Audio Note speaker design

[theaudiohobby]

No. He's saying that these are measured at 1 meter.
In a normal room, sitting 3 meters away there will be acoustic situations that will make a more prominent difference.

kexodusc, are you are saying that a 3dB lift above the reference level (measured at 1m anechoic) at 800Hz with a corresponding dip at 130Hz will be masked in-room?

[kexodusc]

kexodusc, are you are saying that a 3dB lift above the reference level (measured at 1m anechoic) at 800Hz with a corresponding dip at 130Hz will be masked in-room?

I guess it's possible if you had furniture or something in your room that affected those frequencies. I have yet to meet a home with an audio room that was "acoustically neutral" and didn't introduce some distortion. I'm not guaranteeing you that it will be masked.

What we measure at 1m anechoic and what we hear and interpret as "good" in a typical room are not the same thing. I think AN focuses on aspects that have greater variability in what they perceive as contributing to sound quality, and that many of those aspects exclude some of these other concerns.