MEASUREMENTS

used DRA Labs’ MLSSA system and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone to measure the Dutch & Dutch 8c’s frequency response in the farfield and an Earthworks QTC40 mike for the nearfield responses. Before I took the measurements, I connected the speaker (serial no. 8c-515) to my network and and visited, , in order to defeat the settings Kal Rubinson had used during his auditioning. These were compensation for the distances to the room’s front and side walls; the levels of treble and bass;