What we know about the measurement:

BIC America FH6-LCR Center is a passive center that cost around 150 USD

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ASR.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 90.0dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 276.9Hz (resp. 112.8Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to 0.2dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 4.2dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-40.0°, 40.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 20.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 1.33 and would be 5.1 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.735, LW 0.607, SP 0.476, PIR 0.452; SM: SP0.563, PIR0.26; LFQ 1.848, LFX 108Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 4.09 with an EQ and would be 7.08 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.517, LW 0.415, SP 0.486, PIR 0.418; SM: SP0.896, PIR0.837; LFQ 1.509, LFX 71Hz
  • Vertical measurement
  • Link to Original review.
BIC America FH6-LCR Center
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -4.9dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
PK 85.0 1.3 3.0
PK 279.0 0.25 2.99
PK 1244.0 0.61 -3.69
PK 2245.0 2.98 3.0
PK 2765.0 2.77 -1.52
PK 4818.0 2.99 -2.86
PK 5732.0 3.0 -3.63
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

BIC America FH6-LCR Center filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

BIC America FH6-LCR Center filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

BIC America FH6-LCR Center
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -1.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
PK 25.0 2.14 0.5
PK 40.0 2.14 0.5
PK 63.0 2.14 0.5
PK 100.0 2.14 0.5
PK 160.0 2.14 0.5
PK 250.0 2.14 0.5
PK 400.0 2.14 0.25
PK 630.0 2.14 0.25
PK 1000.0 2.14 -0.25
PK 1600.0 2.14 -0.25
PK 2500.0 2.14 0.25
PK 4000.0 2.14 0.0
PK 6300.0 2.14 0.0
PK 10000.0 2.14 1.0
PK 16000.0 2.14 0.75
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

BIC America FH6-LCR Center
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -1.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
PK 20.0 4.32 0.0
PK 25.0 4.32 0.5
PK 31.0 4.32 0.5
PK 40.0 4.32 0.5
PK 50.0 4.32 0.5
PK 63.0 4.32 0.5
PK 80.0 4.32 0.5
PK 100.0 4.32 0.5
PK 125.0 4.32 0.5
PK 160.0 4.32 0.5
PK 200.0 4.32 0.5
PK 250.0 4.32 0.5
PK 315.0 4.32 0.75
PK 400.0 4.32 0.5
PK 500.0 4.32 0.5
PK 630.0 4.32 0.5
PK 800.0 4.32 0.25
PK 1000.0 4.32 0.25
PK 1250.0 4.32 0.0
PK 1600.0 4.32 0.0
PK 2000.0 4.32 0.25
PK 2500.0 4.32 0.25
PK 3150.0 4.32 0.25
PK 4000.0 4.32 0.25
PK 5000.0 4.32 -0.25
PK 6300.0 4.32 0.25
PK 8000.0 4.32 0.75
PK 10000.0 4.32 0.75
PK 12000.0 4.32 0.75
PK 16000.0 4.32 0.75
PK 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

BIC America FH6-LCR Center: comparison between EQs
BIC America FH6-LCR Center

Comparison betweens various EQs

BIC America FH6-LCR Center

Improvements made by EQ

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