| UPDATE: I figured out the 6k dip that shows up in the ARC measurement... It was my preamp! They suggest you use as clean of preamp as you have. No tubes, no color. So, I thought a presonus MP20 was a good candidate, but it turns out that the MP20 has a dip going on at 6k. So, after measuring again with the presonus and my desk out of the way (thought that might be the problem) and still experiencing the problem, I decided to try it through my germanium preamp and wah lah, 6k peak is gone and I'm almost flat from 200 up.
I'm loving this thing. The difference with and without ARC is a lot more subtle which makes me feel alot better that it isn't having to make drastic changes to the sound. I also noticed that ARC doesn't mess much with the stuff below 100. It smooths it out a little, but when you go above 100 hz, that's where it really does its thing. I think they've done a good job at determining what makes speakers sound bad and they're focusing on that. At least that's what it appears from my measurements.
I know there are many who think this stuff is snake oil, but man for me, it's REALLY helping a lot. It inspires me to further tweak my room when I get a chance and I love it for that too. But, I doubt I can ever achieve what I want in my rectangle room and so I'm very glad to have this.
I'm going to double post this in my other ARC thread. |