What it takes to make clear sound
It takes more than an accurate speaker system to have accurate response at the mix position. The key to accuracy is tackling the effect of boundaries, standing waves and reflections. Our Customer developed a Studio Monitor, which examined each problem in the environment and created the perfect solution. Even if you work in a small control room, this featured Studio Monitor system will provide smooth accurate response at the mixer's chair. GGEC was engaged in the process of bringing the design dream of the customer to reality. This was done meeting the high expectations of performance and the need to meet price points for sales velocity
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Design and Measurement a definition and philosophy
We all know that many loudspeakers have similar measurements but sound different. By going beyond simple on-axis frequency response measurements, our customer defines the ultimate performance specification for new systems – what it will sound like in your room. At the mix position, you hear a combination of direct sound and sound reflected from the room’s surfaces. For sound arriving at the mix position to be smooth and neutral, it is not enough for a speaker to measure “flat” on-axis - it is essential the speaker have excellent off-axis performance. While other manufacturers use a single on-axis frequency response measurement taken at one point in space, our Customer measures monitor systems over a sphere that encompasses all power radiated into the listening room – in every direction. This data reflects 1296 times the information of a single on-axis response curve. Seventy-two measurements of the direct sound field, the reflected sound field, and the reverberant field, the entire sound field heard by the listener, is correlated to optimize response at the listening position. In place of spectral smoothing used by some manufacturers, which actually conceals data, our Customer’s approach actually exposes flaws in systems, such as resonances, poor dispersion and other causes of off-axis coloration. While our customer created this philosophy and design, GGEC had to work with this customer to actually help bring a complex product like this to manufacturing, tight performance standards and quality control. In summary – “we had to get it”
Understanding Low Frequency abnormalities
With the advent of multi-channel production, trying to find a place for more speakers, and space limitations, may demand the positioning of the speaker be compromised. This featured studio monitor include boundary compensation switches that can be used to offset the increase in bass-response, which occurs when the speaker is placed near a wall, in a corner or on a work surface.
Correction of room mode abnormalities
By going beyond simple on-axis frequency response measurements, Our Customer defines the ultimate performance specification for new systems - what it will sound like in your room. At the mix position, you hear a combination of direct sound and sound reflected from the room’s surfaces. For sound arriving at the mix position to be smooth and neutral, it is not enough for a speaker to measure "flat" on-axis - it is essential the speaker have excellent off-axis performance. While other manufacturers use a single on-axis frequency response measurement taken at one point in space, our customer measures monitor systems over a sphere that encompasses all power radiated into the listening room - in every direction. This data reflects 1296 times the information of a single on-axis response curve. Seventy-two measurements of the direct sound field, the reflected sound field, and the reverberant field, the entire sound field heard by the listener, is correlated to optimize response at the listening position. In place of spectral smoothing used by some manufacturers, which actually conceals data, this featured monitor approach actually exposes flaws in systems, such as resonances, poor dispersion and other causes of off-axis coloration. With such a complex system, many attributes in placing a product like this into production had to be addressed by the GGEC team to ensure all the simultaneous functions on produced product functioned per the standards set forth by the customer
