Next on my order list:
JBL 306P and Presonus Eris E5 XT
The JBL has seen strong competition from Kali and I'm curious to see how these fare.
The Presonus looks great in concept. Wide-ish rounded baffle, generous waveguide size for the 5" midwoofer - hidden screws and no sharp edges. Curious to see if the execution is also good.
Divided by and scaled in level. Substracting showed some very weird anomalies
Thanks for the data!
I wrote to Chris Liscio about this back when FuzzMeasure4 came out. I believe his explanation was something related to the log scale, but I didn't dig up the email just now to confirm.
How are you getting sufficient measurements for the graphs, given REW's 20 (?) measurement limit per file? I'd like to get more into REW because it otherwise appears to be a fantastic software and has become somewhat of a standard for taking and sharing measurements, but the measurements-per-file limit seems to rule it out for quasi-2034 measurements.
FuzzMeasure4 is still the most user friendly measurement software. I do not know how many measurements can be saved per file, but it is at least 85. Røde bought FuzzMeasure two years ago. They promised a new version in late 2018, but it is not out yet. Also, the current version still lacks some features from the previous version. One missing feature that was around before is the division operation, which I used to use to show the effect of grilles.
Thanks, this is useful. Any word about the Presonus Eris XT? Could well be incredible at its price point.Two new ones. Genelec G2 (8020) and Neumann KH80DSP
Please note these are not anechoic measurements, simply taken in a large hall away from boundaries. There is some gain in my measurements in the low range due to my 'stand' which is basically a large column. Take these with a grain of salt and compare them only the earlier ones posted in this thread. What you're looking at is the on-axis curve, listening window and early -horizontal- reflections aka the side-wall average.
Build quality. Both are well made units. The Genelec with its aluminium molded cabinet feels sturdier but both are professional grade. Under the right lighting I could see some small 'stains' on the back of the (albeit high quality) plastic Neumann cabinet. There was also a problem with the auto-standby mod on the Neumann. I've heard other reports of this as well. Overall I slightly prefer the fit/finish of the Genelec cabinet.
Subjective mono test: Please note I was listening in a large auditorium, 5 meter away from the nearest sidewalls.
Timbrally they are not that far apart as the measurements indicate. The Genelec sounds a little more spacious/diffuse and remains truer to the direct sound as you move to the sides, again as the measurement indicates. The Neumann in mono demands your attention with little to no illusion of 'depth' despite being timbrally correct. When moving to more than one loudspeaker the Neumann should provide a bit more 'pin-point' imaging compared to the Genelec.