That is how i build my diy speakers today, even subs have an external amp and dsp (or passive crossover), that easy can be replaced by a more up to date model when the need is there. Those plate amps build into the speaker look nice and tidy, but it mostly means that you can throw away the speaker after a decade because the amp died and there is no replacement...
Although I doubt it will happen, it would be great if speaker manufacturers would commit to having plate amplifiers with the same form factor available for an extended period of time.
I am also not 100% convinced that other measurements aren't negatively impacted if you correct for frequency linearity without retesting stuff like distortion and such.
I mostly disagree. The only instance where I would agree is if someone has very neutral speakers, and a room that is symmetric and very well acoustically treated.
I liked the message but must admit I only do (2) and leave the rest alone. For some odd reason, I have never quite enjoyed EQ on speakers or amplifiers... makes me think if I don't like the way they are, then I shouldn't have bought them to begin with.
Then again some might say that reveals me as a neurotic as per the topic's title. :-D
Measured how?
REW
BSEE. Many years experience designing passive filters, inductors and capacitors, both for audio and RF, and a few years designing speakers many moons ago.
That's all very good but they don't come close to a formal method of measuring and correcting a room,that's a whole other area.
I agree when, acoustically, the room is well suited. Some rooms, such as mine, have major acoustic issues. DSP made significant improvements toward mitigating those issues, at least to an extent.
Human brains can hear through the room by filtering out reflections, that is the hard part of DSP, what the MIC "hears" and what we "hear" are not the same thing. Dr. Toole made a great post explaining it without having to buy his book. The attachment to this post is gold. https://audiosciencereview.com/foru...s-your-favorite-house-curve.2382/post-1970907I agree when, acoustically, the room is well suited. Some rooms, such as mine, have major acoustic issues. DSP made significant improvements toward mitigating those issues, at least to an extent.
We do not only hear the anechoic response of a speaker. The room in which the speakers are placed has a significant impact on how they sound, even above 500Hz, especially when there are things like glass tables, large windows on one side of the room, etc., which are some of the issues I face. DSP has helped alleviate those issues. If you don't believe me, you are welcome to come visit and take a listen. I live in Florida and have guest rooms. Come in the winter when the weather is nice.
As stated in the cited post: "... the room curve in typical rooms will have a gradual, quite linear, downward tilt above about 500 Hz." (Emphasis added).
That can be true about any aspect of this passion. Guys are spending Tens of thousands of dollars on a obsolete technology (vinyl) forever tweaking, adjusting, and messing about with things from needle angles, cartridge loading, platter matt materials, cleaning fluids, etc, etc, etc, To in the end maybe get sound quality that might approach a $50 used CD player. You can dive off the deep end of just about anything, don't turn anything into an obsession.? Are we tweaking things that we never heard before, or didn't care, just cause we can? I'm finding myself increasingly drawn into the DSP rabbit hole (I refer to 2ch, HT/video is another matter). This distrubs me, cause I think my system already sounds damn good. The perfect has become the enemy of the good. God save us all.
Indeed. And the perfect is unattainable. No floor or wall in any listening room is perfectly horizontal or vertical, meaning over time things will imperceptibly move and what not....
"The perfect has become the enemy of the good"
Very true, but that path can lead to insanity.
