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Old 20th March 2010   #88
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Dange, I don't understand what you are saying.
Both of us certainly can play around with 'windowing' to achieve results such as the following.

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However by using the controls to see an audibly significant result we get this.
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Looks like up to a 2dB improvement in a small frequency area. IMHO not useful enough to put up with a 2x4 panel standing where my keyboard and mouse normally are.

Lupo's earlier broadband figures showed exactly the same as my first test.
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-47.247dBFS RMS and -47.498dBFS RMS respectively. 1/4 dB change on full bandwidth sweep.
Here it is pretty easy to see how one might say 10dB of energy has been removed by the panel.
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Overall I am going with the 2dB third octave view. Not enough to put up with a very inconvenient panel, in my room not even possible.

I have tested panels behind speakers with a view to diminishing SBIR. I got no measureable improvement. The popularity of the practice, particularly at GIK has prompted me to do these tests again sometime but for now my test stands.

DD
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