In-room estimates of loudspeaker responses at the listening location are typically taken either at one microphone location, replacing the listener with a microphone, or averaging in space, at multiple microphone locations at and relatively close to the listening location. In-frequency averaging can attenuate the locality of the frequency response features in mid and high frequencies. In-space averaging extracts the common frequency response features visible in all the measurement positions. Spatial weighting combined with frequency domain averaging can increase the stability of the frequency response estimate for the features relevant for the subjective compensation of the sound color at the listening location. Spacing out the spatial average measurement points affects the nature of the spatial average and the focus on the frequency response features common to the measurement points. The spatial averaging points used in taking a measurement should be chosen based on the intention of the room equalization.
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