What we know about the measurement:

Sonus Faber Lumina II is a passive bookshelves that cost around 1300 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ErinsAudioCorner.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 85.6dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 66.7Hz (resp. 49.1Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.3dB 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 (-30.0°, 20.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 2.71 and would be 4.99 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.542, LW 0.505, SP 0.46, PIR 0.453; SM: SP0.459, PIR0.01; LFQ 0.731, LFX 49Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.23 with an EQ and would be 8.11 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.376, LW 0.308, SP 0.344, PIR 0.265; SM: SP0.936, PIR0.93; LFQ 0.627, LFX 39Hz
  • Link to original Review: eac review. Links to other reviews: yt review .
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Sensitivity 86 dB
    • Impedance 4 Ohm
    • Size
      • Width 180mm
      • Height 304mm
      • Depth 263 mm)
    • Weight 5.65 kg
Sonus Faber Lumina II
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -5.2dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 38.0 1.31 2.99
3 67.0 0.27 2.97
3 160.0 0.67 -4.01
3 976.0 0.28 2.99
3 1010.0 2.0 -4.84
3 2862.0 1.33 -2.32
3 9319.0 0.44 -6.55
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Sonus Faber Lumina II filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Sonus Faber Lumina II filters_eq_full

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