[bigDvette]

Just to borrow this thread a bit because I am interested in this first graph. I notice in the first post it says the SPL was calibrated to 81.4 but then the graph is up in the 92 range and everyone talks about how great a curve it is. I thought the point was to get it close to the SPL target. I think may have been trying to optomize something I don't need to. Do you just plot a curve and try to be as close to that curve in terms of drop-off as possible. Then when you get rid of all the peaks, you recalibrate the system (mains, center, sub, rear) to 75db across teh board with the EQ on using the pink noise from the receiver. The trick being you use the level on the sub to turn it up and down versus the adjustment on the receiver.

I ask this because with the EQ off I get exactly 75db response from each and every channel at my listening position. Obviously to get the sub to 75 I have to adjust the level on the sub. While I'm testing and EQing, the level continue to decrease and I have to keep adjusting the level on the sub up or the volume on the receiver up to get it back to 75db. However, my curve is always up around 78 or 79 and I've been trying to bring it back down to 75 with equalization.

I may be doing more equalization than necessary.