Speaker Shootout!! - Page 5

I turned off the center channel and used the DTS-HD track. I am using the Ada Suite 7.1HD.

At lunch today I decided to watch a Bluray concert with better sound quality than my CD I have been using. I watched Dave Mathews in Linear PCM so I can test the DR's rather than True HD. This is where the DR's really shined. It was literally like a concert. It was very loud and I checked with my meter just how loud. Well, it was peaking at 108 db's at my seats which means the speakers were playing 120 db's. It was crystal clear and palpable. I would have thought that the vocals would be washed out at this level but they were super clear. I don't have enough amp for my M&K's to even reach these levels which would be about 500 watts. My amps do 450 watts. I will try the M&K's at this level because this is not far from reference for movies. My MV was 0 db's or reference. There is little bass on this bluray so it really shows of the speakers. Tonight I will fire up the M&K's and do the same thing. BTW, vocals on the commentary sound aweful but I have a feeling with the DR's if the quality is not great they sound rough and when the recording is great they reward you. We will see later.

Well I did play this with my m&ks and it did sound a little rough. Now these are loud levels. I will try more tomorrow. My maudio is in just waiting for the mic. I will then take all new measurements and start over. I never tried playing the triads at this level.

The designs I am testing are multiple tweeters or horns. The triads have a soft dome in a waveguide but that is not going to do what I need. This Dave Mathews blurry seems like a great test for my purpose as it is very loud. Any out there that can crash into me via linear PCM at reference and sound great doing so?

I will try that as well. I am only using 2 speakers and subs rather than the Ture HD which will spread out the load to all the speakers.

My mic just arrived so I will measure tonight assuming I can get everything running smoothly

I will try it lower. The specs on the la scale says it's max output is 121 DBS which I would be at 114 to 117 per speaker when listening at 0 DBS with this bluray in stereo.

I have a question for you guys. The M&K's and the Triads both have internal crossover networks which make them flat at the speaker when sound comes out and the DR-200's do not. When I measure at the seat I only need one or two filters with the M&K's and Triads to get them +/- 3 db's. The DR-200's need at least 8 filters. The question is should I EQ the DR-200's at 1-2m for each and then hopefully they will be flat like the others and be subjected to the same overall EQ as the others? Meaning using one or 2 filters at the seats. My processor can EQ each channel but it also can EQ groups of speakers after that so I can do this if needed. I can turn the EQ on and off on the fly if needed too, when testing the different speakers because the DR's only use the independent channels and the M&K's and Triads use the overall EQ which only has a few bands.

Do you mean as a stereo pair or just one speaker alone? I did show the response in my first post without EQ but listening in stereo. I now have a mic stand and the new gear so I can take 3 feet measurements.

I picked a really bad time to do all this with the new baby but it will just take me a little longer and bribing of my mother to take my place.

I assume quasi-anechoic to mean from 3 feet away? I will do.

Well, outdoor stuff won't happen. I will see what they look like from 3 feet away indoors.

How do I gate the measurement?

If you guys tell me what to do I will do it.