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Re:Show HN: HiFiScan, a Python app to optimize your loudspea... by Gracana on Sunday September 11, 2022 @10:31AM (#32799921)
What does "smoothing the spectrum" mean? What operations are being performed?
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Re:Show HN: HiFiScan, a Python app to optimize your loudspea... by danuker on Sunday September 11, 2022 @04:48PM (#32803136)
I'd guess: Fourier transform, a power density preserving blur convolution, then inverse Fourier transform.

But I am not familiar with the field of signal processing.

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Re:Show HN: HiFiScan, a Python app to optimize your loudspea... by willis936 on Sunday September 11, 2022 @07:46PM (#32804352)
That's my guess too but my hunch is that would sound like absolute crap. Intentional IMD. Something to experiment with.
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