What we know about the measurement:

Monitor Audio Silver RX1 is a passive bookshelves that cost around 675 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is low.
  • Origin of the data is Misc.
  • Format of the data is a set of 36 horizontal and 36 vertical measurements .
  • Sensitivity: 68.2dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 64.4Hz (resp. 56.6Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.2dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 3.4dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-50.0°, 50.0°) 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 5.7 and would be 8.17 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.337, LW 0.279, SP 0.334, PIR 0.269; SM: SP0.937, PIR0.919; LFQ 0.26, LFX 54Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.32 with an EQ and would be 8.52 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.256, LW 0.197, SP 0.272, PIR 0.196; SM: SP0.908, PIR0.889; LFQ 0.316, LFX 46Hz
  • Link to original Review: asr review. Links to other reviews: sav review , whf review .
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Sensitivity 89 dB
    • Impedance 6 Ohm
    • SPL
      • peak: 111.8 dB
    • Size
      • Width 185mm
      • Height 312mm
      • Depth 240 mm)
    • Weight 6.8 kg
Monitor Audio Silver RX1
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -3.9dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
PK 47.0 1.03 3.0
PK 92.0 1.85 -3.43
PK 95.0 0.44 3.0
PK 130.0 0.98 -4.79
PK 369.0 2.99 0.47
PK 820.0 1.21 -1.21
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Monitor Audio Silver RX1 filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Monitor Audio Silver RX1 filters_eq_full

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