Speaker Placement; Speaker Height - ION DESK ROCKER Owner's Manual

SPEAKER PLACEMENT

The placement of your speakers has a huge impact on how well they will perform in your
studio.
Although nearfield studio monitors are designed to be more forgiving when it comes to
placement, you should do your best to make sure they form an equilateral triangle relative
to your head. In other words, make sure that each speaker is equally distant from both
your head as well as the other speaker. Once each speaker has been placed, rotate the
speakers slightly so that they point toward the listener.
Take a look at the diagram on
the right. Notice that the
distance from the listener's head
to each speaker is the same as
the distance between the left
and right speakers.
that the speakers are turned
slightly so that they face the
listener.
This is an ideal setup but if it is
not practical (or possible) to do
this, try to match this setup as
closely as possible.

SPEAKER HEIGHT

The ideal height
ROCKER USB speakers is so that
the speaker is parallel to the
ground and that the midpoint of the
woofer and tweeter is at ear-height.
The diagram below demonstrates
the ideal placement height of the
speakers relative to the engineer.
Notice that the engineer's ears are
directly between the woofer and
tweeter.
If possible, use speaker stands and move the monitors off of your desk (or meter bridge, if
you are using a mixer).
decoupled from your desk and there is less chance reflected sound from the desk (or
mixer) reaching your ears and smearing the imaging of your studio monitors.
LEFT SPEAKER
Also note
for DESK
This usually results in better imaging since the monitor is
LISTENER
WOOFER/TWEETER MIDPOINT
4
RIGHT SPEAKER
The speakers and
listener should be at
the three corners of a
triangle having equal
length sides.