Making speakers sound tonally similar with an equalizer

Looks like out of 4 responses, I am in the minority again.

However Dirac Live, and other EQ systems, sort of make the opinions that it makes bad sound seem a bit more like opinions than anything based in fact.

For example, the Lyngdorf “Room Perfect” intentionally only does room correction as the impulse response correction (like Dirac Live) would make all speakers largely sound the same. And tehir customer wanted their speakers sound character to not be altered, irregardless of whether it was right or wrong.

But that can devolves into whether “it sounds better, but is worse at matching the signal” is wrong… it is certainly not right though. And a 100 people will tell you that they trust their ears more than a microphone. 

The last I would do is to make my speakers (Salon 2) sounds like Harbeths. :-)

But seriously, I would never listen to or try to evaluate speakers if they hadn’t been corrected for room issues below 1000Hz. That would be very unfair to the speakers. 

The recommendations from the experts are to use eq to balance room effects below 300 hz. 

Ok, so I will also correct some speaker issues.

Ok, so I will also correct some speaker issues.

Maybe…

One usually needs to do any phase (and time) work in more of an echo free environment. Or close mic it.

It is not easy to do this stuff outside, and most people don’t.

^That stuff^ is what is used to make the speakers sound similar.

The stuff < 400 Hz is a somewhat different deal addressing the room.