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Learning about my room and my sound..

Ok, so I have a Radio Shak SPL and I see all these posts on here about people's speakers and performance, now maybe I am an idiot or overwhelmed but how and where do you start to test the performance and synergy of your speakers in your room? I know there are tons of threads but can it be explained to me please?
All I know is I have a SPL that I use to calibrate, and I have a test disc but it is of high tones, so I assume I need a low frequency test disc and then what please>?

P.S. please be kind I know alot of you may laugh at my question but I really want to know what to do
thanks Chad
chadnliz
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
Chadnliz,

My room is similar in that one side opens to another room. I have found that I can almost balance this out by using absorption on the wall opposite to this opening. I can do whatever I like since my room is a dedicated finished basement. You may have to get creative with window coverings or something in order to kill the reflections from that near wall. Based on what I've experienced with balancing an unbalanced setup in this way, it will be well worth your efforts.

BTW, another good place to find out about this stuff is over on AA in the Rives forum.
thinkat
63 posts
 
Peter_s, I fdund this while browsing around.

http://www.behringer.com/ECM8000/index.cfm?lang=ENG
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Peter_s...The Behringer mic is the one I use with my Behringer DEQ2496, and it is a good item..BUT...it requires a "phantom" power supply from the unit it is plugged in to. I don't think your computer does this.
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
You can download and burn this test cd...it's free. Make sure you read the info. first as it is a bass test cd only.

http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm

Dave
chadnliz OP
3,736 posts
 
Thanks all for your help!
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