I'm assuming your measurement were at the listening position, if true, then your system measures quite well. The 4-6 dB spikes in the upper midrange could be sonically objectionable, but they could simply be measurement artifacts. Playing with toe-in might eliminate them. You might also consider one of the DSP room correction products from Perpetual Tech, TACT or Sigtech.
Room Acoustics Problem?
By Audiogon standards, I have a mid-level system with Brystons (BP-25, 7B-STs), Thiel CS6's and the Perpetual Technology DACs (posted not too long ago on Virtual Systems). I'm annoyed by a saturated sounding mid-range and was exploring some options with the help of fellow Agoners on other posts. Then, I ran into Sean's March 3 post on how to run a more accurate frequency distribution reading with the Radio Shack SPL meter and the Stereophile CD. Here goes: At an 80db base, 20-25 Hz is OK, 32-50 drops off to -6db, 3db spike at 63, 80-315 OK, 3db drop at 400, 500-4000 OK, 4-6 db spike at 5000 & 6300, 10000 OK, 12500 and over drops off like crazy (3 moving to 10 db). OK is defined as plus or minus 2db. Does this sound like a room acoustics problem? Big room, lots of cushy furniture, hard wood floor. Is there something else I should be looking at? Help! Thanks in advance.
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