Comments on: Refining a 4-way open-baffle speaker with the miniDSP 2×4 https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/ The enthusiast's audio webzine Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:33:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: John Reekie https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Sun, 29 May 2011 05:38:33 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-576 Hi Ed, thank you for the comment. My reservation with the auto-eq is primarily that the transfer from REW to miniDSP is done with raw bi-quad coefficients. So if you subsequently want to “tweak” a filter, you have to get REW involved again – you can’t just change filter settings directly in the miniDSP interface.

]]> By: John Reekie https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Sun, 29 May 2011 05:28:46 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-575 James – go for it, it’s too much fun 🙂 🙂 (writing articles is a bit of work though – phew)

]]> By: John Reekie https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Sun, 29 May 2011 05:27:25 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-574 Thank you John, for the comment and information. I’ll look into the IR Windows in REW – I hope you don’t mind if I email with a question or two if needed.

]]> By: James Lawson https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Wed, 11 May 2011 10:09:16 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-562 These posts about the mini-dsp are very good and have convinced me to try it out. I currently run an active setup but with analog crossover and passive components for baffle step correction inside my mains and am looking forward to such a fine level of control.

]]> By: John Mulcahy https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Mon, 09 May 2011 15:45:36 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-561 You can also make gated measurements with REW, the REW “IR Windows” controls let you set any desired gating and choose your preferred window shapes. The windows can be shown on the Impulse graph.

Nice job on the article, by the way 🙂

]]> By: Ed Perkins https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:11:25 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-548 Thanks for a great set of articles. There’s an abundance of information about passive crossover/eq design, but I have found very little on active crossover/eq design. So as an enthusiastic owner of a miniDSP I was happily surprised to stumble upon your very informative and well-written articles. Thanks for helping to put the fun of “DIY” back into audio.

I would like to suggest a follow-on article using one of the new “advanced” miniDSP plugins that integrate with Room EQ Wizard (REW). You could repeat one of your projects (sub or 4-way) using the auto equalization features and compare the results with your previous “manual” solutions.

Waiting for more,
Ed

]]> By: Abel https://www.hifizine.com/2011/03/refining-a-4-way-open-baffle-speaker-minidsp-2x4/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:15:49 +0000 http://www.hifizine.com/?p=1738#comment-347 Congratulations and thank you for sharing your experiences. I am in the same path and ideas. Looking forward to know more of your experiences. Regards.

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