Tough indeed. A lot of these speakers were 2-ways or 2.5's with no crossovers in the 200-800 Hz range, yet there is a huge variation in the response of the various speakers in this region. I'm not sure exactly how these measurements were made, but it looks like they're being influenced by the position of the speakers and/or the height of the woofers. Note also that the winning speaker had an overall variation greater than the Lore's, including a huge suck out in the 1 kHz region. I really doubt that a standard 1-meter anechoic measurement would show that kind of behavior. It looks like some kind of cancellation effect that might go away at a slightly different position or measurement angle. Finally, just about all of the speakers measured smoother in the upper treble than is usual in an anechoic measurement. There must be lots of smoothing going on, or the room is swallowing up those variations. I dunno. I think they need a better measuring system.
