What we know about the measurement:

Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon is a passive center that cost around 2800 USD

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is Ascend Acoustics.
  • Format of the data is a set of 36 horizontal and 36 vertical measurements .
  • Sensitivity: 87.6dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 51.3Hz (resp. 36.6Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 1.9dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-60.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 30.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.24 and would be 7.9 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.378, LW 0.322, SP 0.388, PIR 0.319; SM: SP0.952, PIR0.913; LFQ 1.364, LFX 35Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 7.12 with an EQ and would be 8.34 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.302, LW 0.264, SP 0.328, PIR 0.26; SM: SP0.961, PIR0.944; LFQ 1.192, LFX 27Hz
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Sensitivity 88.0 dB
    • Impedance 8 Ohm
    • Size
      • Width 584mm
      • Height 279mm
      • Depth 317 mm)
    • Weight 24 kg
Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -5.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 29.0 1.64 2.99
3 54.0 0.34 2.79
3 98.0 0.94 -3.06
3 765.0 1.11 -0.89
3 1010.0 2.99 2.96
3 1288.0 2.16 -1.04
3 9319.0 2.99 -0.82
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

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Target v.s. EQ

Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon
AutomaticEQ LW (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.5dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 51.0 2.4 2.58
3 105.0 1.94 -0.81
3 1010.0 3.0 2.99
3 1046.0 1.76 -0.93
3 3068.0 2.72 1.3
3 4989.0 1.97 0.67
3 16239.0 0.88 1.53
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These EQ optimise for a flat listening window and is a good start for near field listening like on your desk.

Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon: comparison between EQs
Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon

Comparison betweens various EQs

Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Horizon

Improvements made by EQ

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