automojo .... once like you thinking the ear was good enough. The reality is that we'll tune to what we think sounds right. Then, some recordings sound great while others don't. Reason is that midrange frequency emphasis changes from recording to recording and you chase your tail tweaking around the dips and humps you can't pick out depending on what you're listening to.
Get a cheap USB mic ... flatten the frequency response w/REW and BOOM, what ever you play back sounds right. Then you KNOW if the response you favor needs broadband EQ someplace .. like midrange enhancement or a bit less. No guessing. Once you put the two together .. eyes AND ears, you know how a setting or change influences the sound in your listening space. We're all after better sound. These are helpful tools to that end.
Sure... Completely your opinion, your entitled to it.
Maybe at some point
I have the PE setup, had it for some time.
I use it if I feel/ hear the need.
I’ve also had access to Electrovoice, along the way.
I’m not discounting measurements, it’s how much weight you put in them in the end.
I have a good feel for what I’m doing, and my Audio buddies seem to think so as well
I’m certainly not foolish enough just to depend on my own hearing , I’m constantly using other peoples inputs on changes etc
IMHO that’s holds much more weight then simply a bar graph etc.
So.....what’s the problem?
IMHO...
Whatever works to get the good sound your looking for, there are more the a number of way to achieve that!
Not everyone wants to go your route, or mine.
I don’t see the problem...
(If you stop for a minute and ponder, there is a certain beauty in achieving the same or similar goal by different means.. instead of discounting it)...
Unless you simply looking fo everyone to agree with your opinions or points of view...
If so, that’s a topic for a different form than audio karma!
I know I joke around and have some fun..,some people certainly take their opinions and like count way to seriously whatever, , but I appreciate a open forum, with a free flow of ideas..... and respect those ideas for sure..
Having a ruler flat frequency response does not guarantee a good sounding speaker, Or one that you would like to live with on a daily basis.
Same goes for Great Heil time alignment.
Huge dips and peaks, obviously not good...but
sometimes you can over tweak...IMHO.
And certainly you can get over absorbed in what you see measurement wise, and maybe “ hear what you want” when looking at a 1db rise etc, without other humans input hearing wise.
Maybe in the same room too.... not over the Internet!!!
Cheez ... I have to wonder if some are Internet geeks and don’t have much in person human involvement interaction...
but another hole will weaken the front baffle. Complicates the construction i mean. If the horn mouth of the Heil is recessed respect to the baffle plane you can simply put some foam on the top of the cabinet to avoid early unwanted reflections from the woofer cabinet.
