I just bought an Anthem MRX1120. Wow, what a difference ARC makes. An awful peak at 150hz from my Vifa P17WJ-00-8 is now flat. My room is a near-perfect listening environment: a large room with curtains on all the walls, carpet, cushy lounges. So the amp is really just correcting my speakers.
I’m a novice but I still want to build new speakers to take advantage of the new beast. I’ve ordered a SB17NAC35-4 and SB26ADC-C000-4 to test based on the flat response and people here saying they are accurate with low distortion. I’ve designed a simulated 2nd order crossover to give as flat a transition as possible at about 1800hz.
Are there speakers that are better than others for room/speaker correction and how do I identify them? Manufacturers don’t seem to publish figures for accuracy/distortion which seems to be the critical attribute.
Is crossover design less important given that the amp will flatten it out anyway? Is it as simple as picking the right frequency and roll-off so that drivers are in their optimal range?
Is speaker box design less critical?
I’m a novice but I still want to build new speakers to take advantage of the new beast. I’ve ordered a SB17NAC35-4 and SB26ADC-C000-4 to test based on the flat response and people here saying they are accurate with low distortion. I’ve designed a simulated 2nd order crossover to give as flat a transition as possible at about 1800hz.
Are there speakers that are better than others for room/speaker correction and how do I identify them? Manufacturers don’t seem to publish figures for accuracy/distortion which seems to be the critical attribute.
Is crossover design less important given that the amp will flatten it out anyway? Is it as simple as picking the right frequency and roll-off so that drivers are in their optimal range?
Is speaker box design less critical?
