[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

I was wondering if someone could expalin what exactly the Room EQ Wizard is for and how to apply it to my room?

Hi Mark,

REW is a program that plots your speaker’s response in your room. It does this in a matter of seconds with a sine wave tone that sweeps from the lowest to the highest frequencies. The program is designed with parametric equalizing in mind, and indeed has built-in parameters for a few specific equalizers that are popular with the home theater enthusiasts, as well as a generic option that can be used with any parametric. You can tweak filters in “real time” and the program will show you the effect they will have on response.

As to whether or not it will be useful in your room, that depends on you. I noticed that you first posted this in the Pro Audio/Recording section, and I know that many studio people frown on equalizing monitor speakers. Even if you don’t have a use for that feature, the program is still a dandy way to quickly and easily check your response. It also does waterfall readings, which you might find useful. Best of all, the price is right!

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt