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Old 12th October 2009   #22
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Further Thoughts

Thank you Captain! That idea of calibrating both mic and speaker together is clever. I believe you will find what you need at FuzzMeasure/Window/Microphone Calibration. It may be elsewhere in your FM. I am on V2 as I still use Tiger.
While the idea is good in itself, I believe FM and others are best used for comparisons. e.g. move a speaker and measure to see if there is an improvement. Your idea is heading towards a fully calibrated absolute measurement of the room. This is something I discourage. But if you do wish to do that, and are going to all that trouble, why not go all the way and borrow a flat omni?
Some more important points have come up over time, in discussions with Ethan and others. I have an intention of revising the primer to include those, if Jules is interested.
In short.
Cover your listening area with individual measurements and use the averaging functions to sum it up.
For Modal measurements drive both speakers.
For Frequency response drive only one speaker.
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