Practice of sound / Installing and placing tips
This chapter contains common information on
oudspeaker p acement and insta ation.
In which room do you
achieve the best sound?
No matter how good the equipment is, in the wrong
istening environment it wi inevitab y sound bad.
There are some basic ru es concerning a proper
oudspeaker insta ation.
Reflections Carpets, curtains and soft furniture absorb
midrange and high frequency sound, and this is
preferab e. Big empty area, on the contrary, ref ects
it and produces a hard sound that may ead to a
b urry dia ogue. Apart from co ouring the sound,
a so the perspective of the sound wi deteriorate.
Am lification of bass
frequencies
A oudspeaker that is p aced near a wa , cei ing or
f oor wi be amp ified in the ower frequencies in a
sometimes not desirab e way (since it may ead to
an indistinct sound recreation). This amp ification
becomes even more obvious if the oudspeaker is
p aced near a corner. Thus, for a sound as c ear as
possib e, the oudspeaker shou d be p aced about
30 cm (about 12 inches) away from the wa .
However, there are exceptions from this ru e. For
some type of wa s / rooms it may be advantageous
to p ace the oudspeaker c oser to the wa .
Furniture Be aware that furniture may vibrate and thus
createbad sound at oud bass
Room dimensions Quadratic rooms or rooms where the ength is
exact y twice as ong as the width shou d be
avoided, since they may create unwanted
resonance.
Placing the louds eakers How the oudspeakers are p aced towards the
istener is of great importance
The front s eakers For stereo istening the oudspeakers shou d be
p aced symmetrica y in front of the istener. The
distance between the oudspeakers shou d be about
80% of the distance between the istener and one
oudspeaker, or put in another way: the ang e
between the oudspeakers, as seen from the istener,
shou d be about 45 degrees. This means for examp e
that if the distance between the oudspeakers is 2
meters, the istener shou d be p aced 2.5 meters
from the oudspeakers.
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