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AVR in Stereo Only - which is best
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber_MG" data-source="post: 1107228" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>tmi. I am saying that a frequency response measurement and EQ as a toolset to pull a graph to some desired outcome isn't the be all and end all to how we perceive sound and that a very linear and well behaved power response source loudspeaker sounds quite natural to our ears in a room which influences a measurement to be a fair bit other than flat. There is a golden middle ground which is missed by tools that pull the response "flat" because there is a time domain component and the ear doesn't integrate sound like a fourier transform at all but masks certain things. Thus a tool that equalizes based on a frequency response of a loudspeaker plus the room interference doesn't quite align with our hearing. If one equalizes out he dips of a comb response the ear hears a peak where a graph will show flat. This is because of how the decay energy is perceived and if you EQ you alter the energy after the direct sound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber_MG, post: 1107228, member: 18"] tmi. I am saying that a frequency response measurement and EQ as a toolset to pull a graph to some desired outcome isn't the be all and end all to how we perceive sound and that a very linear and well behaved power response source loudspeaker sounds quite natural to our ears in a room which influences a measurement to be a fair bit other than flat. There is a golden middle ground which is missed by tools that pull the response "flat" because there is a time domain component and the ear doesn't integrate sound like a fourier transform at all but masks certain things. Thus a tool that equalizes based on a frequency response of a loudspeaker plus the room interference doesn't quite align with our hearing. If one equalizes out he dips of a comb response the ear hears a peak where a graph will show flat. This is because of how the decay energy is perceived and if you EQ you alter the energy after the direct sound. [/QUOTE]
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