Yes, most do. They first make couple of measurements from listening position(s) and then direct sound measurements in near field. Combined result is then used to make the final correction.
I liked the Harman/Kardon system the most, it also lets you select on the fly if you want to do LF, LF+MF or LF+MF+HF correction. Of course you can do the same with HQPlayer and matrix profiles as well.
It should be OK for midrange and highs. For full range measurement it is too close.
Sure, but so far I’ve been happy enough with my Elac and Dynaudio speakers. Elacs are helped by SVS sub that has room correction EQ applied.
So I’ve been doing just room EQ. But I do full range EQ for headphones (Oratory).
Yes, and you can combine EQs easily now. So you can have speaker EQ and room EQ separate and run the combination or just either one through HQPlayer as you like. Quite many HQPlayer users do this too.
For example you can do speaker EQ with convolution filter from Audiolense and then add some REW based parametric room corrections. Or you can have two (or more) convolution filters.
Fine as such, but looks a bit strange, especially given 20 Hz point as peak EQ. I guess it is trying to low frequency compensate for the +6 dB boost at 108 Hz. Or something like that.
REW seems very strange, it mentions the testing measuring volume is low 62 SPL (but when using SLP reader is 80), and I already use a higher volume, something I can’t find from the newest version, so I’m using House Curve again with the same MiniDSP UMIK-1 and got no issues.
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 68 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 2.399
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 108 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 5.963
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 150 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 3.113
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 204 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 4.885
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 368 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 2.576
and
4 filters
This is better
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 68 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 2.399
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 150 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 3.113
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 368 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 2.576
It is missing level calibration of mic input level vs SPL. You need to tell it where it should be, that would be additional step at the beginning. But it doesn’t really matter, because you can shift the target curve (SPL target) vertically to match the measurement result.
Most important with REW is that your mic gain is not too high that it would clip, and not too low that there would be too much noise (too low SNR).
Generic
Number Enabled Control Type Frequency(Hz) Gain(dB) Q Bandwidth(Hz) TargetT60(ms) FilterT60(ms)
1 True Auto PK 122.0 -5.00 5.000 24.40
2 True Auto PK 286.0 -1.20 5.000 57.20
3 True Auto PK 400.0 -3.40 5.000 80.00
Finally, it worked! I had configured some different settings that were affecting the measurements from a tutorial that I saw in roon. Seems you have to put the mic very close to the speaker and move around while making the sweep. Now is back to normal. Got this now!
Made 6 measurements. Left 2, Right 2 and Center 2, then average them all. Measurement like full range speaker
@Moy I assume, based on your earlier posts, that you are measuring both channels at the same time here? Have you tried doing per channel/speaker correction, instead of a single average? What do others do?
I measure one channel at a time, from listening position, exactly where my ear would be. Any other position will result in some room response that is not applicable to the listening position.
Ok yes that’s what I do. I measure near left and right ears in listening position for each channel separately. Just curious what people prefer with 2 channel measurements with REW.
I updated now to measure each channel individual with mic facing speakers. I make two measures the second slightly moving mic 5 cm from listening position. Then I make another 2 measures with 2 speakers together also moving forward a bit on second one like before.
I select full range speakers ( ProAc DB1)
I use the corresponding Mic calibration file too.
BTW I’m getting a > > > > > MiniMe P8v2, will upgrade to a 2.1 setting. It uses iWoofer for room correction. For now I will calibrate separately but I guess there’s a better way right?
Testing different EQ measurements after speaker position adjustments. The physioacustic curve is more subtle but also lighter load for HQplayer because it has fewer filters than a more detailed curve. It’s a give-and-take with everything, but I’m happy with the outcome.
Your speaker placement adjustments seem to have improved the situation quite a lot! It is good approach to try to first place the speakers in as optimal position as possible and then what remains to be corrected to be corrected with EQ. Gentler corrections you can get away with the better.
! Many thanks everyone for sharing your time and insights
facing speakers. I make two measures the second slightly moving mic 5 cm from listening position. Then I make another 2 measures with 2 speakers together also moving forward a bit on second one like before.
