The Architect
Model 100 & Model 200
Installer’s Guide
Example Settings
Analysis
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Another set of variables is the shape and volume of your
listening room. Large rooms require more bass energy to excite
waves within them. Small rooms need less energy, but reflect it
differently. And then there’s the fact that most rooms don’t have
four walls anymore, but open into dining rooms, lofts, cathedral
ceilings, etc. All of this means that predicting sound interaction
patterns is very difficult due to the irregularities of the room
shape.
As you can see, room acoustics is an important but compli-
cated subject To learn more about room acoustics, get a copy of
AudioControl’s Technical Paper 107, “Small Room Acoustics De-
Mythologized”. You can download this paper from
www.audiocontrol.com or if you’re still into the printed page, call
us and we’ll mail you a copy. The overall point that we’re trying
to make is that the various rooms in your home function as gigan-
tic mechanical equalizers, boosting or cutting certain frequencies
depending on size, shape, volume, acoustic treatment and the
position of the speakers.
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It may take several series of adjustments since there is some
interaction between each control. We have included some sample
settings and general descriptions of each control’s function further
in this manual.
After initial adjustment the only time you would change the
control settings are 1) if you connect different speakers into the
system, 2) if (assuming the speakers aren’t built-in) you move
them significantly, such as from a bookshelf to floor stands, or 3)
if your room acoustics change through rearrangement of furniture,
wall or floor coverings, large hairy dogs, etc.
The following are examples of typical settings along with short
descriptions of each Architect
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Model 200 Speaker Optimizer
control. Naturally, the results of adjustments will vary depending
on the individual acoustic environment, the type of speakers, and
the personal preferences of the listener. These recommendations
are not concrete, they are simply good starting points.
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