I'm making my way through Floyd Toole's book, "Sound Reproduction". So far, it has me some what shaking my head in disagreement, but that is another thread (and whom am I to argue with Floyd Toole?). One thing I just came across that I thought would be very helpful, because it comes up all the time here, if measurements of the effect room placement on a speaker. I know that most of us already know this, and Jon has some of his own graphs that he posts, but, I like these graphs. They are nice and simple. I thought that this would be a good info for our FAQ section.
Here are the measurements of a typical speaker (Infinity Primus 160) taken out in space away from all boundaries, placed in wall, placed on-wall, and placed in a wall with openings around it such as would happen if it were placed inside an entertainment center (I like this graph the best, since I've never seen one like it before). You can easily see how the placement affects the speaker, especially the bass. We call this Baffle Step Compensation.
Here are the measurements of a typical speaker (Infinity Primus 160) taken out in space away from all boundaries, placed in wall, placed on-wall, and placed in a wall with openings around it such as would happen if it were placed inside an entertainment center (I like this graph the best, since I've never seen one like it before). You can easily see how the placement affects the speaker, especially the bass. We call this Baffle Step Compensation.
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