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Positioning the loudspeakers
Your speakers are set up correctly, if
your favourite listening position and
the speakers
form an approximately
equilateral triangle (see figure
below). The speakers should radiate
from an acoustically hard
environment with good
reverberation characteristics into
the more damped part of the
listening area.
Please note that positioning the
speakers opposite to large and
smooth walls can cause unpleasant
reflections. The sound radiation is
not to be impeded; no object
whatsoever should be placed in
front of or too near to the speakers.
You need a clear line of sight to your
speakers.
Figure: Stereo triangle
Putting your speakers up in a corner
will probably reinforce the bass too
much. This effect will be increased
in lightly furnished rooms as they
can hardly absorb bass frequencies.
The low frequency behavior may be
controlled by the distance of the
speakers to the walls. According to
the acoustic actualities of your living
room very serious changes of the
bass volume can occur between the
possibilities ‘’larger distance (slim
bass)’’ and ‘’in the angle of the room
(beefy bass)’’. Hence it is to be
recommended to locate the best
tonal balance by shifting the stand
speakers inch by inch.
Leave at least 25 cm (10 in.) of space
between the floorstanding speakers
and any nearby wall. These
speakers are designed for vertical
operation. A ‘’lining-up ‘’ of the
speakers to the listening point can
have an advantageous acoustic
effect as thereby reflections at the
adjoining room walls are reduced.
