A Guide to Bass Management (Part II)

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Thanks for all the work - some great info Big Daddy! Since I recently got the new Hsu sub I have been hangin out more in the subwoofer forum and find your stickies very informative!

I have been looking at room EQ and reading about different equalizers - BFD, SMS-1 and the Antimode. I have been playing around with my sub(s) settings (phase, EQ, Q control, Ported, Unported) and took some measurements with my Scosche SPL1000 using the snapbug test tones link you provided in another thread. I used the REW Radioshack SPL meter correction worksheet and removed the corrections for my Scosche SPL meter. I am gonna try again using a Radioshack SPL meter(33-4050) later this week to see how different the measurements are from the two SPL meters.

So far this is what I've got. Can that peak at 18Hz do any damage to the subs when I listen at louder volumes. I have the sub level matched to 75db with the rest of the speakers. Here's a picture of my graph.




I can't really move my sub to any other location and have no room for bass traps. Do you have any other suggestions? Does it look that bad and is an EQ the only way to fix this. So far I like the way it sounds but if I can make it better then I will try but I just wanna know if $400-500 is worth it by looking at this picture. Thanks Big Daddy!!