What we know about the measurement:

BIC America FH6-LCR Center is a passive center that cost around 150 USD

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ASR.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 90.0dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 276.9Hz (resp. 112.8Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.2dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 4.2dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-40.0°, 40.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 20.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 1.33 and would be 5.1 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.735, LW 0.607, SP 0.476, PIR 0.452; SM: SP0.563, PIR0.26; LFQ 1.848, LFX 108Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 4.09 with an EQ and would be 7.08 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.517, LW 0.415, SP 0.486, PIR 0.418; SM: SP0.896, PIR0.837; LFQ 1.509, LFX 71Hz
  • Vertical measurement
  • Link to Original review.
BIC America FH6-LCR Center
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -4.9dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 85.0 1.3 3.0
3 279.0 0.25 2.99
3 1244.0 0.61 -3.69
3 2245.0 2.98 3.0
3 2765.0 2.77 -1.52
3 4818.0 2.99 -2.86
3 5732.0 3.0 -3.63
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

BIC America FH6-LCR Center filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

BIC America FH6-LCR Center filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

BIC America FH6-LCR Center
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -1.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 25.0 2.14 0.5
3 40.0 2.14 0.5
3 63.0 2.14 0.5
3 100.0 2.14 0.5
3 160.0 2.14 0.5
3 250.0 2.14 0.5
3 400.0 2.14 0.25
3 630.0 2.14 0.25
3 1000.0 2.14 -0.25
3 1600.0 2.14 -0.25
3 2500.0 2.14 0.25
3 4000.0 2.14 0.0
3 6300.0 2.14 0.0
3 10000.0 2.14 1.0
3 16000.0 2.14 0.75
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

BIC America FH6-LCR Center
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -1.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 20.0 4.32 0.0
3 25.0 4.32 0.5
3 31.0 4.32 0.5
3 40.0 4.32 0.5
3 50.0 4.32 0.5
3 63.0 4.32 0.5
3 80.0 4.32 0.5
3 100.0 4.32 0.5
3 125.0 4.32 0.5
3 160.0 4.32 0.5
3 200.0 4.32 0.5
3 250.0 4.32 0.5
3 315.0 4.32 0.75
3 400.0 4.32 0.5
3 500.0 4.32 0.5
3 630.0 4.32 0.5
3 800.0 4.32 0.25
3 1000.0 4.32 0.25
3 1250.0 4.32 0.0
3 1600.0 4.32 0.0
3 2000.0 4.32 0.25
3 2500.0 4.32 0.25
3 3150.0 4.32 0.25
3 4000.0 4.32 0.25
3 5000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 6300.0 4.32 0.25
3 8000.0 4.32 0.75
3 10000.0 4.32 0.75
3 12000.0 4.32 0.75
3 16000.0 4.32 0.75
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

BIC America FH6-LCR Center: comparison between EQs
BIC America FH6-LCR Center

Comparison betweens various EQs

BIC America FH6-LCR Center

Improvements made by EQ

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