What we know about the measurement:

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5 is a passive bookshelves

  • Quality of the measurement data is low.
  • Origin of the data is Misc.
  • Format of the data is a scanned image .
  • Sensitivity: 90.0dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 78.6Hz (resp. 69.9Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.4dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 2.7dB over the same frequency range.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 3.08 and would be 6.02 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.611, LW 0.481, SP 0.591, PIR 0.528; SM: SP0.888, PIR0.623; LFQ 0.834, LFX 69Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.35 with an EQ and would be 8.3 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.331, LW 0.233, SP 0.378, PIR 0.249; SM: SP0.971, PIR0.943; LFQ 0.834, LFX 69Hz
  • Link to Original review.
Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.1dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 83.0 0.34 -2.0
3 85.0 2.69 2.99
3 211.0 1.38 2.44
3 409.0 2.76 2.58
3 1333.0 0.76 -2.65
3 3650.0 1.52 3.0
3 6585.0 1.44 -4.88
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5 filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5 filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.2dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 25.0 2.14 0.0
3 40.0 2.14 0.0
3 63.0 2.14 0.0
3 100.0 2.14 0.0
3 160.0 2.14 0.0
3 250.0 2.14 0.0
3 400.0 2.14 0.25
3 630.0 2.14 -0.25
3 1000.0 2.14 -0.75
3 1600.0 2.14 -0.75
3 2500.0 2.14 -0.5
3 4000.0 2.14 0.0
3 6300.0 2.14 -0.75
3 10000.0 2.14 -0.75
3 16000.0 2.14 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.2dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 20.0 4.32 0.0
3 25.0 4.32 0.0
3 31.0 4.32 0.0
3 40.0 4.32 0.0
3 50.0 4.32 0.0
3 63.0 4.32 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.25
3 500.0 4.32 -0.25
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 -0.5
3 1600.0 4.32 -0.25
3 2000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 2500.0 4.32 -0.25
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 -0.5
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.

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5: comparison between EQs
Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5

Comparison betweens various EQs

Monoprice Monolith Air Motion Cinema 5

Improvements made by EQ

Frequency Frequency with EQ
Frequency Frequency with EQ
Frequency Frequency with EQ
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