Home Theater Shack SVSound GIK Acoustics Ultimate Home Entertainment Fi Audio SoundSplinter Discount Merchant Funky Waves Creative Sound Solutions Affordable Drivers/Mach5Audio

Welcome to Home Theater Shack forums... a home theater forum for discussion of home theater design, construction and audio video electronics. Check out out popular DIY forums for subwoofers and projector screens as well as our famous Subwoofer Tests forum. Don't miss our DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray forums including DVD media reviews and the latest DVD releases.

You are currently viewing our forums as a guest which limits features and access to certain areas. For full access, login or register. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free... so please, join the Shack today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Home Register Mark Forums Read
Go Back   Home Theater Shack > Subwoofer Equalization | Calibration > REW Forum
Room EQ WizardBFD Guide
Register
Home Theater Links Image Gallery Donations Glossary

REW Forum

My BFD / REW results

Discuss My BFD / REW results in the Subwoofer Equalization | Calibration forum; My BFD / REW results I thought I would start off and show how the response of my Servo-15 sub was improved by my BFD ...

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 04-17-06, 03:53 PM   #1 (Link)
 
Shack Administrator
Platinum Supporter
Alias: brucek
User: #6
Since: Apr 2006
Posts: 4,469
brucek is offline
My BFD / REW results


I thought I would start off and show how the response of my Servo-15 sub was improved by my BFD (Behringer Feedback Destroyer).

I used REW (Room EQ Wizard Software) to sweep my HT room and suggest filters to enter into the BFD. I don't use the cable from my computer to automatically set the filters in the BFD (but I should). I'm so **** fast setting the filters into the BFD I don't bother with the cable, but using the cable is a nice way to do it though.

Below is the response without any filters set.





Below is the response after entering my filters as suggested by the REW software. Not too bad a result. You can see I added a small house curve into the REW to boost the signal from 60Hz down to 30Hz by about 5dB.

We usually like to set the X-axis of our graphs from 15Hz to 200Hz and the Y-axis from 45dB to 105dB. This way everyone is comparing the same thing. Some people like to get the response absolutely perfect, but it's really not required.





Below is how I have my computer hooked up to use REW software with my HT system. The cables are quite easy to purchase or make yourself. You don't use the left channel except to originally short it out to create a soundcard calibration file to compensate for your soundcards response.






brucek


Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Alt Advertisement
Old 04-19-06, 11:23 PM   #2 (Link)
 
Shack Hillbilly
Platinum Supporter
Alias: Sonnie
Loc: Lower Alabama
Sonnie's Avatar
User: #1
Since: Apr 2006
Posts: 9,184
Sonnie is online now
Re: My BFD / REW results


Well I'd expect no less than perfection from you... what about that 3db notch out at 28hz???? huh huh huh????

Couldn't resist...


Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Old 04-19-06, 11:35 PM   #3 (Link)
 
Shack City Slicker
Platinum Supporter
Alias: Robert
Loc: Ny, NY
User: #17
Since: Apr 2006
Posts: 949
Exocer is offline
Re: My BFD / REW results


I almost said the same thing...To expect less from the BFD pro would be an insult


If you don't have a BFD for your sub, get one fast!
If you don't have REW, get it now!

Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Old 04-20-06, 10:04 PM   #4 (Link)
 
Shack Administrator
Platinum Supporter
Alias: brucek
User: #6
Since: Apr 2006
Posts: 4,469
brucek is offline
Re: My BFD / REW results


Yeah, that's a hole capable of swallowing any amount of power I can throw at it.

It is directly caused by the door to my kitchen being open. If I shut the door, the notch goes completely away. Very cool.

I like the door open, so I live with it.....

brucek


Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Old 04-20-06, 11:48 PM   #5 (Link)
 
Shack City Slicker
Platinum Supporter
Alias: Robert
Loc: Ny, NY
User: #17
Since: Apr 2006
Posts: 949
Exocer is offline
Re: My BFD / REW results


is the difference even audible? id assume if it was, you would rather keep that door closed


If you don't have a BFD for your sub, get one fast!
If you don't have REW, get it now!

Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Old 04-21-06, 08:01 PM   #6 (Link)
 
Shack Administrator
Platinum Supporter
Alias: brucek
User: #6
Since: Apr 2006
Posts: 4,469
brucek is offline
Re: My BFD / REW results


Quote:
is the difference even audible?
Not a chance. Too narrow and not deep enough. This is why I always tell people to not get too carried away with trying to create a perfect response (other than for the fun of it)..

brucek


Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-06, 09:53 AM   #7 (Link)
 
Friend of the Shack
Platinum Supporter
Alias: Otto
Loc: Beautiful Colorado
Otto's Avatar
User: #625
Since: May 2006
Posts: 1,329
Otto is online now
Re: Getting to the bottom of naturism ...


Quote:
Yamahaluver wrote: View Post
Bryan 9000,

What is the significance of this post here, please post it somewhere else, there are many places on the net for this kind of stuff, this is the last place you should be frequenting.
It's just an ad for ****. You should just delete the post, IMHO. It has no relevance here.


-- Otto

Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Forum Rules Reply With Quote
Reply

« Home Theater Shack > Subwoofer Equalization | Calibration > REW Forum »

« Previous Thread   Next Thread »

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads, You may not post replies, You may not post attachments and You may not edit your posts.

BB code is On, Smilies are On, [IMG] code is On, but HTML is not allowed!


Mach 5 Audio






This site is better viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or higher!
1280 x 1024 is preferred for the best viewing!!!



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:43 PM.



Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2006 - 2008, Home Theater Shack, LLC.
John Mulcahy and Sonnie Parker - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED!

Electronics Retailer   Home Theater HDMI Receivers   HD-DVD   Blu-ray

Parts Express: 10,000 Audio & Video Products     SonyStyle   Aperion Audio   Cambridge SoundWorks   Toshiba Direct   Philips   Parts Express: 10,000 Audio & Video Products

OneCall: Your Home Theater, Digital Camera, and HDTV Experts   Circuit City   Vanns.com Audio, Video and Electronics   Best Buy   6th Ave     Buy.com   J&R Computer/Music World

Click here for your favorite eBay items   uBid is the marketplace you can trust!   eCost.com   www.Abt.com   TigerDirectTigerDirect   Once You Know, You Newegg   Apple Store   Be-Direct

Shop at the World's Largest Music Gear Company!   ZZounds   GuitarCenter.com   Wal-Mart.com USA, LLCWal-Mart   RadioShack Logo   Batteries.com for Every Season and Reason   All Battery   BetterCables.com - Home Theater Cables

Netflix, Inc.   Blockbuster Online   Cinema Now   Creative Labs-Leader in Digital Entertainment   Abes   DHGate   X10.com Home Solutions   MCM Electronics - Parts and More!

PC Mall - Great Technology, Great Advice, Great Pr   MacMall - #1 Apple Direct Reseller   Target   ButterflyPhoto.com   TicketMaster   Purchase Tickets   Crucial.com   CD WOW!




Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183