Surround Sound System Reviews

Sonus faber Lumina Surround Speaker System Review Test Bench

Test Bench

I conducted several in-room measurements using the Parts Express Omnimic measuring software and microphone, a $300 package that offers a usefully accurate response of a speaker at the main listening seat. The results shown here are for my room. All were taken at the single, seated, ear-level position. (Experience in my room has shown that an average of several readings, taken across a span of about 2 feet, differs little from the single position measurement apart from smoothing out small ripples.) The graphs here are 1/6th octave smoothed.—TJN

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Fig.1 The in-room responses of the left and right Lumina IIIs with no subwoofer and no EQ. The left channel is in red and the right in blue.

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Fig.2 The in-room responses of the left channel Lumina III and no subwoofer in red with no graphic EQ, and in blue with graphic EQ applied at 63Hz and 125Hz. Note that the EQ has essentially no effect above 250Hz and minimal effect between 200Hz and 250Hz.

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Fig.3 The total in-room responses of the left and right Lumina IIIs together with the Gravis II subwoofer, as auditioned with graphic EQ applied to the Lumina IIIs at 63Hz and 125Hz. The left channel is in red and the right in blue.
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Submitted by hk2000 on August 2, 2022 - 4:24am

So I'm currently deciding between the Paradigm Premier 700F and the Sonus faber Lumina III. You give the performance of Paradigm system 4.5 stars while Sonus faber system gets 4 stars. Can we assume that's also the performance rating for the floor-standers alone? Thanks

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