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GLM v.s. Sonarworks v.s. Audiolense

pierre

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I had some time today and measured in a normal, untreated room (4m x 3m) 1 speaker with REW.
I wanted to compare no correction, GLM the proprietary solution of Genelec, Sonarworks and Audiolense.
I went fast so errors are likely, I will take your feedback and adapt.

Microphone is a umic, interface in a RME UFX+, computer is a Mac, cables are either amazon basic or contric xlr,
speakers are Genelec 8341+7370, I have Focal Shape 40 in the same room so can compare easily if you want
(they are on the ceiling so different freq response).

I choose a flat target to make comparison easy.

First room v.s. GlM. Due to the small rectangular room, 2 large cancellations at 45hz and 100hz. GLM tame the peaks
but does not try to compensate for dips.

room-vs-genelec.jpg


Let's compare GLM and Sonar:
glm vs sonar.jpg



Frequency wise, almost the same thing. My take on this is that: if you only need 2 fronts speakers and a sub and don't
move your speakers often then the old Genelec are a better deal than the new one :)

Sonar has 3 filters: 0 latency (IIR is suppose), mixed and linear, frequency wise then are very similar.
sonar 3 filters.jpg


Let's look at the step response: first without GLM and with:

step room vs genelec.jpg


Let's look at GLM v.s. Sonar (0 latency) step response:

Step GLM v.s. Sonar 0 latency.jpg


hmm same thing, same frequency response and same step response, same algorithm?

It there a difference between sonar 3 algorithms?

Step Sonar 3 algos.jpg


yes some but not incredible.

First conclusion: not that much differences between them.
 
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reserved for audiolense stuff, currently fighting with windows, I hate this bloody os, nothing change still issue with interruptions ...
 

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reserved for audiolense stuff, currently fighting with windows, I hate this bloody os, nothing change still issue with interruptions ...


This is an oldie, but fantastic stuff! Were you able to get Audiolense sorted? I usually refer to Mitch on Audiolense, but I truly appreciate the time you put into comparing Sonarworks and GLM.

I would love to see a shootout of other comparable options, like Dirac and Arc. Anyone try both?
 
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