[net.audio] Speaker EQ

wjm@lcuxc.UUCP (B. Mitchell) (03/25/85)

Although Equalization can help correct problems with speaker response in a
particular room, it should not be viewed as a panacea for all speaker
problems.  Equalization cannot correct phase response probems, nor can
it correct speakers with poor imaging characteristics when these are
not caused by frequency response problems.  Although there have been
several commercially successful speaker systems that have provided EQ
to correct for known frequency response probems (and allowed the speaker
manufacturer to use lower cost drivers or less elaborate cross-over
networks) - the Bose 901 is probably the best known - I prefer to start
with a speaker with excellent frequency response and then use the EQ
to clean up the problems when it is placed in a real listening room with
furniture, people, pets, and other objects that cause problems with ideal
sound dispersion.
Regards,
Bill Mitchell (ihnp4!lcuxc!wjm)