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improving bass on large floorstanders....
1. More careful positioning of the speakers and/or listener.2. Attention to room acoustics. 
rear firing tweeters....
The goal, at least for the Revels, is to smooth the polar response. 
Tall Tower Speakers for $10-14k
The Canton is a good choice but consider, also, the Aerial 7T and Adam Audio Classic Column as alternatives, if you don't mind saving some money. 
DIY turntable plinth material
Corian is not resonance-free. Using the standard 1/2" thickness, it was necessary to add a layer of heavy damping to the underside to stop the ringing (which is higher in frequency than one might expect). A layer of Dynamat was the cure. 
XTC Room Analyzer
I have reported on the use of XTZ filter curves with the Classe and Rotel processors.Kal 
Anyone know what these funky vintage speaker are?
Roger that. ;-)Kal 
Anyone know what these funky vintage speaker are?
Several companies in the 60s made speakers in such a configuration including Hegeman, Brociner(?) and Eico in the US. Basically, there was a relatively standard upward-aimed mid- or full-range cone driver with an appended and elaborate flower-like... 
XTC Room Analyzer
Congratulations. Buy yourself a present. 
XTC Room Analyzer
1. You should look at the XTZ site (and/or my review in Stereophile) to see the differences between the models.2. Yes, if you are going to do any FR measuring with a microphone, it should be calibrated. I believe you can have it done for less than... 
XTC Room Analyzer
XTZ. It uses sweep tones, can handle multiple measurement sites, has the math automated, generates time-decay as well as FR and can synthesize corrective filters. Nothing that a sophisticated Matlab user cannot do, of course, but faster and easier... 
Hearing Tests
I apologize for saying that the audiocheck site had limited FR. I didn't see that the extended ranges were on other pages.Still, knowing the frequency and level when being a subject is a bias. Better to have someone else administer the test to you. 
Hearing Tests
The audiocheck site has limited FR and, in that way, does seem closer to what an audiologist actually does.Expectation bias can be eliminated and I did that by copying and randomizing the tracks from the Audio-CD disc. So far, that is the best ava... 
Hearing Tests
The test that Nonoise lists from http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html is flawed in a number of ways, particularly since it calls on the subjects ability to assess similar loudness levels at different frequencies. It also fails to minimize e... 
Hearing Tests
Nonoise, I was asking what program you were using and how you got your dB numbers. 
Hearing Tests
OK but the standard way to list thresholds is to assign 0dB to the 1kHz level and express the others in relationship to that.Can you tell me where you are getting "1Khz@-86db?"