What we know about the measurement:

Monoprice Monolith THX Compact Satellite is a passive bookshelves that cost around 125 USD each.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ErinsAudioCorner.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 79.6dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 82.0Hz (resp. 71.8Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.2dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 4.0dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-60.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-60.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 3.26 and would be 6.25 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.497, LW 0.47, SP 0.451, PIR 0.436; SM: SP0.764, PIR0.479; LFQ 0.493, LFX 71Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.48 with an EQ and would be 8.23 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.348, LW 0.308, SP 0.283, PIR 0.262; SM: SP0.966, PIR0.947; LFQ 0.437, LFX 62Hz
  • Link to original Review: eac review. Links to other reviews: yt review .
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Sensitivity 81 dB
    • Impedance 4 Ohm
    • Size
      • Width 160mm
      • Height 153mm
      • Depth 150 mm)
    • Weight 1.9 kg
Monoprice Monolith THX Compact Satellite
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.7dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 65.0 2.86 2.43
3 92.0 2.99 1.28
3 765.0 2.99 1.06
3 1532.0 2.99 3.0
3 2862.0 1.14 -1.98
3 5536.0 2.22 -2.05
3 16239.0 0.51 -2.97
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

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AutomaticEQ

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Target v.s. EQ

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