What we know about the measurement:

JBL Control 1 Pro is a passive bookshelves that cost around 164 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: 86.3dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 117.2Hz (resp. 93.8Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 2.2dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-50.0°, 60.0°) 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 2.79 and would be 6.28 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.477, LW 0.452, SP 0.439, PIR 0.412; SM: SP0.695, PIR0.44; LFQ 0.65, LFX 93Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.71 with an EQ and would be 8.23 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.324, LW 0.289, SP 0.33, PIR 0.266; SM: SP0.944, PIR0.929; LFQ 0.577, LFX 55Hz
  • Link to Original review.
JBL Control 1 Pro
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -4.3dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 62.0 0.59 2.99
3 172.0 1.06 -5.57
3 178.0 0.25 3.0
3 1083.0 0.41 -2.17
3 2023.0 2.99 2.72
3 2670.0 2.96 1.26
3 15150.0 0.67 -5.06
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

JBL Control 1 Pro filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

JBL Control 1 Pro filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

JBL Control 1 Pro
flipflop@ASR (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 374.0 10.0 0.6
3 444.0 9.0 0.8
3 536.0 7.0 0.8
3 625.0 10.0 0.7
3 845.0 1.827 -1.5
3 1186.0 10.0 -0.4
3 1446.0 5.0 -2.1
3 1740.0 15.0 -0.6
3 2000.0 4.0 0.3
3 2162.0 1.6 2.3
3 2310.0 16.0 -0.5
3 2745.0 1.0 1.0
3 3710.0 9.0 -0.3
3 6220.0 1.052 4.5
3 6735.0 2.165 -1.1
3 9074.0 1.001 5.9
3 10520.0 5.0 6.2
3 10533.0 1.001 -26.6
3 11087.0 1.009 11.3
3 19000.0 3.0 -1.8
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These EQ is designed by ASR member flipflop.

JBL Control 1 Pro
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.4dB.
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 0.25
3 160.0 2.14 -0.25
3 250.0 2.14 -0.25
3 400.0 2.14 0.0
3 630.0 2.14 0.0
3 1000.0 2.14 -0.25
3 1600.0 2.14 0.0
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 -0.5
3 16000.0 2.14 -0.75
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

JBL Control 1 Pro
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 0.25
3 100.0 4.32 0.25
3 125.0 4.32 0.0
3 160.0 4.32 -0.25
3 200.0 4.32 -0.25
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 0.0
3 800.0 4.32 -0.25
3 1000.0 4.32 0.0
3 1250.0 4.32 -0.25
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 0.0
3 5000.0 4.32 0.0
3 6300.0 4.32 0.0
3 8000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 10000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 12000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 16000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

JBL Control 1 Pro: comparison between EQs
JBL Control 1 Pro

Comparison betweens various EQs

JBL Control 1 Pro

Improvements made by EQ

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