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How flat should my room response be?

I am in the midst of treating my listening room. I also purchased an spl meter and a test tones cd. In a perfect world, we would all strive for a perfectly flat room response. However, given budget constraints and the reality of my room configuration, I know this is not possible. Given this, how flat should I try to make the room response? Is +- 2db ok? Or is +- 6db ok? I am looking for a realistic goal that I can set that will yield the best possible results.

Thank you,
tboooe

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jeffb28451
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I really agree with Tobias, here. I used my TacT pre and spent 2 days "dialing in" flat response with a RS spl meter and then let the TacT dial in a flat response. Wow, did it suck! Unlistenably horrible. I'd serously rather have a Bose radio than my $50K plus system, if it usually sounded like that. And, as Tobias points out, move the listening couch back or forward a couple feet and you have a whole new set of issues/numbers due to physical locations of the nodes.

Tame the room nodes at your listening spot(Parc or TacT are the ones I'd use) and don't try to cram too big a speaker into the room unless you want to spend a ton on bass traps.

Jeff
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