Summary of Understanding Room Curves For Best Sound in Your Home Theater

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This video discusses how to calibrate your home theater system for the best sound, focusing on room curves and the importance of adjusting them. It advises listeners to experiment with different sound curves to find what works best for them.

00:00:00 Room curves are a way to calibrate your home theater to get the best sound. They are based on scientific research and target curves are designed to match the desired response of the listener. When boosting the bass, it is important to keep the base level accurate to avoid resonances.
00:05:00 The harmon target curve is a graph that shows the preferred in-room response of a loudspeaker. It accounts for the natural response of a speaker as well as the elevated bass and reduced treble that occurs when a speaker is placed in a room with normal amounts of reflections.
00:10:00 The author discusses how the "preferred curve" for sound in a home theater is based on a wedge shape, with a point around 100 hertz or higher in the curve. He then discusses a conversation he had with a friend from Soundfield Audio, who said that audio shops could design speakers to be the preferred curve, even if they were the worst speakers.
00:15:00 The speaker's directivity can impact the target curve for in-room response, which can cause problems when eq'ing. It is important to follow the speaker's in-room response curve, which can be more accurate than using an estimated response.
00:20:00 In this video, a speaker's anechoic response is compared. The anechoic responses of two different speakers are shown, with the one on the right measuring very flat and the one on the left having a curved, consistent in-room response. The speaker on the right with the more directional woofers has a less-than-ideal in-room response, which can be corrected by EQing.
00:25:00 The speaker in this video has poor directivity, introducing a dip in the sound that makes it bright. The best way to get around this is to use the flat eq curve provided by the speaker, or to turn off the bbc dip in the app or software.
00:30:00 The video discusses the importance of having good room acoustics in order to achieve a good sound experience, and how calibrating a home theater can help to achieve this. It also points out that if a system is not tuned correctly, the user can make adjustments to get it to their liking. In the end, the video asks the viewer to think about what they want in a home theater system, and not be afraid to make adjustments.
00:35:00 The presenter discusses how to calibrate a home theater system for the best sound, focusing on how a flat response is more psychoacoustic. He recommends using Trinov and Dyrac to achieve a flat response.
00:40:00 The speaker discusses how calibration of a home theater system affects sound quality and how to achieve the best results. He recommends that clients test their systems beforehand to determine which calibration adjustments need to be made. He also notes that many audio recordings will sound different, and that it is best to have presets that adjust bass and treble levels to suit various recordings.
00:45:00 The speaker in the video measured its directivity in a number of different ways, including Klh, Getty, and Constant Directivity speakers. The Constant Directivity speaker had the most direct sound at high frequencies, while the Klh had the most direct sound at mid-range frequencies. The speaker tilted its response to compensate for this difference,resulting in a brighter sound. Anthony and Gene were discussing this phenomenon, and Anthony said that Constant Directivity speakers tend to sound better this way.
00:50:00 The presenter discusses how the preferred target curve, or "gene's target curve," can affect the sound of a home theater. He notes that while there is a 10-db difference between 20 kilohertz and 20 hertz, there is also a difference of about 15 db between 20 kilohertz and 20 hertz. He goes on to say that while one speaker may measure at a lower rbh (receiver-based harmonic distortion), another speaker may measure at a higher rbh. The presenter endorses the use of spatial averaging to smooth out the response and emphasizes the importance of individual preference in sound quality.
00:55:00 This YouTube video discusses how to best calibrate your home theater system, focusing on room curves and the importance of adjusting them. It advises listeners to experiment with different sound curves to find what works best for them.

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The video discusses the importance of getting the room right for optimal sound in a home theater, and recommends using a company like "audiovice" for consultation. The video also discusses the importance of calibration and setup, and provides information on how to contact the company for help.