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Tips for installation and placement
This chapter contains general informat
installing and placing your speakers.
These are general hints and tips, so there may be
What room will
provide the best
sound reproduction?
Even the most competent HiFi equipment will
sound mediocre in the wrong environment.
are a few basic rules concerning loudspeaker
placement and installation:
Carpets, curtains and some furniture
midrange and high frequency sounds, which is
preferable. In contrast, big empty areas
producing a hard, unpleasant and
. Apart from colouring the sound, the
stereo perspective will deteriorate. Reflections from
a room can roughly be compared to the reflections
causing ”ghost” images on a TV screen.
If a loudspeaker is placed near a wall, ceiling or
floor the lower frequencies
room. Sometimes this is desirable, sometimes not
(it may lead to indistinct bass reproduction).
The bass amplification becomes more obvious
speaker is placed near a corner. Thus, for a clear
sound the speaker should be p
(about 12 inches) away from the wall.
However, there are exceptions roo
some types of walls/rooms it may be an advanta
placing the loudspeaker closer to the wall.
Be aware that some furniture may vibrate, causing
rattling noises at high sound levels.
Quadratic rooms or rooms where the length is close
to twice the width should b
tend to cause unwanted resonance and room
Placing your
loudspeakers
angle of the speakers according to the listener
In order to obtain the correct stereo perspective
loudspeakers should be placed symmetrically in
front of the listener. The distance between the
speakers should be roughly 80% of the distance
between the listener and one of the speakers. Or
put in another way, the angle seen by the by the
hould be about 45 degrees, as shown on
Either you can choose to place the speakers angled
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