What we know about the measurement:

Yamaha VXS3F is a passive bookshelves that cost around 284 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is medium.
  • Origin of the data is Yamaha.
  • Format of the data is a GLL file .
  • Sensitivity: 92.5dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m) . Sensitivity computed at the measurement distance (10m) over the same frequency range: 72.5dB.
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 218.0Hz (resp. 175.0Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.3dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 3.8dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-50.0°, 50.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-60.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is -0.17 and would be 4.43 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.656, LW 0.653, SP 0.695, PIR 0.627; SM: SP0.056, PIR0.114; LFQ 0.058, LFX 170Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 1.94 with an EQ and would be 6.07 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.38, LW 0.377, SP 0.583, PIR 0.449; SM: SP0.557, PIR0.295; LFQ 0.062, LFX 132Hz
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Dispersion: 75° horizontal and 80° vertical.
    • Sensitivity 86 dB
    • Impedance 8 Ohm
    • SPL
      • peak: 105 dB
    • Size
      • Width 184mm
      • Height 130mm
      • Depth 94 mm)
    • Weight 1.0 kg
Yamaha VXS3F
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -3.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 109.0 0.77 3.0
3 560.0 1.31 1.68
3 1429.0 2.2 0.72
3 2324.0 2.27 -3.66
3 4194.0 1.36 -2.73
3 9001.0 2.87 -5.29
3 15685.0 0.57 -5.03
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

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Yamaha VXS3F filters_eq_full

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