Placementfor Best Stereo Imaging - JBL L1 Owner's Manual

the ultimate decision on where
you put your L Series speaker
system depends as much on your
musical priorities'as it does on
room layouL
Where you put your new
speakers can affect:
lmaging -When the per.formers
seem to appear between the loud-
speakers, creating a spacious,
three-dimensional sound stage that
Drawing lF - L5 position fronr view.
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seems to fill your room. ln fact,
under ideal conditions, the image
can actually extend beyond the
boundaries of your room!
Bass -The visceral impact of
music created by bass drums,
string bass, electric bass guitar or
synthesizer:
Tteble -
High-frequency detail
such as the sheen ofa cymbal
stroked with a brush, the
Placementfor best
stereo imaging
TheJBL engineers who created
your L Series speaker's desþned a
system so accurate that virtually
eveÐ/th¡ng you hear on a tâpe,
record or CD can appear on a
"sound stage" centered between
and extending well beyond the two
loudspeakers. To achieve this excit-
ing effect requires careful speaker
positioning.
Most important are the dimen-
sions which determine the angles
of an imaginary triangle formed be-
tween both speakers and your
main listening position as shown in
Fþure lA, lC and lE. NotqLZ
owners see L7 Supplementfor Þloce
ment drowing$
Try to achieve an angle between
the speakers and the main listening
breathiness of a
singer or the
te)cure of a vio-
lin bow drawn
across a string.
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placed ón their sides, make öure that the tops åce inward.
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Speaker-should be at least tivo inches îroin back
of the bookshelf.
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