There's an exellent program called SIA Smaart that not only can analyize the frequency response of your monitors but can equally importantly check the phase accuracy of the speakers as well. All you need is the software and 2 condensers,(preferably a matched pair), and a mixer. I'm not sure if they have a program for Mac or not though. Check out they're .

I personally wouldn't recommend you do this. I would spend your time focusing on the control room. Calculate your axial modes to find your standing waves (If in fact you have parallel walls) and then try to alter/combat them rather than EQ the speakers. Keep in mind it's not easy to fix a standing wave problem if it is low in frequency, sometimes the only option is to change/move a wall. If there's something missing from your speakers and the room is good, then I would obviously say get some different monitors.

I would also agree with the above poster. Don't add more phase distortion i.e. 32 band eq.

Every time the question of EQ'ing monitors comes up, invariably people suggest to not do it. Makes sense that it will add to the problem, as a big part of the problem is the room itself, and EQ won't change the lawsof physics. That said, I've been working with absorbing foam materials, trying to treat my room, but I'm not sure if I'm really fixing the right frequencies. I've been able to cut down on some fluttering echos, and the room is "softer/deader" in a good way, but I'm not sure how to measure the frequency response difference with this stuff added. I've got the PAZ analyzer plug in with my Waves Gold Bundle, and I'd like to know how I might use this to fine tune monitor placement and room treatments (dampening, bass traps, etc.). I wrote to Waves, asking which "weighting" setting I should use, and got a lot of vague, non-difinitive answers. Does anyone know what weighting is used to evaluate the frequencies of a room? There are weighting values to mimic how the human ear hears tones, but I'm not sure which one to use. Any help on this would be appreciated. Have a good 4th, dave patterson / knobville

I'm also of the theory of not eqing the monitors. Treat the room.

Right, forget about EQ and treat the room. Foam such as Auralex won't do much, apart absorbing "some" high frequencies. If you want some really absorbant material you'll need fiber glass insulation material, such as Owens Corning's 703 or Mansville IS300.

get a good pair of flat response digital phones wich are obviously not privy to room dimensions and dampening and A/B the two.make sure you trust the phones as a reference.then experiment with placment.

as i said expieriment with placment ie;monitors .room baffles' desk placment (distance from the wall) a common problem is monitor size for the room as it takes 12 feet for 100 to kick in.we are on the same wavelength bud. i agree eq'ing speakers is not an option.