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Section 5: Speaker Placement
Your loudspeakers are highly versatile (provided that they have been assembled correctly) and will provide satisfying
performance in most listening environments. For optimal tonal balance, they should be used on a stand of 10 inches (24-
27cm) in height. A light open-frame stand will give good results provided it has spikes rigidly coupling it through the carpet
to the floor.
The best results, however, will be obtained using a spiked high-mass stand that, if correctly placed, can hold the speaker
so well that even if the top of the speaker is pushed, it will not move at all! We recommend our own speaker stands for
this purpose.
The speaker should be coupled to the stand by placing 4 pea-sized balls of Blu-Tack on the stand’s top and pushing the
speaker down onto these so that they are flattened.
The distance between the speakers and the rear wall should ideally be about 30 cm to 1 meter. As all listening rooms are
different, these speakers' considerable flexibility in positioning is very useful, as it makes it possible to adjust the overall
balance of the system.
The distance between the speakers should be slightly less than the distance from the speakers to the listening area. For
best stereo imaging and sound staging the listener should be equidistant from the 2 speakers.
The speakers are designed to have a very wide listening window, so they will allow considerable angling to reduce early
sidewall reflections interfering with the direct sound from the speakers. These reflections will greatly affect tonal and
stereo balance.
The angle at which the speakers are aimed at the listener will vary from room to room.
Three alternatives are to:
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Position the speakers parallel to the rear wall.
• To toe the speakers in, to aim at the listening area.
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To toe the speakers even more to aim 1-2 meters in front of the listening area.
Experimentation is vitally important to achieve optimum results in any given environment.
With very few exceptions, dynamic loudspeakers have a running in period, where the drive units “loosen up”, during this
time the bass unit will not display its full lower bandwidth and the tweeter will sound slightly brighter than when run in. As
the suspension of both drivers “softens up”, the fullness of the bass and the smoothness of the treble will start to emerge.
This process can take many months to achieve.
In closing, we hope that your kit building experience has been an enjoyable one and that they will provide you with years
of musical satisfaction.
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