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POSITIONING YOUR TORUS INFRASONIC GENERATOR
The Torus Infrasonic Generator weighs 34KG so due care must be taken when
positioning the unit. It is advised that the positioning of the Infrasonic Generator is
undertaken by more than one person to avoid injury.
As the Infrasonic Generator produces only low frequency sound, directional concerns are less
important than the room as a whole, which is discussed below.
Room boundaries interact and reinforce low frequency energy. You should see your room as an
extension of your Infrasonic Generator. Output will be reinforced when placed close to any
substantially constructed wall. Simple dry stud wall will have much less of an effect.
The more reinforcement you derive from the room the less energy will be required by the
Infrasonic Generator and therefore the amplifier will not be required to work as hard. Ultimately
there is no substitute for investing time to achieve the ideal marriage of room to Infrasonic
Generator. Live recordings are especially useful for making decisions about placement as they
contain large amounts of ambisonic information that are ideal for assessing if the Generator is
working effectively.
For ultimate phase linearity, especially where music reproduction is the primary goal, the best
position for the Infrasonic Generator is adjacent to the center line of the coils in your
loudspeakers drive units, as shown in figure 5 over the page. However, room effects may act
against this important consideration. With this in mind the diagram in figure 5 below should only
be used as a reference point from which to start. It is important to note that the more the
Infrasonic Generator is displaced from this center line the more you will need to account for
phase differences that will be attributable to this displacement, phase adjustments can be made
using the control detailed on pages 21 and 22 . Only in the most unusual circumstances will it
be found that the best place for the Generator is behind the listening position.
If you are employing more than one Infrasonic Generator, information on setting up and
positioning multiple Torus systems is covered in the next section of this manual.
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