Good measurment software

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3wayaddict

3wayaddict

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#1
Hello,

I have had my speakers for a while now which I know sound really good when they were at my local high end store. Though I've never been 100% happy with their performance at home. It's not because of the rest of the system, because that's really good. I've also experimented a lot with placement and they are for sure in the optimal positioning now. I've also got some really good RTFS acoustic treatment in my room. Though the room is tiny. So it's very hard to get them to play nicely in here.

So I've been trying to refine the frequency response by measuring and changing the setting of the DSP. I have a MiniDSP UMIK-1 measuring mic and use REW. Though I'm strugling to reliably make improvements. I'm really doubting the reliability of this measuring rig. I've noticed this before. Often I have noticed that when I make a change to the FR it doesn't show up in the measurments while it's clearly audible. In the past I've even got completely different measurments after restarting REW even though I hadn't made any changes. So I really feel like I'm kinda working blind.

Does anybody have any tips what might solve these problems so I can use REW reliably? Or maybe if it's known to be reliable do you have any suggestions for other measuring software that is reliable that doesn't break the bank?

Thanks
 
#4
3wayaddict said:
Hello,

I have had my speakers for a while now which I know sound really good when they were at my local high end store. Though I've never been 100% happy with their performance at home. It's not because of the rest of the system, because that's really good. I've also experimented a lot with placement and they are for sure in the optimal positioning now. I've also got some really good RTFS acoustic treatment in my room. Though the room is tiny. So it's very hard to get them to play nicely in here.

So I've been trying to refine the frequency response by measuring and changing the setting of the DSP. I have a MiniDSP UMIK-1 measuring mic and use REW. Though I'm strugling to reliably make improvements. I'm really doubting the reliability of this measuring rig. I've noticed this before. Often I have noticed that when I make a change to the FR it doesn't show up in the measurments while it's clearly audible. In the past I've even got completely different measurments after restarting REW even though I hadn't made any changes. So I really feel like I'm kinda working blind.

Does anybody have any tips what might solve these problems so I can use REW reliably? Or maybe if it's known to be reliable do you have any suggestions for other measuring software that is reliable that doesn't break the bank?

Thanks
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Remember that the mic ( and so the software ) doesn't pic up only the speakers sound but the entire room , including it's very complex behavior , if you were in an silent room thing would be much different 😉

You may look at your room behavior first 😉


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#6
setup and calibration is key.
after you have done setup and calibration, do you have a very flat amplitude and phase with a physical loop? are these results repeatable? what results do you get with no physical loop?
 
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