Making speakers sound tonally similar with an equalizer


Can two different speakers be made to sound similar by adjusting their frequency response to mirror each other with an equalizer? I'm sure it's not as simple as that but would it be possible. 

Can one, for example, reproduce a harbeth like sound by doing that?

Just curious.

jaferd

Showing 1 response by simonmoon

As others have said, the only parameter that you can get to match, is frequency response.

But there are so many other parameters to take into consideration.

Just one example: different drivers have differences in: resonances, transient responses, dispersion, breakup, etc.

So, even if one were able to match frequency responses very closely, one speaker would probably still be better than the other with respect to: transient response, imaging, cone breakup within audible ranges, etc, etc.

Also, cabinet construction will not change. So, a resonant, poorly damped cabinet, adding it’s own set of distortions and inaccuracies, will still be there. Matching frequency response will not improve waterfall plots.