I worked out a procedure to locate speakers (nearly full range floor standers) with a Stereophile Test CD and RS SPL meter. My meter is placed on a tripod at ear height at the listening seat position. I record response throughout the 200 to 40 Hz range (after setting level for 80 dB at 1K Hz) for each position, moving speakers forward in 2" increments from the front wall. I then add up the deviations from the 80 dB reference and compare totals for each speaker position. This is to locate the smoothest bass response, not necessarily the deepest range. I've found this quite satisfactory.
Regarding the Rives Test CD, I believe their supposed correction for RS meter readings assumes too much precision from the RS meter. I doubt very much if at that price, RS could offer a meter with such consistency from one to another that an absolute correction is possible.
And so I consider any readings I make with my RS meter to represent relative data rather than absolute.
Regarding the Rives Test CD, I believe their supposed correction for RS meter readings assumes too much precision from the RS meter. I doubt very much if at that price, RS could offer a meter with such consistency from one to another that an absolute correction is possible.
And so I consider any readings I make with my RS meter to represent relative data rather than absolute.