I own a pair of Paradigm Reference 30th Anniversary Inspiration speakers.
I bought them new 4-5 years ago after listening to them at a reseller and auditioning a bunch of other speakers. I have to say I'm happy with them and I'm not planning on upgrading for some time but since reading ASR for two years now, I have gotten curious about "how they measure" and if there are areas I could improve with EQ.
I have found the following page with measurements: here
If they measure good, fantastic, if not, why and how could I fine-tune this?
Thanks in advance!
Setup
Microphone measuring position: between tweeter and midrange
Grille: off
Frequency response and sensitivity
Sensitivity: 88.1dB (averaged 300Hz-3kHz, 2.83V/1m)
Chart A: 20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)
Top curve: on-axis response
Middle curve: 15 degrees off-axis response
Bottom curve: 30 degrees off-axis response
Chart B: 20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)
Top curve: 45 degrees off-axis response
Middle curve: 60 degrees off-axis response
Bottom curve: 75 degrees off-axis response
Listening window
20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)
Response curve is an average of five measurements: on-axis, 15 degrees left and right off-axis, 15 degrees up and down off-axis
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise
Chart A: @ 90dB, 50Hz - 10kHz (measured @ 2m)
Top curve: frequency response @ 90dB SPL
Bottom curve: THD+N @ 90dB (50Hz - 10kHz)
Deviation from linearity
Chart A: Difference @ 90dB from 70dB, 50Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m)
Impedance magnitude variation
Vertical axis: impedance
Horizontal axis: frequency
Electrical phase
Vertical axis: phase
Horizontal axis: frequency
I bought them new 4-5 years ago after listening to them at a reseller and auditioning a bunch of other speakers. I have to say I'm happy with them and I'm not planning on upgrading for some time but since reading ASR for two years now, I have gotten curious about "how they measure" and if there are areas I could improve with EQ.
I have found the following page with measurements: here
If they measure good, fantastic, if not, why and how could I fine-tune this?
Thanks in advance!
Setup
Microphone measuring position: between tweeter and midrange
Grille: off
Frequency response and sensitivity
Sensitivity: 88.1dB (averaged 300Hz-3kHz, 2.83V/1m)
Chart A: 20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)
Top curve: on-axis response
Middle curve: 15 degrees off-axis response
Bottom curve: 30 degrees off-axis response
Chart B: 20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)
Top curve: 45 degrees off-axis response
Middle curve: 60 degrees off-axis response
Bottom curve: 75 degrees off-axis response
Listening window
20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)
Response curve is an average of five measurements: on-axis, 15 degrees left and right off-axis, 15 degrees up and down off-axis
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise
Chart A: @ 90dB, 50Hz - 10kHz (measured @ 2m)
Top curve: frequency response @ 90dB SPL
Bottom curve: THD+N @ 90dB (50Hz - 10kHz)
Deviation from linearity
Chart A: Difference @ 90dB from 70dB, 50Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m)
Impedance magnitude variation
Vertical axis: impedance
Horizontal axis: frequency
Electrical phase
Vertical axis: phase
Horizontal axis: frequency