Evan S
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After reading a lot of posts out here on this board and numerous others, there seems to be a difference of opinion as to whether the Paradigm Studio series can be a tad bright.
Deciding to fool around with my sub/main crossover on my Anthem AVM-20 to obtain the best integration with my Studio 40's/20's, I used a Stereophile Test disk and RS SPL meter to do comprehensive Frequency Response curves for each crossover setting FOR MY ROOM. (IMPORTANT).
What I found was interesting. For my room, a 50htz crossover works much better than 60 or 80...much flatter response. I experience a little suckout at 100htz, but pretty flat throughout the spectrum until I reach 1000htz. I have a little bit of recess from 1000-3150 but what was really surprising was that after 12,500htz, I have a severe dropoff in output, almost 12db at 16,000htz, and 18db at 20,000. (using 85 as my reference point).
I have had numerous people over my house and nobody has claimed my speakers to be bright. I can attribute all the other anomolies in my curve to room/setup problems, but to what do I attribute the high frequency dropoff? Surely, that cannot be 100% due to my room, as I have hardwood floors and plaster walls...characteristics that would make my room live...not dull. Should I be experiencing this kind of curve? I know there will be people out there with difference experiences and YMMV, but I found this response curve to be a little different than what I was expecting...at least at the upper ranges.
Makes me want to read more about frequency response and room acoustics. Anybody got any good reads on the subject?
Deciding to fool around with my sub/main crossover on my Anthem AVM-20 to obtain the best integration with my Studio 40's/20's, I used a Stereophile Test disk and RS SPL meter to do comprehensive Frequency Response curves for each crossover setting FOR MY ROOM. (IMPORTANT).
What I found was interesting. For my room, a 50htz crossover works much better than 60 or 80...much flatter response. I experience a little suckout at 100htz, but pretty flat throughout the spectrum until I reach 1000htz. I have a little bit of recess from 1000-3150 but what was really surprising was that after 12,500htz, I have a severe dropoff in output, almost 12db at 16,000htz, and 18db at 20,000. (using 85 as my reference point).
I have had numerous people over my house and nobody has claimed my speakers to be bright. I can attribute all the other anomolies in my curve to room/setup problems, but to what do I attribute the high frequency dropoff? Surely, that cannot be 100% due to my room, as I have hardwood floors and plaster walls...characteristics that would make my room live...not dull. Should I be experiencing this kind of curve? I know there will be people out there with difference experiences and YMMV, but I found this response curve to be a little different than what I was expecting...at least at the upper ranges.
Makes me want to read more about frequency response and room acoustics. Anybody got any good reads on the subject?