What we know about the measurement:

Tannoy System 600 is a passive cinema

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ASR.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 86.8dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 112.8Hz (resp. 74.0Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 8.1dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-50.0°, 40.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-40.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 1.56 and would be 4.56 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.873, LW 0.806, SP 0.729, PIR 0.721; SM: SP0.738, PIR0.522; LFQ 1.038, LFX 71Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.34 with an EQ and would be 7.48 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.458, LW 0.396, SP 0.403, PIR 0.358; SM: SP0.931, PIR0.868; LFQ 0.787, LFX 45Hz
  • Link to Original review.
Tannoy System 600
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -7.6dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
5 112.0 0.56 2.99
3 112.0 2.3 0.86
3 112.0 0.56 0.62
3 790.0 2.79 -2.98
3 1067.0 1.78 -2.99
3 1541.0 2.92 2.92
3 1541.0 2.99 2.92
3 1541.0 3.0 2.93
3 14965.0 1.21 2.96
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Tannoy System 600 filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Tannoy System 600 filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

Tannoy System 600
flipflop@ASR (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -7.6dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 515.0 4.5 -0.5
3 655.0 4.0 1.0
3 722.0 9.0 -1.1
3 800.0 2.077 -4.3
3 825.0 13.0 0.6
3 922.0 13.0 -0.7
3 999.0 20.0 0.8
3 1115.0 5.0 -2.4
3 1443.0 5.0 7.1
3 1623.0 5.0 2.7
3 2039.0 5.0 -0.7
3 2836.0 1.929 2.4
3 3367.0 5.0 -1.5
3 4340.0 7.5 0.5
3 4840.0 10.0 -1.3
3 5660.0 12.0 0.7
3 6603.0 5.0 -1.0
3 8580.0 10.0 -1.1
3 9780.0 7.0 0.9
3 11620.0 10.0 2.6
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These EQ is designed by ASR member flipflop.

Tannoy System 600
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -1.3dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 25.0 2.14 0.5
3 40.0 2.14 0.5
3 63.0 2.14 0.5
3 100.0 2.14 0.5
3 160.0 2.14 0.25
3 250.0 2.14 0.0
3 400.0 2.14 0.0
3 630.0 2.14 -0.25
3 1000.0 2.14 -0.5
3 1600.0 2.14 1.0
3 2500.0 2.14 0.25
3 4000.0 2.14 0.25
3 6300.0 2.14 0.0
3 10000.0 2.14 0.25
3 16000.0 2.14 1.25
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

Tannoy System 600
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -1.3dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 20.0 4.32 0.0
3 25.0 4.32 0.5
3 31.0 4.32 0.5
3 40.0 4.32 0.5
3 50.0 4.32 0.5
3 63.0 4.32 0.5
3 80.0 4.32 0.5
3 100.0 4.32 0.5
3 125.0 4.32 0.25
3 160.0 4.32 0.25
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 0.0
3 630.0 4.32 -0.25
3 800.0 4.32 -0.5
3 1000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 1250.0 4.32 0.25
3 1600.0 4.32 1.0
3 2000.0 4.32 0.25
3 2500.0 4.32 0.25
3 3150.0 4.32 0.25
3 4000.0 4.32 0.25
3 5000.0 4.32 0.0
3 6300.0 4.32 0.0
3 8000.0 4.32 0.0
3 10000.0 4.32 0.25
3 12000.0 4.32 0.5
3 16000.0 4.32 1.25
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

Tannoy System 600: comparison between EQs
Tannoy System 600

Comparison betweens various EQs

Tannoy System 600

Improvements made by EQ

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