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Originally Posted by AngelEyes  How does the AS-EQ1 perform in more favourable conditions? No EQ - Subwoofer Position 2 (Right of FR speaker)
As you can see this response still has a large peak at 40hz but doesn't suffer from the null at 20hz making it a much simpler proposition to manually EQ. Velodyne SMS-1 Manual Room Correction - Subwoofer Position 2 (Right of FR speaker)
Now the SMS-1 is in its element and an almost perfectly flat response is achievable with only a few minutes effort. SVS AS-EQ1 integrated with onboard Audyssey MultEQ XT - Subwoofer Position 2 (Right of FR speaker)
The graph doesn't look as smooth as the SMS-1 but as I stated in my caveat these can never be directly comparable because the Audyssey EQ is applied over a large area, what is apparent though is how much the ringing is reduced with the AS-EQ1 and listening bears this out. The overall difference between the two methods is not huge but it is still there and more noticeable with music which always tends to emphasis subwoofer integration issues. |
Thank you for such dedicated and detailed review
Having been searching for as-eq1's reports and I believe yours is one the most valuable and informative reviews.
After comparing before/after graphs, I can't help but notice that the "time domain" improvement wasn't all that convincing, unless you have to carefully level up the measurements. Just by looking at the graphs above, comparing the levels between SMS-1 and as-eq1 with MultEQ, isn't the SMS-1's level substantially hotter?
To make further request.. I'd like to see the waterfall if it's not that much troublesome
