Measuring an inwall speaker, out of a wall, will always produce undesirable results.
Which is also why it sounds bad.
Which is also why it sounds bad.
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(sciency) Measuring Speaker Performance?
Hi,
So I'm not extremely well educated about audio and home theater.
I have learned enough to get myself into trouble and to buy some expensive speakers over the years when I catch them on sale.
I recently snapped up a few jbl sp8ii speakers. Fairly well rated, pretty expensive in-wall speakers. But I live in an apartment
To my naked ear, my much cheaper, housed, polk monitor 30 series ii bookshelves sound a lot better than these things when I simply hook them up and prop them against the wall.
Yes I understand that I'm not using the in-walls for what they were designed for.
I want to move forward with building boxes for the in-walls to see where I get. I will of course do reading on what people have found in the past. I'm not saying my plan is a great plan nor am I saying that I am doing the smartest thing.
However, I would like to know if any pro's out there have a way to test speakers that they would consider a valuable way to measure the performance of a speaker. If I play a frequency series and measure what the speaker produces using, say, a blue yeti microphone, would that be some sort of useful test?
I know I can't expect miracles, but I'd like to see what I can do that's better than using my ears and relying on subjective impressions.
Thank you!
So I'm not extremely well educated about audio and home theater.
I have learned enough to get myself into trouble and to buy some expensive speakers over the years when I catch them on sale.
I recently snapped up a few jbl sp8ii speakers. Fairly well rated, pretty expensive in-wall speakers. But I live in an apartment
To my naked ear, my much cheaper, housed, polk monitor 30 series ii bookshelves sound a lot better than these things when I simply hook them up and prop them against the wall.
Yes I understand that I'm not using the in-walls for what they were designed for.
I want to move forward with building boxes for the in-walls to see where I get. I will of course do reading on what people have found in the past. I'm not saying my plan is a great plan nor am I saying that I am doing the smartest thing.
However, I would like to know if any pro's out there have a way to test speakers that they would consider a valuable way to measure the performance of a speaker. If I play a frequency series and measure what the speaker produces using, say, a blue yeti microphone, would that be some sort of useful test?
I know I can't expect miracles, but I'd like to see what I can do that's better than using my ears and relying on subjective impressions.
Thank you!
