Shouldn't This Sound Boomy?
I have recently purchased a mic and I’m running REW to test my room response. These are the resulting charts:
I hear nice tight bass when I play music. I hear a big improvement over my previous speakers. The mid range and treble sound great and again the bass sounds articulate and tight. I would think this would be boomy and muddled. Unfortunately, I did not have the ability to test my previous speakers. The room is treated with GIK panels, but I have no bass traps in the corners due to the spouse approval factor. Am I a horrible listener that can’t hear this, or am I missing something else?
When looking at response, 5dB/division please. Bass looks okay. I would tame that one peak. The dropout at 2K is a far bigger problem. It’s 10db. That is very audible. I would prefer more slope at high frequencies. You said you had panels. You may have too many of them may work over a narrow frequency band. Fully carpeted? |
@baclagg -- Good plan! From your description, you may have too many things absorbing sound and one in particular that is taking out the 2KHz! You can fix that with an equalizer. You can also replace your side absorber panels with a diffuser panel. You have all the tools you need at least. Once you fix the 2KHz drop, you may find the system a bit bright. Most people prefer the output to slope down as the frequency increases. |
