That was a ton of information that is 100% useful for someone like myself. I am constantly tweaking and tuning my system for the best sound possible. Moving speakers, aligning height, listening position, etc. This helps out with what to look for and how to control and maintain the sound, as well as look for improvements and defects.
Great video Erin. I'm in general agreement with the Toole outlook on predicted performance. However, I would point out that the area that is not replicated well is where most of the primary notes of music lie (middle C=216Hz, the high extreme of the female vocal range is around 1050Hz(880Hz for normal people)). So departure from prediction is *more* important there than in higher frequencies and makes EQ and speaker matching to room still a little tricky.
Yeah every room below 400Hz is total mess. Often L and R don't sound even close below 500Hz because of the modal issues and reflections. But somehow our brains can partly filter things out. Klippel - a really awesome tool
So trying to get my head around this. It sounds like “normal rooms” generally have the same effect on response from mid to just below the top of the range? If that’s true then it changes they way I think about auditioning speakers as this would mean I can judge mids to upper midrange as the room effect should be a constant. The only issue is that 400 hz could color the lower the vocal range. I thought listening in a different room was useless but it seems it may be somewhat useable within a limited bandwidth?
