What we know about the measurement:

Infinity R162 is a passive bookshelves that cost around 540 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ASR.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 86.4dB (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 2.5dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-60.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-30.0°, 10.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 4.75 and would be 6.95 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.395, LW 0.363, SP 0.391, PIR 0.355; SM: SP0.781, PIR0.568; LFQ 0.515, LFX 46Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.62 with an EQ and would be 8.43 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.323, LW 0.252, SP 0.279, PIR 0.223; SM: SP0.959, PIR0.959; LFQ 0.515, LFX 38Hz
  • Link to Original review.
Infinity R162
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.9dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
5 67.0 1.24 2.97
3 331.0 1.78 1.28
3 604.0 2.85 2.24
3 739.0 2.6 -2.88
3 933.0 2.24 1.38
3 2153.0 2.02 2.5
3 3216.0 0.55 -1.47
3 6069.0 0.95 0.59
3 10361.0 0.57 -2.3
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Infinity R162 filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Infinity R162 filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

Infinity R162
flipflop@ASR (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -1.1dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 416.0 5.0 1.5
3 451.0 5.0 -1.9
3 641.0 5.0 5.2
3 671.0 5.0 -5.9
3 774.0 5.0 -1.5
3 1284.0 5.0 -0.9
3 1675.0 18.0 0.6
3 1810.0 15.0 -0.6
3 1940.0 17.0 0.9
3 2220.0 15.0 1.4
3 4125.0 20.0 0.9
3 4620.0 8.0 -0.4
3 5042.0 1.004 -1.2
3 7490.0 12.0 0.5
3 8430.0 10.0 -0.6
3 9590.0 8.0 0.5
3 10171.0 1.0 -1.7
3 14200.0 5.0 0.7
3 17600.0 4.0 -0.8
3 19800.0 1.1 -2.1
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These EQ is designed by ASR member flipflop.

Infinity R162
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.3dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 25.0 2.14 0.25
3 40.0 2.14 0.25
3 63.0 2.14 0.25
3 100.0 2.14 0.0
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 0.0
3 2500.0 2.14 0.0
3 4000.0 2.14 -0.25
3 6300.0 2.14 -0.5
3 10000.0 2.14 -0.5
3 16000.0 2.14 -0.5
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

Infinity R162
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.8dB.
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 0.25
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 0.25
3 400.0 4.32 0.25
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 0.25
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 0.0
3 3150.0 4.32 0.0
3 4000.0 4.32 0.0
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 -0.25
3 16000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

Infinity R162: comparison between EQs
Infinity R162

Comparison betweens various EQs

Infinity R162

Improvements made by EQ

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