Revel W553L Measurements (In-wall Speaker)

[nathan]

I have these speakers as LCR in my home theatre. I always hear that I shouldn't EQ speaker above 500Hz. However, can I generate EQ based off of the spinorama for these speakers? If so... Is there any analysis done on this data to create a PEQ?

I would generate a room EQ based off the measured response in your system and try that out. Chances are good that will make the most impact in the frequency range below the room transition frequency ( hence the 500 hz generic recommendation) but there Is no law against trying a different approach, and Eq-ing a wider range of frequencies, especially is they are behind a screen, etc.

tldr, rather than EQ their anechoic response why not use EQ to counteract the ways they interact with the room (ie the Toole approach).

 

[Dj7675]

I have these speakers as LCR in my home theatre. I always hear that I shouldn't EQ speaker above 500Hz. However, can I generate EQ based off of the spinorama for these speakers? If so... Is there any analysis done on this data to create a PEQ?

Yes, one of the truly great resources pulling in measurements from ASR, Erin and other places is Spinorama.org. You can search see full spinorama’s, compare, and also look at some recommended EQ based on Spinorama. For example on this speaker, see below.


Preference Score 5.49 with EQ 6.91
Generated from http://github.com/pierreaubert/spinorama/generate_peqs.py v0.26
Dated: 2024-03-19-16:38:24

Preamp: -4.8 dB

Filter 1: ON PK Fc 36 Hz Gain +3.00 dB Q 0.59
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 65 Hz Gain +2.96 dB Q 0.27
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 125 Hz Gain -4.33 dB Q 0.66
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 409 Hz Gain -1.24 dB Q 0.38
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 643 Hz Gain +1.94 dB Q 2.95
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 1046 Hz Gain +1.63 dB Q 3.00
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 10341 Hz Gain -1.52 dB Q 1.85

 

[ThELiZ]

Yes, one of the truly great resources pulling in measurements from ASR, Erin and other places is Spinorama.org. You can search see full spinorama’s, compare, and also look at some recommended EQ based on Spinorama. For example on this speaker, see below.


Preference Score 5.49 with EQ 6.91
Generated from http://github.com/pierreaubert/spinorama/generate_peqs.py v0.26
Dated: 2024-03-19-16:38:24

Preamp: -4.8 dB

Filter 1: ON PK Fc 36 Hz Gain +3.00 dB Q 0.59
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 65 Hz Gain +2.96 dB Q 0.27
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 125 Hz Gain -4.33 dB Q 0.66
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 409 Hz Gain -1.24 dB Q 0.38
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 643 Hz Gain +1.94 dB Q 2.95
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 1046 Hz Gain +1.63 dB Q 3.00
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 10341 Hz Gain -1.52 dB Q 1.85

That’s awesome, thanks.

Will also have a play around with EQ above 500Hz once I get my panels in place.

 

[MatthewS]

You can search the spinorama website for the EQs here: https://www.spinorama.org/eqs.html?sort=date&reverse=false&search=W553

A speaker with good directivity and anechoic data can definitely have EQ applied based on that. But give it an AB test with your ears to see if it helps or hurts.