KH 80 DSP : Excellent monitors

I should mention first that the loudspeakers position in my room is far from optimal as they do not even keep any symmetry with the axis of the room. However, I've put them on bases so that they were level with my ears. Once installed and plugged I launched the Neumann.Control iPad App, but the two speakers were not recognized by it. I contacted Neumann support on last Friday night and the next Sunday (yes Sunday) I received an email recommending resetting the speakers. I did so and then everything went smoothly.

As expected in an untreated room, the sound of the uncalibrated monitors was very colored. Applying the App room eq. wizard, the sound improves a lot, but is still colored mainly around the usual problematic frequencies (50/300 Hz).

To get the best results I measured the room response with REW and with Sonarworks Reference 4 Measure. The result of both tools was very similar as expected.

With the guide of these graphics and still with the Neumann App I’ve manually setup its parametric equalizer (independently for each monitor) and apply it to the Neumann DSP system. The result has been excellent and the sound of these small monitors fabulous. I’m really impressed.