DizRotus Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Can the Audyssey calibration microphone be used with REW? I've also asked this question in the 2-channel forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 No, it's calibrated specifically for the Audyssey software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 I suspected as much. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) No, it's calibrated specifically for the Audyssey software. Yes it can. I answered this in 2-channel also. It's just an inexpensive hi-impedance omni-directional mic that's supplied for convenience. Any reasonably full-bandwidth omni mic will do. For the most part omni-directional mics are pretty flat by nature. Even the cheapest ones produce fairly flat frequency response. Here's a comparison. $40 to $1800 http://realtraps.com/art_microphones.htm Edited February 26, 2015 by artto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 REW requires a calibration profile for the mic used in order to ensure the results generated are accurate.. where will you get one for that Audyssey mic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) REW requires a calibration profile for the mic used in order to ensure the results generated are accurate.. where will you get one for that Audyssey mic? REW does not "require" a calibration profile. IF you have/use a mic that has a known calibration profile, all the better. You'll probably obtain more accurate results because REW will take in account the frequency response non-linearity characteristics of that particular mic. If you want/need the accuracy then by all means use a mic with a known calibration profile like Dayton Audio EMM-6. As you can see from the results of 10 different omni mics in the link I posted above, they all have very similar frequency response curves, regardless of price. As a matter of fact, just moving the measuring location of the mic a few inches in any direction can produce results that differ more than the results between the individual mics shown in Ethan Winer's Real Traps test. In the same way, Audyssey can be used with another omni-directional mic other than that supplied with it. Edited February 26, 2015 by artto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I like this answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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