This is probably a stupid question but I have some older speakers I like that had the domes pushed in (kids just love them things...) and I'm trying to test them with REW to see how the L & R compare and see if there is measurable damage. I purchased the UMIK-1 calibrated mic & I'm running REW on a Mac and did some quick comparisons but not sure if I'm even doing it right.
The two speakers track relatively close to each other until I get below 100Hz and then one of them drops dramatically vs the other. Also on the measurements I see on both in the range some major low spikes but I'm not exactly sure what that means.
Since they are fairly tall towers when I take a measurement and I'm comparing the woofers and tweeters to each other should I be testing the whole speaker at once and do I place the mic in the middle some distance from the speaker or do I try to individually measure each woofer and tweeter with the mic directly in front of each. Each speaker has two 8 inch woofers and a tweeter. I have no idea what the crossover frequencies are other than I had a variable pot control in the back that counter-intuitively to me made the high end fall off when I turned it all the way one direction vs the other. FYI - No brand name...these were I believe some boutique or DIY brand locally when I got them back in the 90's.
Trying to convince myself I don't need new fronts and haven't truly educated myself on REW yet. My impatience is probably getting the better of me since my mic came in and I just wanted to get going. If someone were to say just read the dang manual first then come back I won't be offended.
