What we know about the measurement:

Dynaudio Excite X14 is a passive bookshelves that cost around 1500 USD each.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ASR.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 81.8dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 67.4Hz (resp. 52.7Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.2dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 2.7dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-70.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 40.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 4.6 and would be 6.96 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.419, LW 0.355, SP 0.454, PIR 0.385; SM: SP0.785, PIR0.638; LFQ 0.44, LFX 51Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.26 with an EQ and would be 8.2 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.34, LW 0.252, SP 0.361, PIR 0.282; SM: SP0.943, PIR0.955; LFQ 0.478, LFX 41Hz
  • Link to Original review.
Dynaudio Excite X14
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -4.2dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 28.0 0.3 2.98
3 102.0 0.25 2.91
3 117.0 0.75 -5.05
3 714.0 1.62 -2.04
3 1954.0 2.99 2.46
3 3405.0 1.6 -1.64
3 7834.0 1.12 -2.53
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Dynaudio Excite X14 filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Dynaudio Excite X14 filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

Dynaudio Excite X14
flipflop@ASR (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -1.6dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 334.0 10.0 0.5
3 475.0 7.0 0.8
3 745.0 1.848 -1.9
3 1050.0 8.0 0.7
3 1213.0 7.0 -1.1
3 1405.0 10.0 0.9
3 1592.0 14.0 -0.5
3 1753.0 2.605 -2.7
3 1837.0 3.355 4.2
3 1920.0 15.0 -0.4
3 2070.0 15.0 1.1
3 2250.0 12.0 -1.4
3 2430.0 15.0 1.3
3 2595.0 14.0 -1.2
3 2825.0 18.0 0.6
3 3133.0 5.0 -1.2
3 5500.0 8.0 0.5
3 8594.0 1.484 -2.0
3 12850.0 5.0 -0.4
3 15880.0 5.5 -0.8
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These EQ is designed by ASR member flipflop.

Dynaudio Excite X14
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.7dB.
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 -0.25
3 160.0 2.14 -0.25
3 250.0 2.14 0.0
3 400.0 2.14 0.25
3 630.0 2.14 0.0
3 1000.0 2.14 0.0
3 1600.0 2.14 0.5
3 2500.0 2.14 0.25
3 4000.0 2.14 -0.25
3 6300.0 2.14 0.0
3 10000.0 2.14 0.0
3 16000.0 2.14 0.5
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

Dynaudio Excite X14
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.4dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 20.0 4.32 0.0
3 25.0 4.32 0.25
3 31.0 4.32 0.25
3 40.0 4.32 0.25
3 50.0 4.32 0.25
3 63.0 4.32 0.25
3 80.0 4.32 0.0
3 100.0 4.32 0.0
3 125.0 4.32 -0.25
3 160.0 4.32 -0.25
3 200.0 4.32 0.0
3 250.0 4.32 0.0
3 315.0 4.32 0.0
3 400.0 4.32 0.0
3 500.0 4.32 0.0
3 630.0 4.32 -0.25
3 800.0 4.32 -0.25
3 1000.0 4.32 0.0
3 1250.0 4.32 0.0
3 1600.0 4.32 0.25
3 2000.0 4.32 0.25
3 2500.0 4.32 0.0
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 -0.25
3 10000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 12000.0 4.32 0.0
3 16000.0 4.32 0.0
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

Dynaudio Excite X14: comparison between EQs
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Comparison betweens various EQs

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Improvements made by EQ

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