Ok, I will not say Revel performa3 F208 is a speaker with "perfect" anechoic measuements but most of us would probably agree that it measures really well.
Here it is shown how well:
I would say that if it wasn't for a little fluctuation in DI's around XO point at 2.2kHz it can really be called perfect.
Few months ago I had a chance to listen to it in a local dealer's demo room. Room was app 25m2 in size and was treated professionally but not to much to keep resemblance with typical listener room. Here is how RT60 looks:
And here is how frequency response looks, 3m from the speaker, on-axis, 1/12 smoothing:
And that is exactly how it sounded: everything was pretty much perfect except for very uneven bass that continuously kee swinging betweeen exaggerated boomy notes and silent ones. So make no mistake, room EQ is a necessity for every speaker if you want to have a good sound in your room.
Here it is shown how well:
I would say that if it wasn't for a little fluctuation in DI's around XO point at 2.2kHz it can really be called perfect.
Few months ago I had a chance to listen to it in a local dealer's demo room. Room was app 25m2 in size and was treated professionally but not to much to keep resemblance with typical listener room. Here is how RT60 looks:
And here is how frequency response looks, 3m from the speaker, on-axis, 1/12 smoothing:
And that is exactly how it sounded: everything was pretty much perfect except for very uneven bass that continuously kee swinging betweeen exaggerated boomy notes and silent ones. So make no mistake, room EQ is a necessity for every speaker if you want to have a good sound in your room.