I've mentioned before that I am a beta tester for KLIPPEL. You've seen that the KLIPPEL data provides the frequency scale in exponential format (10^2, 10^3, 10^4) which is not ideal when you are providing the results as a review. When I started reviewing speakers this drove me nuts so I resorted to creating my own MATLAB scripts to generate the graphics with the frequency scale in a way that I wanted. KLIPPEL took notice and asked why I didn't use their graphics, so I explained why and they said they would address it in a future update. Well, the latest beta release has this update. Small change but big win!
They also provided me with an NFS sample file of an unknown bookshelf speaker to check out the beta software and provide some additional feedback. Using the directivity index result graphic, I determined the crossover of this speaker is somewhere in the 2-3kHz region. I then took the liberty to play around with the balloon plot just to see what it looked like. I then generated the GIF below. I am considering generating a GIF like the one below in each of my reviews; one that will be a balloon plot of the SPL at/near the crossover region. Note the spl scale changes slightly; this is out of my control for now but if I normalize then it is not an issue. But don't worry about that (I know how some of you are; you will fixate on this... DON'T! lol). I swear, if one of you says "I'd do it this way" and takes
this post in to a total trainwreck I will ban your IP from my website (some of you may like it). Kidding, kidding.
Anyway...
Long story short, I've got some files to play with and I did just that. So, if you didn't think I was seriously getting the NFS and this was some crazy ploy to fool you all... well, now you can rest a little bit easier. Still no shipping date yet but I will definitely keep you all posted. Thanks again for all your donations and support! It's really happening!!!!!!!!!! OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!!