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I don't know what the Macbook does, but I do know that simply equalizing even a cheap speaker to match a target response curve produces astonishing results. I

I don't know what the Macbook does, but I do know that simply equalizing even a cheap speaker to match a target response curve produces astonishing results. I once used $$$$ audio hardware with many parametric filters to calibrate the tinny, resonating built-in speakers in an old LCD monitor. It sounded fantastic.

L2iL 6y ago
Yes. Apple has added cross-talk cancelation to their macOS devices; albeit, not as wide or flat as ours. See here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=10524080&OS=10524080&RS=10524080 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H.... Funny, we chatted with them ~1 year before they filed...
- CSSer 6y ago
  Fascinating. Thank you for doing the leg work here! I never would've thought to check patents.
  - L2iL 6y ago
    Also, unlike with LCC, Apple's implementation does not route through the output. So, you cannot correct for crosstalk with it to external speaker units.