SuperQ;685570 Wrote: > That's pretty good. Last year I was in the market for new speakers. > After the sales guy setup the first pair of speakers I was interested > in and setup what he thought was the best room placement we started > playing back some tracks. The thing that irked me immediately was that > he sat in front turning the volume up and down. > > After a couple min I stopped him, got out my SPL meter, and calibrated > a pink noise track to 80db. He didn't seem happy to have measuring > equipment in the room, but atleast he left me alone with various > speakers for an afternoon. > > I ended up buying a nice set of speakers that suited my acoustic, > aesthetic, and budget desires.
I'm in favour of blind tests and level matching. However, I'm aware that level matching isn't fool-proof and straightforward. Sometimes the loudspeakers being compared have a different frequency response so the question becomes, level matched at what frequencies? You can use broadband noise or multi-tones, but the problem will surely manifest if you are comparing using a drum and bass track one minute versus an opera track the next? Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93111 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
