What we know about the measurement:

XSA Labs Vanguard is a passive bookshelves speaker that cost around 1000USD for a pair .

  • Quality of the measurement data is high .
  • Origin of the data is ASR .
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 80.6dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 87.9Hz (resp. 68.8Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.6dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 7.3dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-30.0°, 30.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-10.0°, 20.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 3.21 and would be 5.95 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.645, LW 0.565, SP 0.462, PIR 0.482; SM: SP0.8, PIR0.571; LFQ 0.664, LFX 62Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.49 with an EQ and would be 7.85 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.46, LW 0.387, SP 0.302, PIR 0.289; SM: SP0.978, PIR0.943; LFQ 0.664, LFX 51Hz
  • Link to original Review: asr review. Links to other reviews: diy review .
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