What we know about the measurement:

Sony SS-CS5 is a passive bookshelves speaker that cost around 150USD .

  • Quality of the measurement data is high .
  • Origin of the data is ErinsAudioCorner .
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 85.5dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 85.0Hz (resp. 71.8Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.0dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 2.7dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-70.0°, 70.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 30.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 4.1 and would be 6.9 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.49, LW 0.37, SP 0.34, PIR 0.34; SM: SP0.89, PIR0.65; LFQ 0.24, LFX 67Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.8 with an EQ and would be 8.5 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.29, LW 0.22, SP 0.26, PIR 0.23; SM: SP0.96, PIR0.95; LFQ 0.25, LFX 60Hz
  • Link to Original review.
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