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Is there a rough response you should target for music?

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Just a few months ago I bought a pair of JBL LSR305 studio monitors, and they sound amazing. Everything is super detailed and there's no distortion. But they seem to be too bright (likely due to room reflections) for my taste and don't sound as pleasant as I'd like them to. Is there a frequency response curve that I could target with DSP using a measurement mic and REW that would make them sound warmer or more pleasant to listen to? Thanks in advance
 
Here's a thread with various target curves for you to try:

Though in general, there is not one correct curve.

Much depends on your listening distance, room reflectivity, and loudspeaker directivity.

In general, I would start with EQing the speakers to be anechoically flat on-axis (use external measurements or your own, gated measurements for this), your room and listening distance will then automatically tilt that response down somewhat.

Lastly, I would experiment with various levels of bass-shelf below 80Hz, to preference.
 
Just a few months ago I bought a pair of JBL LSR305 studio monitors, and they sound amazing. Everything is super detailed and there's no distortion. But they seem to be too bright (likely due to room reflections) for my taste and don't sound as pleasant as I'd like them to. Is there a frequency response curve that I could target with DSP using a measurement mic and REW that would make them sound warmer or more pleasant to listen to? Thanks in advance
Are you using a software PEQ? What are you using?
 
Bryston made a post early in the year about this, and it seems a flat "anechoic response" is preferred by most people. That's how John Dunlavy designed his speakers as well.

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Is there a frequency response curve that I could target with DSP using a measurement mic and REW that would make them sound warmer or more pleasant to listen to?
If nothing is "jumping out" in your REW measurements you can just EQ by ear until it sounds right to you.

The "ideal preference curve" is just an average of preferences and you may not agree that it sounds best. But, it also pretty-well tracks how speakers with flat on-axis response (in an anechoic chamber) tend to sound like (and measure) in real rooms and real studios. Except for bass, which tends to get fouled-up in normal non-treated rooms. So there is some science to the slight downward-tilting curve.

Adding a subwoofer might also tend to "balance out" the sound.
 
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