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Ah I misunderstood. Either way I exchanged the unit and confirmed it was a defect.

Review updated with new graphs

Agreed. Would you be able to test if your UE Boom also has a resonance at 1050hz or around there? I tested it by using an app to do a slow frequency sweep. If you can that would be great, saves me the hassle of a return/exchange.

Edit: whoops, just realized I posted this in the wrong section, apologies. I'm at it again, this time I'm on the hunt for the best Bluetooth portable speaker which can be charged via micro USB. Why micro USB? One of my applications for the speaker is camping and general outdoor use, a speaker...

Traditional horizontal centers can have worse horizontal off axis response than vertically aligned drivers such as in a bookshelf or tower.

I don't understand what your saying at all. I don't know about any other threads. He said no loud music, to most people that means 50-80dB. His speakers have a 87dB sensitivity, with simple math you can figure out exactly what volume you can get at a given distance. The fact is he won't be...

The JBL 130s have a sensitivity of 87dB. Meaning with only 1 watt they will play 87dB at 3 feet away. If your 10 feet away that will drop to around 80dB. That's pretty loud. Sound like you will be using less than 1 watt most of the time, you will be fine.

I have some unfortunate news..... I was doing some sweeps in rew(nothing too crazy, meter said about 85db) and I became puzzled as to why my graphs started falling on their face after 2khz. Strange, I thought. Maybe there is something up with my mic..... Checked, same thing. Then I though to...

Wow, thats awesome! Thanks man. This will probably help me out quite a bit in the future. :)

Yes. You can take a speaker that measures perfectly in every way but then throw it in a poor room with poor placement and make it measure terrible. Ultimately its the in room response that will dictate how a speaker sounds, not the speakers anechoic measurements. While it is a study about...

At one point I removed the monitor and remeasured, it didn't make a significant difference. I listened to all the speakers evaluated in 2 different rooms at different distances.

Im not quite sure what your talking about. The Harmon study clearly states at the end "Flat in-room response is not the optimal target response". Source: https://docs.google.com/viewer?srcid=0B97zTRsdcJTfY2U4ODhiZmUtNDEyNC00ZDcyLWEzZTAtMGJiODQ1ZTUxMGQ4&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v This is the B&K...

I ran real time analysis, room sim and did many sweeps. I tried just about everything I could think of over the past 5 days and they ended up there because its what gave me the best results.

Update 3/11/14 I went ahead and took the CSB-1s and RC-10s outdoors today to do some free field measurements. It didnt really turn out as expected. For some reason there was a nasty dip at 200hz with all speakers tested, there was also another dip, although not quite as significant at 500hz...

I did some messing around with an uncalibrated mic from my AVR and REW just to get familiar and proficient with the program. This is what I started with, nasty.... And this is the final result after many hours and 27 eq filters(both auto, and manual). Note, I have a crappy subwoofer right...

Yours were perfect even under a point source light? Pics or it never happened ;)

I just purchased a calibrated mic and associated equipment so I can start doing frequency response plots of various speakers(trust, but verify). They will be included in future reviews. I may even take the RC-10s and CSB-1s outdoors and do some measurements.

Just so everyone is aware I am not able to edit posts after a while. My thread over on AVS is going to be a living document with frequent changes made. It includes my review in its entirety. I may adjust/edit scores or include more pictures etc. Arx A1b vs Ascend Acoustics CBM-170 SE vs...

Are you looking at the finish under a point source of light such as a flashlight or overhead round bulb? When looked at under diffuse/ambient lighting I don't see any flaws either. Its only when viewed under a point source light. If yours is truly flawless as you say, then I am incredibly unlucky.

I tried putting them on stands behind the desk and to the sides. This position seemed to work best. I may try messing around with it some more. I don't want to get too off track here, but I feel compelled to attempt explain myself. I wouldn't expect you to be an expert about anyone else's...