It is quite interesting that we all make different experiences. But we do not all have the same measuring equipment and the same room. I think everything that Phil, Chris and me are saying is plausible. Just to make impressions complete, here are my latest and definitive conclusions with my Behringer ECM8000 (latest series, there are three of them):
1. Put something on your back wall where direct reflection are coming from (a cushion) 2. Put your ECM8000 in a vertical position, microphone head where your ears would be 3. Rotate your ECM8000 so that the Behringer logo points either to the left or to the right. Avoid the logo facing the wall or your speakers. What strikes me the most is the fact, that the omnidirectional ECM8000 is not omnidirectional in reality. If the Behringer logo faces the speakers, the left chanel is louder and phase is incorrect. If the logo faces the back wall, the right chanel is louder and phase is incorrect. The only situation with correct phase is a 90 degree rotation on its own axis. The second important insight is the vertical position. If you point the microphone to the speakers you could measure the speaker itself (under perfect room conditions). But you want to measure the room not the speaker. With this setup I'm having extremely pleasing results in conjunction with Audiolense in both rooms. No cavernish sound anymore and correct phase/stage. Treble still is reduced in my living room, but in a good manner. After listening to it for a couple of minutes, I realized that the result is much more realistic and less fatiguing than what I have listened to for the last two years. My audio room doesn't need that much correction. I hope that I'm more helping than confusing... -- Quad Audio Room: Touch -> DacMagic -> Quad 77/707 -> Magneplanar 1.7 Living Room: Duet -> X-DACv3 -> Exposure 3010 S2 -> Rowen Absolute MONO -> Quad 21L Sleeping Room: Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93393 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
