI specifications. Measurement location is at sea level so you compute the pressure. Temperature was 59 degrees F (yes, it is getting cold here). I performed over 800 measurement which resulted in error rate of less than 1% throughout the range. In a nutshell, the measurements show the actual sound coming out of the speaker independent of the room. Both of these factors enable testing in ordinary rooms yet results that can be more accurate than an anechoic chamber. It also measures the speaker at close distance ('near-field') which sharply reduces the impact of room noise. This is a robotic measurement system that analyzes the speaker all around and is able (using advanced mathematics and dual scan) to subtract room reflections (so where I measure it doesn't matter).

Measurements that you are about to see were performed using the Klippel Near-field Scanner (NFS). This makes it easier to integrate for hi-fi applications. Only computer powered speakers have these, not pro monitors. It is very rare to see such on a studio monitor.

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