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      "measurement": "SS10F8414G10 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 83.411,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 82.414,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.236,
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      "thd_p90_db": -48.646,
      "thd_median_percent": 0.1959,
      "thd_p90_percent": 0.3696,
      "frequency_points": 223
    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8414G10",
      "sample": "single",
      "band": "7-10 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8414G10/SS10F8414G10 0 F.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8414G10 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 82.591,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 81.165,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.051,
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      "thd_p90_percent": 0.5186,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
      "sample": "sn074",
      "band": "1-7 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/FRONT/SS10F8424G00 0 F sn 074.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 83.576,
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      "thd_median_percent": 0.17,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
      "sample": "sn074",
      "band": "2-7 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/FRONT/SS10F8424G00 0 F sn 074.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 84.445,
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      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 86.331,
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      "thd_median_percent": 0.1833,
      "thd_p90_percent": 0.2377,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
      "sample": "sn074",
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      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/FRONT/SS10F8424G00 0 F sn 074.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 84.165,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 82.931,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 86.235,
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      "thd_p90_percent": 0.2513,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
      "sample": "sn074",
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      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/FRONT/SS10F8424G00 0 F sn 074.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 83.663,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 82.795,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.388,
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      "thd_p90_percent": 0.3187,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
      "sample": "SN086",
      "band": "1-7 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/PAIR MATCHING SPL/SS10F8424G00 0 F SN 086.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 83.956,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 76.249,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 86.657,
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      "thd_p90_percent": 0.2065,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
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      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/PAIR MATCHING SPL/SS10F8424G00 0 F SN 086.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 84.722,
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      "thd_p90_percent": 0.2549,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
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      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/PAIR MATCHING SPL/SS10F8424G00 0 F SN 086.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
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      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 86.517,
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    {
      "driver": "SS10F8424G00",
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      "source_file": "measurements/juan/ScanSpeak 10F8424G00/PAIR MATCHING SPL/SS10F8424G00 0 F SN 086.mdat",
      "measurement": "SS10F8424G00 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 84.102,
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      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.64,
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      "thd_p90_db": -48.91,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "MU10RB-SL",
      "sample": "A",
      "band": "1-7 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/SEAS MU10RB SL POLARES/FRONT/SEAS MU10RBSL A 0 F.mdat",
      "measurement": "SEAS MU10RBSLA 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
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      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 75.075,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.013,
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      "thd_p90_percent": 0.6813,
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    },
    {
      "driver": "MU10RB-SL",
      "sample": "A",
      "band": "2-7 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/SEAS MU10RB SL POLARES/FRONT/SEAS MU10RBSL A 0 F.mdat",
      "measurement": "SEAS MU10RBSLA 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 82.9,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 80.673,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.612,
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      "thd_p90_db": -42.877,
      "thd_median_percent": 0.5811,
      "thd_p90_percent": 0.7181,
      "frequency_points": 174
    },
    {
      "driver": "MU10RB-SL",
      "sample": "A",
      "band": "2-10 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/SEAS MU10RB SL POLARES/FRONT/SEAS MU10RBSL A 0 F.mdat",
      "measurement": "SEAS MU10RBSLA 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 82.336,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 78.59,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 84.331,
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      "thd_p90_db": -42.638,
      "thd_median_percent": 0.5894,
      "thd_p90_percent": 0.7381,
      "frequency_points": 223
    },
    {
      "driver": "MU10RB-SL",
      "sample": "A",
      "band": "7-10 kHz",
      "source_file": "measurements/juan/SEAS MU10RB SL POLARES/FRONT/SEAS MU10RBSL A 0 F.mdat",
      "measurement": "SEAS MU10RBSLA 0 F",
      "has_distortion_data": true,
      "fundamental_spl_median_db": 78.666,
      "fundamental_spl_p10_db": 77.504,
      "fundamental_spl_p90_db": 81.306,
      "thd_median_db": -43.87,
      "thd_p90_db": -42.496,
      "thd_median_percent": 0.6405,
      "thd_p90_percent": 0.7502,
      "frequency_points": 49
    }
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  "effective_system_thd": [
    {
      "band": "1-7 kHz",
      "effective_known_thd_percent_weighted": NaN,
      "effective_known_thd_p90_percent": NaN,
      "known_fundamental_coverage_weighted": 0.0,
      "front0_spl_weighted_median_db": 76.077,
      "known_trace_drivers": "",
      "missing_trace_drivers": "L26RO4Y, L22MG (nude), GRS PT6816, ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
      "method": "front 0-degree driver contributions weighted by measured REW THD traces and combined incoherently"
    },
    {
      "band": "2-7 kHz",
      "effective_known_thd_percent_weighted": NaN,
      "effective_known_thd_p90_percent": NaN,
      "known_fundamental_coverage_weighted": 0.0,
      "front0_spl_weighted_median_db": 75.946,
      "known_trace_drivers": "",
      "missing_trace_drivers": "L26RO4Y, L22MG (nude), GRS PT6816, ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
      "method": "front 0-degree driver contributions weighted by measured REW THD traces and combined incoherently"
    },
    {
      "band": "2-10 kHz",
      "effective_known_thd_percent_weighted": NaN,
      "effective_known_thd_p90_percent": NaN,
      "known_fundamental_coverage_weighted": 0.0,
      "front0_spl_weighted_median_db": 75.959,
      "known_trace_drivers": "",
      "missing_trace_drivers": "L26RO4Y, L22MG (nude), GRS PT6816, ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
      "method": "front 0-degree driver contributions weighted by measured REW THD traces and combined incoherently"
    },
    {
      "band": "7-10 kHz",
      "effective_known_thd_percent_weighted": NaN,
      "effective_known_thd_p90_percent": NaN,
      "known_fundamental_coverage_weighted": 0.0,
      "front0_spl_weighted_median_db": 75.986,
      "known_trace_drivers": "",
      "missing_trace_drivers": "L26RO4Y, L22MG (nude), GRS PT6816, ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
      "method": "front 0-degree driver contributions weighted by measured REW THD traces and combined incoherently"
    }
  ],
  "distortion_level_notes": [
    "Raw REW .mdat THD was extracted from each driver's front 0-degree measurement; harmData[0] is treated as REW's THD trace and harmData[1] as the fundamental SPL trace.",
    "In the 2-7 kHz THD band, L10NEO's median fundamental SPL is 86.6 dB (+3.0 dB vs SS10F8414G10 single, +1.9 dB vs SS10F8424G00 SN086, +3.7 dB vs MU10RB-SL A), so it was not measured at a lower level than the ScanSpeak references.",
    "L10NEO 2-7 kHz median THD is 0.157% (-56.1 dB), which is not worse than the available 8414/8424 raw REW THD traces.",
    "These are not perfectly level-matched sweeps; distortion rankings should be treated as measured-at-level evidence, not normalized maximum-SPL evidence."
  ],
  "l10_scanspeak_rationale": [
    "Raw REW evidence does not favor ScanSpeak on THD: L10NEO is 0.157% median THD at 86.6 dB SPL in 2-7 kHz, while the best available ScanSpeak trace is SS10F8424G00 SN086 at 0.177% and 84.7 dB SPL.",
    "The baseline is a fixed seed, not an optimizer-selected rejection of L10NEO; use it only as the requested reference stack.",
    "Conclusion: L10NEO must not be rejected on distortion/SPL evidence; any non-L10 selection has to be justified by directivity/crossover integration, not by the available raw THD traces."
  ],
  "filter_topology": {
    "architecture": "cascaded mixed-order Linkwitz-Riley split tree with shared high-pass carryover (LR4 / LR4 / LR4)",
    "diagram": "Input\n  +-- LR4 HP 70 Hz (2 biquads, global boundary)\n    +-- LR4 split @ 200 Hz\n        +-- LR4 LP 200 Hz (2 biquads) -> L26RO4Y\n        +-- LR4 HP 200 Hz (2 biquads) -> next split\n      +-- LR4 split @ 800 Hz\n          +-- LR4 LP 800 Hz (2 biquads) -> L22MG (nude)\n          +-- LR4 HP 800 Hz (2 biquads) -> next split\n        +-- LR4 split @ 2500 Hz\n            +-- LR4 LP 2500 Hz (2 biquads) -> GRS PT6816\n            +-- LR4 HP 2500 Hz (2 biquads) -> ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
    "stages": [
      {
        "stage": 1,
        "driver": "L26RO4Y",
        "passband_hz": [
          70.0,
          200.0
        ],
        "global_boundary_hp_biquads": 2,
        "inherited_upstream_hp_biquads": 0,
        "own_branch_hp_biquads": 0,
        "own_branch_lp_biquads": 2,
        "effective_crossover_biquads": 4,
        "effective_lr4_biquads": 4,
        "flat_eq_biquads": 2,
        "effective_total_biquads": 6,
        "polarity": 1
      },
      {
        "stage": 2,
        "driver": "L22MG (nude)",
        "passband_hz": [
          200.0,
          800.0
        ],
        "global_boundary_hp_biquads": 2,
        "inherited_upstream_hp_biquads": 0,
        "own_branch_hp_biquads": 2,
        "own_branch_lp_biquads": 2,
        "effective_crossover_biquads": 6,
        "effective_lr4_biquads": 6,
        "flat_eq_biquads": 3,
        "effective_total_biquads": 9,
        "polarity": 1
      },
      {
        "stage": 3,
        "driver": "GRS PT6816",
        "passband_hz": [
          800.0,
          2500.0
        ],
        "global_boundary_hp_biquads": 2,
        "inherited_upstream_hp_biquads": 2,
        "own_branch_hp_biquads": 2,
        "own_branch_lp_biquads": 2,
        "effective_crossover_biquads": 8,
        "effective_lr4_biquads": 8,
        "flat_eq_biquads": 1,
        "effective_total_biquads": 9,
        "polarity": 1
      },
      {
        "stage": 4,
        "driver": "ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
        "passband_hz": [
          2500.0,
          20000.0
        ],
        "global_boundary_hp_biquads": 2,
        "inherited_upstream_hp_biquads": 4,
        "own_branch_hp_biquads": 2,
        "own_branch_lp_biquads": 0,
        "effective_crossover_biquads": 8,
        "effective_lr4_biquads": 8,
        "flat_eq_biquads": 6,
        "effective_total_biquads": 14,
        "polarity": 1
      }
    ],
    "summary": {
      "xover_types": [
        "LR4",
        "LR4",
        "LR4"
      ],
      "xover_orders": [
        4,
        4,
        4
      ],
      "shared_tree_crossover_biquads": 14,
      "standalone_channel_crossover_biquads": 26,
      "shared_tree_lr4_biquads": 14,
      "standalone_channel_lr4_biquads": 26,
      "flat_eq_biquads": 12,
      "shared_tree_total_biquads_with_eq": 26,
      "standalone_channel_total_biquads": 38,
      "max_biquads_per_driver_limit": 15,
      "max_effective_total_biquads_per_driver": 14,
      "per_driver_limit_met": true
    },
    "notes": [
      "Shared-tree count assumes the DSP can route a high-pass bus into the next split stage.",
      "Standalone-channel count is what is exported per driver when each output channel must contain all inherited upstream filters.",
      "LR2 splits use one Q=0.5 biquad per edge and invert the next/downstream branch; LR4 splits use two Q=0.7071 biquads per edge without a required polarity inversion.",
      "Flat-EQ is capped after crossover filters so every exported driver channel stays at or below 15 total biquads.",
      "Gain, delay, and polarity are not counted as biquads."
    ]
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  "flatness_optimization": {
    "target_db": 76.0,
    "fit_domain_hz": [
      160.0,
      18000.0
    ],
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      "smoothing": "one_third_octave",
      "band": "200-10k",
      "max_peak_to_peak_db": 0.7,
      "max_rms_error_db": 0.25
    },
    "constraint_met": false,
    "optimizer_cost": 4.676,
    "optimizer_nfev": 9,
    "filters_tested": 15,
    "max_biquads_per_driver": 15,
    "flat_eq_capacity_by_driver": {
      "L26RO4Y": 11,
      "L22MG (nude)": 9,
      "GRS PT6816": 7,
      "ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)": 7
    },
    "flat_eq_used_by_driver": {
      "L26RO4Y": 2,
      "L22MG (nude)": 3,
      "GRS PT6816": 1,
      "ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)": 6
    },
    "final_biquads_by_driver": {
      "L26RO4Y": 6,
      "L22MG (nude)": 9,
      "GRS PT6816": 9,
      "ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)": 14
    },
    "max_flat_eq_filters_allowed": 15,
    "filters_kept": 12,
    "front_sum_flat_eq_filters_kept": 12,
    "high_frequency_polar_eq": {
      "before": {
        "hf_polar_ridge_db": 0.0,
        "hf_polar_slope_excess_db_per_oct": 76.5735,
        "hf_polar_transition_penalty": 1.9143
      },
      "after": {
        "hf_polar_ridge_db": 0.0,
        "hf_polar_slope_excess_db_per_oct": 76.5735,
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      },
      "accepted_filters": [],
      "method": "grid-search optional +/- PEQ cuts/boosts around 7.5-12.5 kHz, accepted only if the front-sum flatness degradation stays within a small tolerance"
    },
    "full_fit_filters_needed": 14,
    "method": "sparse least-squares: solve full candidate pool, rank by fitted correction magnitude, then try the smallest ranked sets against the smoothed summed-response constraint; if no capped set satisfies it, keep the best-scored set while capping every exported driver channel at 15 total biquads; then try optional +/- high-frequency PEQs for 8-12 kHz polar smoothness only if they do not materially degrade front-sum flatness",
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      "raw": {
        "80-18k": {
          "median_db": 76.225,
          "min_error_db": -6.06,
          "max_error_db": 2.432,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 8.491,
          "rms_error_db": 1.638
        },
        "200-10k": {
          "median_db": 76.256,
          "min_error_db": -3.27,
          "max_error_db": 2.4,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 5.67,
          "rms_error_db": 1.298
        },
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          "median_db": 75.626,
          "min_error_db": -2.64,
          "max_error_db": 2.507,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 5.147,
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        }
      },
      "one_sixth_octave": {
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          "median_db": 76.197,
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          "max_error_db": 2.439,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 8.01,
          "rms_error_db": 1.615
        },
        "200-10k": {
          "median_db": 76.251,
          "min_error_db": -2.52,
          "max_error_db": 2.385,
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        },
        "2-10k": {
          "median_db": 75.568,
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          "max_error_db": 2.527,
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        }
      },
      "one_third_octave": {
        "80-18k": {
          "median_db": 76.197,
          "min_error_db": -5.755,
          "max_error_db": 2.382,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 8.137,
          "rms_error_db": 1.591
        },
        "200-10k": {
          "median_db": 76.243,
          "min_error_db": -2.194,
          "max_error_db": 2.336,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 4.53,
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        },
        "2-10k": {
          "median_db": 75.595,
          "min_error_db": -1.546,
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          "peak_to_peak_db": 3.932,
          "rms_error_db": 1.007
        }
      }
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          "median_db": 75.968,
          "min_error_db": -7.582,
          "max_error_db": 1.469,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 9.051,
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        },
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          "median_db": 76.016,
          "min_error_db": -1.789,
          "max_error_db": 0.898,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 2.687,
          "rms_error_db": 0.342
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          "min_error_db": -1.745,
          "max_error_db": 0.942,
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        }
      },
      "one_sixth_octave": {
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          "min_error_db": -7.582,
          "max_error_db": 1.154,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 8.736,
          "rms_error_db": 1.377
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        "200-10k": {
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          "min_error_db": -1.066,
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          "peak_to_peak_db": 1.78,
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        },
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      },
      "one_third_octave": {
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          "median_db": 75.979,
          "min_error_db": -7.594,
          "max_error_db": 1.03,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 8.624,
          "rms_error_db": 1.367
        },
        "200-10k": {
          "median_db": 76.019,
          "min_error_db": -0.421,
          "max_error_db": 0.355,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 0.776,
          "rms_error_db": 0.192
        },
        "2-10k": {
          "median_db": 75.988,
          "min_error_db": -0.323,
          "max_error_db": 0.387,
          "peak_to_peak_db": 0.71,
          "rms_error_db": 0.232
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "upper_mid_side_feature": {
    "search_band_hz": [
      1600.0,
      3200.0
    ],
    "min_f90_minus_f0_db": -47.066,
    "min_frequency_hz": 2694.6,
    "max_f90_minus_f0_db": -24.717,
    "max_frequency_hz": 3193.3,
    "interpretation": "The dark feature at 90 degrees is a side null, not an off-axis SPL peak. It is dominated by the upper-mid crossover/driver transition and should not be filled with on-axis EQ unless the design goal changes."
  },
  "local_evidence_notes": [
    "Juan's screenshot notes rank 8424 distortion/SPL best, 8414 close behind, and MU10 worst among the 8424/8414/MU10 upper-mid comparison.",
    "Raw REW .mdat THD extraction adds L10NEO to the comparison and does not support describing L10NEO as worse-distortion than the ScanSpeak pair.",
    "The same notes flag 8424 rear-side directivity and high-angle order as weaker than 8414, especially above 2 kHz.",
    "GRS is treated as the measured dipole/directivity-order reference, but it does not provide the largest configured x-c angle separation above 2 kHz.",
    "L10NEO remains a high-separation alternate; it is not selected in the balanced primary due to the composite directivity/crossover score, not because of worse raw THD evidence.",
    "Driver contribution peaks are not automatically flattened when they are helping the complex 0-degree sum; the search now separately penalizes narrow 8-12 kHz normalized-contour ridges and steep side/rear polar transitions."
  ],
  "mounting_geometry_notes": [
    "The synthetic HDF5 is a horizontal 0-180 degree sum of separately suspended driver measurements; it does not model vertical-plane lobing from center-to-center spacing.",
    "Non-GRS cone/dome drivers are assumed approximately axisymmetric when reasoning about vertical behavior, but the GRS planar is not axisymmetric and needs measured or modeled vertical data.",
    "A first-order vertical lobing model is feasible if driver coordinates and acoustic-center offsets are supplied, but it would only cover source interference, not pseudo-baffle diffraction.",
    "The pseudo-baffle/diffraction from a vertical mounting spine, neighboring motor structures, wiring, and driver frames is not identifiable from the current individual-driver HDF5 data; it needs CAD/BEM or assembly measurements.",
    "Recommendation: use this synthetic model for driver/filter shortlisting, then measure the actual stacked fixture horizontally and vertically before treating the crossover as final."
  ],
  "validation_warnings": [
    "L26RO4Y source is a 25 cm deep / 32 cm diameter cylindrical-baffle measurement, not a nude baffleless capture.",
    "Processed phase was reconstructed from separately loaded measurements after per-measurement impulse peak alignment; synthetic complex summation is therefore preliminary.",
    "Rear polarity convention is inherited from the measurement files and existing 0-180 mapping; it has not been independently validated with raw impulse polarity.",
    "Absolute SPL and maximum-SPL claims remain limited by the available local evidence; raw THD is extracted for available 0-degree REW files but not normalized to matched drive level.",
    "DI and beamwidth figures match the existing repo convention and use front-horizontal data only, not a full 3D power response.",
    "Vertical-plane beaming and pseudo-baffle diffraction from the final stacked mounting geometry are not modeled.",
    "The 10 kHz/top-octave behavior is treated as suspect validation territory; search and comparison weights emphasize 2-10 kHz and do not let a narrow top-octave feature decide the design."
  ],
  "generated_files": {
    "synthetic_hdf5": "output/data/polar_data_juan_cdsl_baseline_synthetic.h5",
    "html_report": "docs/juan-baffleless-cdsl-baseline.html",
    "asset_root": "docs/juan-baffleless-cdsl-baseline",
    "driver_directivity_audit_csv": "output/juan-baffleless-cdsl-baseline/driver_directivity_audit.csv",
    "distortion_thd_audit_csv": "output/juan-baffleless-cdsl-baseline/distortion_thd_audit.csv",
    "effective_system_thd_csv": "output/juan-baffleless-cdsl-baseline/effective_system_thd.csv"
  },
  "drivers": [
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      "role": "Low",
      "driver": "L26RO4Y",
      "passband_hz": [
        70.0,
        200.0
      ],
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      "gain_db": -13.295,
      "delay_ms": 0.0,
      "polarity": 1,
      "rationale": "Best measured low-frequency candidate, but captured in a cylindrical baffle.",
      "filters": [
        {
          "type": "highpass",
          "fc_hz": 70.0,
          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 global boundary high-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 global boundary high-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "lowpass",
          "fc_hz": 200.0,
          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 branch low-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "lowpass",
          "fc_hz": 200.0,
          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 branch low-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "peaking",
          "fc_hz": 110.0,
          "q": 1.0,
          "gain_db": -1.2,
          "source": "flat-EQ"
        },
        {
          "type": "lowshelf",
          "fc_hz": 95.0,
          "q": 1.0,
          "gain_db": -0.534,
          "source": "flat-EQ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "Lower mid",
      "driver": "L22MG (nude)",
      "passband_hz": [
        200.0,
        800.0
      ],
      "source": "measurements/juan/SEAS L22MG NUDE MIC ON AXIS",
      "gain_db": 12.533,
      "delay_ms": -0.48,
      "polarity": 1,
      "rationale": "Strong low-mid bridge with nude front/rear data and useful coverage below 500 Hz.",
      "filters": [
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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        },
        {
          "type": "lowpass",
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          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 branch low-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "lowpass",
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          "source": "LR4 branch low-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "peaking",
          "fc_hz": 500.0,
          "q": 1.0,
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        },
        {
          "type": "peaking",
          "fc_hz": 330.0,
          "q": 1.0,
          "gain_db": 3.239,
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        },
        {
          "type": "peaking",
          "fc_hz": 620.0,
          "q": 1.0,
          "gain_db": -0.497,
          "source": "flat-EQ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "Upper/directivity band",
      "driver": "GRS PT6816",
      "passband_hz": [
        800.0,
        2500.0
      ],
      "source": "measurements/juan/GRS PT6816 A MIC ON AXIS",
      "gain_db": 4.024,
      "delay_ms": 0.025,
      "polarity": 1,
      "rationale": "Best local constant-directivity and front/rear symmetry reference.",
      "filters": [
        {
          "type": "highpass",
          "fc_hz": 70.0,
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          "source": "LR4 global boundary high-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 cascaded upstream high-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 cascaded upstream high-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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        },
        {
          "type": "highpass",
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          "gain_db": 0.0,
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        },
        {
          "type": "lowpass",
          "fc_hz": 2500.0,
          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 branch low-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "lowpass",
          "fc_hz": 2500.0,
          "q": 0.7071,
          "gain_db": 0.0,
          "source": "LR4 branch low-pass"
        },
        {
          "type": "peaking",
          "fc_hz": 2800.0,
          "q": 1.0,
          "gain_db": -0.373,
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "Top",
      "driver": "ND25FW4 (nude 18mm)",
      "passband_hz": [
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        20000.0
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      "gain_db": 1.16,
      "delay_ms": -0.125,
      "polarity": 1,
      "rationale": "Treble extension candidate; measured 2-10 kHz pattern is wider than the 10 cm candidates.",
      "filters": [
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "type": "peaking",
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "type": "peaking",
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    {
      "metric": "Weighted 2-10 kHz SPL43.6 - SPL45.8 (dB)",
      "weight_percent": 22,
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      "note": "Ipsi/contra angular separation is the main CDSL target; weighting emphasizes the ear-sensitive 2-7 kHz center and downweights the suspect top octave."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Crossover-local polar mismatch RMS (dB)",
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      "chosen": 7.239,
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      "note": "Keeps adjacent driver radiation patterns close through each acoustic handoff, which is why the chosen mixed LR2/LR4 stack is not judged by SPL alone."
    },
    {
      "metric": "8-12 kHz polar transition/ridge penalty",
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      "note": "Penalizes narrow contour ridges and steep frequency-axis changes at side/rear angles, so a bright 10 kHz side-energy stripe is not accepted as benign."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Weighted 90-degree leakage excess RMS (dB)",
      "weight_percent": 13,
      "direction": "lower",
      "chosen": 0.025009254265610115,
      "baseline": 0.0,
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      "winner": "baseline",
      "note": "Penalizes energy above a -18 dB side-null target where crosstalk cancellation is most sensitive."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Weighted front dipole polar error RMS (dB)",
      "weight_percent": 10,
      "direction": "lower",
      "chosen": 2.1138301368031147,
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      "winner": "baseline",
      "note": "Keeps the front lobe close to a cosine/dipole shape rather than just maximizing one angle pair."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Weighted rear dipole polar error RMS (dB)",
      "weight_percent": 7,
      "direction": "lower",
      "chosen": 2.3511867009629275,
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      "note": "Checks whether the rear radiation stays dipole-like instead of becoming an uncontrolled back lobe."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Weighted rear/front symmetry RMS (dB)",
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      "chosen": 2.105757082970072,
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      "note": "Dipole behavior needs rear 0-degree magnitude close to front 0-degree after filtering."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Weighted 200-10k flatness RMS (dB)",
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      "chosen": 0.18218952773483213,
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      "winner": "chosen",
      "note": "Uses one-third-octave front-sum trend with the same broad psychoacoustic weighting; filter count is only a cap, not a score."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Effective known system THD, 2-7 kHz (%)",
      "weight_percent": 4,
      "direction": "lower",
      "chosen": 0.0572,
      "baseline": NaN,
      "baseline_minus_chosen": NaN,
      "winner": "insufficient coverage",
      "note": "Uses filtered driver contributions and available REW THD traces; incomplete coverage is reported separately."
    },
    {
      "metric": "Known THD contribution coverage, 2-7 kHz",
      "weight_percent": 0,
      "direction": "higher",
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      "winner": "context",
      "note": "Coverage is not a winner metric; it tells how much of the weighted fundamental has measured THD traces."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "variant": "Chosen",
      "xover_types": "LR4 / LR4 / LR4 / LR2",
      "max_biquads": 15,
      "limit": 15,
      "biquad_cap_met": true,
      "flatness_rms_db": 0.166,
      "flatness_peak_to_peak_db": 0.818,
      "flatness_met": false
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    {
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      "biquad_cap_met": true,
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}