Quote Originally Posted by GM View Post
Yeah, I don't pay much attention to folk's measurements unless all the particulars are listed since they're like statistics, you can prove whatever you want with them. For HIFI/HT apps, what matters is in-room with the mic at the [various] LP[s], then averaged out. For LF outdoor apps, far enough away ground plane for the lowest frequency to unfold and math correct to 1 m /whatever. For the rest, ideally in 4pi space [up a high pole], otherwise however high off the ground the mains are likely to be.

GM
Thanks for the tip on the back cap mods. I assume some tweaking of the sound could be achieved this way. Of course, only for someone that really enjoys taking the back panel on and off a lot. I am not included in that group.

I'm just starting to learn about the significance of room acoustics. I guess it's nice to know what is coming directly out of the speaker, but unless you listen to music with your head 12" away from the speaker, it really doesn't have much practical value. It matters more how the speakers play the room. If you take the same system and move it from room to room, I'm sure you will get very different frequency curves and a very different sound.

I'm moving very soon and my system will be in an unusually shaped, large open space with a big stone fireplece smack in the middle. I picked up Jim Smith's book and DVDs "Get Better Sound" to begin the learning process of how to set up this room. I'll be moving that mic all over the place and I'm certain there are many diffusion and absorption panels in my near future.