Thanks, Velocityboat.
Just finished reading the manual. Re:RP microphone placement... I have read somewhere that pointing the mic at the speakers is a no-no after the Focus 1 measurement. Manual doesn't mention it. Manual section on the RP could be written and illustrated a lot better IMHO. Will start the setup tonight, when it quiets down outside and inside the house.
If I may add some more information from my experience with the MEN.
Yes the first position is your listening position.
All measurements must be taken from the rear 1/3 of your room, and yes, although the microphone is omnidirectional, it does work best pointed away from the speaker system, this way you get more "room" sound which is what you're after for Room Perfect to be able to tune the room.
Keep it at least a foot away from walls, corners, floors and ceilings.
You do not have to get to 100% room knowledge to complete your measurements.
I have found that if you go straight to 100% then Room Perfect may apply too much EQ to the system, it really depends on your room and how live it is.
The best way I have found to work it, is to get to 90% room knowledge, then stop and take a listen, bypass it, listen, drop Room Perfect back in and listen.
Then you can decide if you need to add more measurements.
You can add measurements at any time or add listening positions at any time.
My room is pretty good, so the end result for me works best with 98% room knowledge. Room Correction percentage is 9% in global 12% in focus.
You can check this in Room Perfect Status.
The point of global and focus? Global is to use when you are not sitting in your listening position or you may have friends over or your working in the kitchen or something, so there is less EQ applied.
Focus is for when you are sitting in the Focus listening position, theres more EQ on the system in this instance.
To be honest, I prefer using Global all the time, occasionally I might use Focus for some critical listening, but most of the time Global works for me.
For the voicing functions, I cannot see that there is any EQ on neutral voicing, its flat on my analyzer, so I am not sure what that's all about. Its definitely not applying any EQ in my system.
You can connect your computer to the MEN and create your own EQ curves.
Its really easy to use, you just download the MEN Voicing tool, you need Windows 7 (I have Windows parallel on my macbook) and a serial port, I use a USB>Serial converter.
Then you can connect to the MEN and make your own curves. Its a 6 band parametric EQ, its a bit disappointing that its a "cut only" EQ, but still I have a few curves in there for certain albums and such.
Let us know how you get on with the MEN....:thmbsp: