What we know about the measurement:

Sonus Faber Sonetto II 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: 75.1dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 58.0Hz (resp. 41.6Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.5dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 5.0dB over the same frequency range.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 3.78 and would be 5.73 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.53, LW 0.516, SP 0.547, PIR 0.512; SM: SP0.699, PIR0.387; LFQ 0.243, LFX 41Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.0 with an EQ and would be 7.77 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.386, LW 0.373, SP 0.437, PIR 0.369; SM: SP0.946, PIR0.928; LFQ 0.243, LFX 37Hz
  • Link to original Review: asr review. .
Sonus Faber Sonetto II
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.8dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 42.0 0.74 2.96
3 149.0 0.89 -1.97
3 454.0 1.92 -1.55
3 765.0 2.25 -4.6
3 1202.0 0.6 2.93
3 3289.0 1.16 -2.17
3 16239.0 0.26 -4.51
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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 Sonetto II filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Sonus Faber Sonetto II filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

Sonus Faber Sonetto II
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.3dB.
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 0.0
3 630.0 2.14 0.0
3 1000.0 2.14 0.25
3 1600.0 2.14 0.25
3 2500.0 2.14 -0.25
3 4000.0 2.14 -0.5
3 6300.0 2.14 -0.5
3 10000.0 2.14 -0.75
3 16000.0 2.14 -0.75
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

Sonus Faber Sonetto II
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 0.0
3 100.0 4.32 0.0
3 125.0 4.32 0.0
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 0.0
3 500.0 4.32 -0.25
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 0.0
3 1600.0 4.32 0.25
3 2000.0 4.32 0.0
3 2500.0 4.32 -0.25
3 3150.0 4.32 -0.5
3 4000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 5000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 6300.0 4.32 -0.5
3 8000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 10000.0 4.32 -0.75
3 12000.0 4.32 -0.75
3 16000.0 4.32 -0.75
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

Sonus Faber Sonetto II: comparison between EQs
Sonus Faber Sonetto II

Comparison betweens various EQs

Sonus Faber Sonetto II

Improvements made by EQ

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