What we know about the measurement:

System One S-15B is a passive bookshelves that cost around 130 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is low.
  • Origin of the data is Misc.
  • Format of the data is a set of 36 horizontal and 36 vertical measurements .
  • Sensitivity: 65.5dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 127.0Hz (resp. 97.9Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 3.9dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-60.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 10.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 1.13 and would be 4.52 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.796, LW 0.551, SP 0.423, PIR 0.433; SM: SP0.66, PIR0.049; LFQ 0.425, LFX 88Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.32 with an EQ and would be 7.44 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.627, LW 0.367, SP 0.334, PIR 0.282; SM: SP0.951, PIR0.932; LFQ 0.626, LFX 44Hz
  • Link to original Review: asr review. .
  • Note: Tweeter polarity was fixed before measuring. Out of the box, the speaker is worse!.
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Sensitivity 86 dB
    • Impedance 4 Ohm
    • Size
      • Width 185mm
      • Height 300mm
      • Depth 225 mm)
    • Weight 3.25 kg
System One S-15B
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -6.1dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 49.0 0.77 4.99
3 197.0 0.25 2.05
3 243.0 2.2 0.91
3 487.0 3.0 1.55
3 1010.0 2.99 -2.5
3 1642.0 2.57 -3.55
3 13652.0 0.49 -3.01
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

System One S-15B filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

System One S-15B filters_eq_full

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