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DanDan

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The old Bruel and Kjaer Curve was derived from pretty decent systems in domestic rooms and Hi Fi Shows. I spent two years in my highly treated Control Room searching for a curve that would be enjoyable to work with, and that would encourage mixes to translate instantly to three domestic playback systems in regular domestic rooms here. At the end I came right back to B&K. I mean right back. +/-3 at 100/10K does not make nicely sloped and rounded curves. It takes quite a few way points to get those slope right.
 
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DanDan said:
The old Bruel and Kjaer Curve was derived from pretty decent systems in domestic rooms and Hi Fi Shows. I spent two years in my highly treated Control Room searching for a curve that would be enjoyable to work with, and that would encourage mixes to translate instantly to three domestic playback systems in regular domestic rooms here. At the end I came right back to B&K. I mean right back. +/-3 at 100/10K does not make nicely sloped and rounded curves. It takes quite a few way points to get those slope right.
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The smoothed response in Audiolense is different from the one the B&K is based on. So you will get a slightly different voicing than the B&K engineers heard.
 
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Attached is a PDF with the Lyngdorf target curves.

I don't think these voicings are the "be all" and "end all" of best target curves, but they are a good start.

For example, the target curve that Moedra presented seems like a more sophisticated version of the Lyngdorf "Soft" voicing.

Trying a variety of target curves with Audiolense, we can train our ears/brain to have a better understanding of how frequency balance influences sound. Then we are in a good position to come up with our own preferred target curves.
 

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Thanks Bernt. Thanks Billy. Yup, tweak to taste including the room and positions in it. Worth noting testing was at least a decade ago and I am approaching my 7th. I am beginning to ease off on the HF roll off......;-)
 
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I hear colorations in all the Lyngdorf curves. I worked through a bunch of similay templates back in the Tact days,

Your mileage may vary, but I strongly recommend to opt for more subtle transitions between e.g the midrange region and a raised bass than what we see in the Lyngdorf curves.
 
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I totally agree about the crudeness of the Lyndorf curves. That's why I called Moedra's curve "sophisticated".

That said, there is a dearth of target curve examples for Audiolense and showing some basic shapes for new users I think is helpful.
 
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