I am running passive bookshelf speakers that extend to 33 Hz in my room and they do fill it nicely, with or without the monster subs.
I think you're on the right track with either of those but the UBR62 is out of your price range. If you can overcome that, you may "buy once, cry once".
Yeah for sure, i've heard great things about ELAC's range - the UBR62s are expensive for sure, but i think that they may be worth saving up for...
You're up and running, but it's hard to interpret. Please set the SPL axis to 50-100 dB and the frequency axis to 10-20,000 Hz for full-range measurements, and 10-300 Hz for bass only measurements. Use Variable smoothing.So i was playing around with Room EQ Whizzard and came up with this plot below - please note that this is with a subwoofer added in to support the bass.
I'm guessing that it's sort of accurate, since the dip at 195hz coincides with the other guy's (Joe n Tell's graph)...
This is fun.
Yeah for sure - i still need to play around with it, since it has to many modes, settings, etc.
Is this better? Looks awfully flat for what it is, except for the 30hz and down, where there's a bump and a recession, then it's 'meh'.. this is on variable smoothing.
Seems like that little disruption has disappeared in the latest measurement - I really do need to get a UMIK-1, but can't be bothered spending $165 AUD on it...So you don't have nead for - 2 bass by a looks of things (if you didn't play with equal loudness controls on amp and they stayed at 0), just need to tame it down. Try with treble set to - 4 (on amp) and PEQ at 195 Hz +5 dB with Q (bandwidth) set to 1 or 2 (try both). Continue playing with it until you are satisfied just don't exaggerate with PEQ positive values (let's say +7 dB is max and if you don't have avoid even that much as every +3 is 2x power to the base). You obviously don't need better speakers at least not now (as most folks don't get even that good in room response with much more costly system's). Maybe one day when you better build your own personal preference and towards it regarding selection.
Your y axis is set to coarse. It is good practice to set it to 50 to 100dB, not -200 to 200dB as in your case. Did you apply VAR smoothing?
I would EQ away the resonance at about 28Hz and overall apply some tilt of ca -0.5 to -1dB per octave (unless you do near field listening at ca 1m) to it as the highs are overly pronounced and one would expect more a roll off in high frequency for an in room response of an ideal anechoically flat speaker. Maybe add some high pass filter down low to cut out what ever is happening below 10hz. Once done - not too bad then.
Yeah there's definitely something weird going on with the bass/mid-bass to treble ratio - it might be the microphone that I am using? Currently using one off of amazon, which plugs into a USB DAC type thingy.. the thing is these that speakers are not bright or anything.. they are quite warm...
So what are you using to measure with?
Yeah, i know... hence why i am looking to see if there's some available in the classifieds... if not, i will have to get the special UMIK-1...
Cool. We do have a window into your bass response and in the meantime you got some practice taking measurements.
Ah. Didn’t realize you are not using a calibrated mic. Yes get one eg UMIK1 as mentioned by other posters already. Otherwise all measurements and the respective conclusions are potentially flawed eg treble etc.
Yeah, I'm considering purchasing a MiniDSP 2x4 HD with Dirac live and the UMIK-1, and running it via usb or optical as 2.1 - this would give me a better improvement than any speaker that costs less than a couple of thousand IMO.
Yeah, I'm planning to get some 'new speakers', after a figure out how to EQ and stuff... I find this quite enjoyable as a hobby. THe most likely choice would be the ELACs or Polks...
You will want to install Equalizer APO, then PEACE, which is a new GUI for it. You can save the filters from REW and import them there to run at startup on your PC.