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Practice of sound / Installation and placement tips
This chapter co tai s commo i formatio o
loudspeaker placeme t a d i stallatio .
This is ge eral rules, so there are exceptio s of
In which room do
you achieve the best
sound?
No matter how good the equipme t is, i the wro g
liste i g e viro me t it will i evitably sou d bad.
There are some basic rules co cer i g a proper
loudspeaker i stallatio :
Carpets, curtai s a d soft fur
ra ge a d high freque cy sou d, a d this is
preferable. Big empty area, o the co trary, reflects
it a d produces hard reflectio s that may lead to
blurry dialogue. Apart from colouri g the sou d,
also the perspective of the sou d will det
Reflectio s i the room ca roughly be compared to
the reflectio s that yield ghost pictures o a TV
A loudspeaker that is placed ear a wall, ceili g or
floor will amplify lower freque cies i a
ot desirable way (si ce it may lead to a i disti ct
sou d recreatio ). This amplificatio becomes eve
more obvious if the loudspeaker is placed ear a
cor er. Thus, for a sou d as clear as possible, the
loudspeaker should be placed at least 3
12 i ch) away from the wall
Some co structio s are
made to be placed closed to
Be aware that fur iture may vibrate a d thus create
Quadratic rooms or rooms where the le
exactly twice as lo g as the width should be
avoided, si ce they may create u wa ted
Placement of the
subwoofer
The placeme t of the subwoofer i the room
affects the overall freque cy respo se
a d sou d level of the system. A
the effect of the room is
cha ge i the subwoofer's locatio ca make a
differe ce i the freque cy bala ce.
a d methodical experime tatio is eeded
to fi d a optimal placeme t. The
the phase differe ce betwee the mai
loudspeakers a d the subwoofer.
O e basic rule is to place the subwoofer together
with or ear the fro t system (especially importa t
if the fro t loudspeaker also propagate
is will mi imize the risk of phase
