RoomFit volume settings

[EddNog]

I hope you didn't get my comments wrong. I do not argue against EQing for pleasant low level listening. Not at all.

I am merely questioning the unrestricted and absolute usefulness of the equal loudness contour. Too many people get the meaning wrong, some seem to think that every sound event at a given average SPL would "require" the associated correction curve to sound "right". That's plain BS, of course.

Even when applied appropriately an equal loudness contour correction is not magically and naturally right. It's a valid starting point. But if you cannot have the original sound experience, why not just go with what gives you personally the best illusion?

I think that’s the alleged point of Magic Beans…supposedly analyzes your room arrangement and somehow creates a special curve that is supposed to sound best specifically for your room. No idea how that would work, and I’m not paying for it to try.

-Ed

 

[harkpabst]

I think that’s the alleged point of Magic Beans…supposedly analyzes your room arrangement and somehow creates a special curve that is supposed to sound best specifically for your room. No idea how that would work, and I’m not paying for it to try.

I'm sceptical of anything with magic in its name.

In any case, if the RoomFit results are different for different measurement levels it's certainly worth exploring the reasons.

 

[Wiimer]

It may because it sounds better to raise the bass at low volumes but going back to my original comment in #1, I do see different measurements and RoomFit results at different volumes. So which one is the one I should base my settings on?

I don't know if that is normal and if it is due to the mic, the room or the speakers?

I will make some more experiments when I get the Dayton Audio iMM-6C.

In my case, when performing MMM measurements with RoomFit, I experienced the IMM-6C picking up room noise at low volumes. The cause was the occasional noise from the fridge in my mini-kitchen.

 

[EddNog]

In my case, when performing MMM measurements with RoomFit, I experienced the IMM-6C picking up room noise at low volumes. The cause was the occasional noise from the fridge in my mini-kitchen.

This is typically why it’s recommended for the sweep to be 40dB above whatever noise floor is, so if noise floor is 35dB, you’d want the sweep to hit at least 75dB.

-Ed

 

[Wiimer]

This is typically why it’s recommended for the sweep to be 40dB above whatever noise floor is, so if noise floor is 35dB, you’d want the sweep to hit at least 75dB.

-Ed

Yeah, I'm a baby only learnt it in May this year