Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?

Tvad said, "I'd be very surprised if most listeners would really prefer flat room response given the opportunity to A/B the options."

So you did EQ to flat and it does not sound good, I would agree with that statement. Then you said "the oppurtunity to A/B the options"

What are the options? If you do not want a flat response, what do you want?

Bob

Tvad said, "How do you measure your room to determine if you have a flat response? I am interested to learn from your experience."

Try REW at the Home Theater Shack. It is free. A Radio Shack SPL meter can be used for 20 to 2000hz, or you can go full range with a clibrated mic. The meter is around $40 or a calibrated mic around $100. Then it is the free progam and a laptop.

Bob

Bob,

If you do not want flat, what do you want?

Output gently falling as frequency increases from app 100hz to 8 or 10khz, flat above that. Flat to gently rising below 100hz to the lowest limit of system response (app. 25hz in my case). Tricky to achieve without multiple and/or EQ'd subs.

Simply a personal preference. We're talking a couple a three db spread over just over 6 octaves (with something vaguely like a 2 db offset rising in the bottom 2 1/2 octaves) for the most "natural" sound in my room (and, actually, the other two rooms that I've measured extensively) to my ears. All of the listening rooms I've measured strike me as just a touch bright when response is perfectly flat - so I chalk this up to personal preference.

Marty