speaker/room bass modes


Question: If a room has a 60hz suckout with speakers "A" which have the woofers one on top of the other at the bottom of the cabinet, and you replace them with speakers "B" which have a different woofer configuration, one low and one high on the baffle and possessing a different crossover and radiation pattern, and place them in pretty much identical postions within the room, will the suckout remain? Does the room have the final influence on reproducing the frequecy or can it be overcome with a different delivery from the speaker?
rhljazz

Showing 1 response by aball

Looks like Shadorne has already given you all the bad news. You can only reduce the effect but it won't go away entirely.

In many of the audio rooms I have measured, a suckout between 55 and 80Hz is very common but can be reduced by sitting closer to the back wall (i.e., farther from the speakers). Give that a try first since it is generally easier than moving speakers. Sometimes it only takes a few inches to make a noticible difference. The downside to doing this is that lower bass will get amplified but that may not be a problem - or at least not as much as the suckout. Can't win them all anyway.

Arthur