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What tests would you like all speaker reviewers to do for their reviews?

What qualitative or quantitative tests do you think should be performed regularly on all speakers?  
Maybe like “how fatiguing is it with certain gear and cables?”  

Any other ideas?
redwoodaudio
redwoodaudio OP
413 posts
 
@djones - thanks for the link!  strange that stereophile doesn't publish something similar for their measurements...
speakermaster
738 posts
 
I would like a room response graph with a distortion spectrum at a realistic sound pressure level it would really give a lot more information about how they react in a real room at a real distance at a realistic music volume level.
jason9142002
10 posts
 
I agree with Bluemoodriver: they have to be tested with music you like. I’ve heard speakers sound bad with certain genres. Not sure why. Amps make a huge difference too. I’ve never heard a YouTube reviewer say a speaker isn’t worth buying. Once I heard the guy say something close. I’ve had some beat gear and it wasn’t cheap. 
audio2design
1,351 posts
 
  • On axis frequency response (common)
  • Phase response (common)
  • Off axis up and down on many points and out to 90 degrees (helps for room response determination) - preferably without smoothing so that anomalies are more evident
  • Accelerometer on several cabinet points with frequency sweep
  • Distortion versus frequency at peak up to the woofer cross-over frequency, then at -10, -20, and -30 db across the whole frequency spectrum.
  • Run speaker at 20% rated power with pink noise and then re-run quickly, the -10db sweep above.
  • Distortion with a tone at the bottom and top of the frequency range of each driver, and then stepped to 1/4 and 3/4 of the frequency range.
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steve59
1,640 posts
 
I appreciate the in room response tests with a couple competitors measurements thrown in. It helps give meaning to listening impressions.
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