EQ help needed :( - keep a broad 700 Hz cut?

[Opalius]

@Opalius
That looks pretty decent. And it's great that you went to the trouble of multi-point measurement for more meaningful results. I can still highly recommend using MMM for measurement, as it significantly reduces the effort. You only need to set the settings correctly once, and then it takes 30-60 seconds per channel to generate >50 average measurements. And you can watch live as the measurement stabilizes until nothing changes anymore.

The sharp drop above 9kHz is due to the speakers? Well, nothing can be done about it, but the rest looks good.

Have you set a house curve for the low-frequency range?
I would be interested in the final result (with subwoofer) at the listening position.

Thanks for the follow-up.

Regarding the house curve, I was specifically aiming for the bass to sit about 5dB above the mids, which seems to be my personal sweet spot.

It has been a four-year journey with these Dali Oberon 3s to finally get here.

I have made small improvements to the EQ over time, usually going through cycles of being happy until I noticed a new issue.
I started out with simple REW auto EQ, but eventually learned that EQing everything above the Schroeder frequency, with small narrow filters, was a really really bad move.

Then I hit the "woolly bass" phase. I added a Dali SUB C-8 D, but without a real crossover, I was just running the mains full-range and stacking the sub on top. It gave me better extension, but the mids were still uneven and I was actually starting to wonder if I just needed to buy "better" speakers to get the sound I wanted.

The turning point was getting the WiiM Amp with a proper crossover and PEQ.
I ended up keeping that 700 Hz filter at -4dB with a Q of 1. It really cleans up the tonality and removes that "heavy" feeling in the vocals. After four years, I finally feel like I have a competent setup with good imaging and a soundstage that actually works.

For context, the speakers are 2.5 meters apart center-to-center, and I am sitting about 2.8 meters away on the sofa.

Here is the final measurement from the listening spot shown with psychoacoustic smoothing and to better see the "housecurve" with 1/! smoothing.

 

[levimax]

Thanks for the follow-up.

Regarding the house curve, I was specifically aiming for the bass to sit about 5dB above the mids, which seems to be my personal sweet spot.

It has been a four-year journey with these Dali Oberon 3s to finally get here.

I have made small improvements to the EQ over time, usually going through cycles of being happy until I noticed a new issue.
I started out with simple REW auto EQ, but eventually learned that EQing everything above the Schroeder frequency, with small narrow filters, was a really really bad move.

Then I hit the "woolly bass" phase. I added a Dali SUB C-8 D, but without a real crossover, I was just running the mains full-range and stacking the sub on top. It gave me better extension, but the mids were still uneven and I was actually starting to wonder if I just needed to buy "better" speakers to get the sound I wanted.

The turning point was getting the WiiM Amp with a proper crossover and PEQ.
I ended up keeping that 700 Hz filter at -4dB with a Q of 1. It really cleans up the tonality and removes that "heavy" feeling in the vocals. After four years, I finally feel like I have a competent setup with good imaging and a soundstage that actually works.

For context, the speakers are 2.5 meters apart center-to-center, and I am sitting about 2.8 meters away on the sofa.

Here is the final measurement from the listening spot shown with psychoacoustic smoothing and to better see the "housecurve" with 1/! smoothing.

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Enjoy

 

[CB89]

Regarding the house curve, I was specifically aiming for the bass to sit about 5dB above the mids, which seems to be my personal sweet spot.

I've also set mine to +5dB and so far I like it the best.
Thanks for the info. And: nice cat

 

[Sal1950]

Here is the final measurement from the listening spot shown with psychoacoustic smoothing and to better see the "housecurve" with 1/! smoothing.

Looks pretty good to me.
Neat Cat !

 

[Opalius]

I've also set mine to +5dB and so far I like it the best.
Thanks for the info. And: nice cat

Looks pretty good to me.
Neat Cat !

Thanks, that really means a lot!!

I’ve spent quite a bit of time and money getting the setup to this point, and at the same time trying to keep my wife happy while I kept tweaking things, so it’s honestly really nice to get some confirmation that it was worth the effort.

And thanks about the cat too — clearly the true final judge of the setup.