

I have used images from Reference 4 to support this article but each point has been written to talk generally about Speaker Calibration. It is a one-button correction of your sound systems character, so you can produce a flat sound relative to other systems.

Sonarworks Reference 4 is NOT a one button, no-nonsense, EQ. I prefer to manually EQ where I have more control so I can't imagine justifying the price myself, but. I am myself a Speaker Calibration user, my system of choice is Sonarworks Reference 4. Sonarworks is great for a kind of one button, no nonsense EQ. If you are a Speaker Calibration software user and have some of your own Pros & Cons to share then please add them to the comments section below. If you are considering introducing Speaker Calibration into your workflow then this article aims to help you make an informed decision. Let's weigh up three Pros & Cons of Speaker Calibration software. All of these things have an effect on what we hear and how we hear it. A room is a physical entity with very specific characteristics such as reverberation and modal distribution, specular reflections and background noise. I do wish people would stop referring to DSP monitor manipulation as 'Room Correction'. We have used the term "Room Calibration Software" many times in our articles and for that we apologise. Friend of the blog Andy Munro, who is a leading specialist in acoustics, raised this issue in the comment section of our news coverage of Sonarworks Reference 4. Speaker Calibration is often referred to as Room Calibration, it has been brought to our attention that this is misleading.

Before we get into the Pro & Cons of Speaker Calibration software I was to address the elephant in the room.
