I wouldn't trust that bass peak in Stereophile speaker Measurements

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Posted by Jon L (A) on March 10, 2025 at 17:17:34

In Reply to: RE: A measurement from ProAc response three posted by seancuster71@gmail.com on March 2, 2025 at 22:25:42:

That bass peak appears in same place for many speakers measured in Stereophile, which does not truly exist if measured in anechoic environment. Some of the reasons:
Bass is measured near-field
No anechoic chamber thus vulnerable to room effects
Bass driver measurement is done separately, port output also separately, and then both are spliced onto mid/treble graph without clearly repeatable standards and methods.

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Topic - A measurement from ProAc response three - Leo loves music 15:54:57 02/26/25 (12)

RE: A measurement from ProAc response three - seancuster71@gmail.com 22:25:42 03/02/25 (3)

I wouldn't trust that bass peak in Stereophile speaker Measurements - Jon L 17:17:34 03/10/25 (0)

They are very musical - Leo loves music 03:50:52 03/03/25 (1)

RE: They are very musical - seancuster71@gmail.com 10:40:00 03/03/25 (0)

white noise. Not so easy because background noises (nt) - Leo loves music 12:09:23 02/28/25 (0)

My ProAcStudio 3 and Rythmic Sub - G Squared 17:29:52 02/27/25 (4)

What he said - garymuffley 09:50:38 02/28/25 (0)

RE: My ProAcStudio 3 and Rythmic Sub - Inmate51 05:48:08 02/28/25 (2)

Without smoothing - G Squared 12:02:40 03/01/25 (0)

RE: My ProAcStudio 3 and Rythmic Sub - G Squared 12:07:05 02/28/25 (0)

RE: A measurement from ProAc response three - dgaapc7 01:51:03 02/27/25 (0)

RE: A measurement from ProAc response three - Ladok 18:06:51 02/26/25 (0)

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I wouldn't trust that bass peak in Stereophile speaker Measurements - Jon L 17:17:34 03/10/25 (0)

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