Wayne Parham Messages: 18786 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
If you measure the speaker in an anechoic space, then you are truly measuring the speaker. If you do not, then you are measuring the speaker and the space. This is OK if that's what you want to do, like is the case if you are setting up your system. But if you are trying to compare loudspeakers, you don't want the room contaminating the data. Otherwise, you're comparing rooms more than you're comparing speakers.