Placement - Infinity Intermezzo 4.1t Owner's Manual

P
LACEMENT
The Infinity Intermezzo 4.1t is designed to offer excellent
performance in any listening room or home-theater system.
However, the following placement guidelines and suggestions will
start you on your way to achieving optimum performance.
Remember, these are guidelines. We suggest you experiment with
positioning the loudspeakers to determine their ideal placement
in your particular listening room.
2-Channel or Front Left and Right
in a Home-Theater System
Generally, the system should be placed at least three feet away
from the side walls. In 2-channel applications, the two speakers
should be equidistant from your primary listening position. We
recommend that the angle formed between the speakers and the
listening area be between 45° and 60°. For example, if the
speakers are 8' apart, your listening position should be 8' to
12' from each speaker. See Figure 1. With wider speaker
separations, it may be advantageous to slightly angle the
speakers, aiming them toward the listening area.
When used as part of a home-theater system, you may find that
you achieve excellent performance with the left and right
speakers spread apart even further. Feel free to experiment with
the placement of the speakers to achieve the best possible sound
in your listening room.
Normally, it is recommended that the driver of each subwoofer
face toward the outside, and this is how the subs are packaged.
In some rooms, however, the system may perform better with the
woofers facing the inside. Feel free to experiment.
Surround Channels in a Home-Theater System
When used as part of a Dolby* Pro Logic*,THX
channel home-theater system, the surround speakers should be
placed at the sides of, and directed toward, the main listening
area. See Figure 2. If there are several rows of seating, place the
speakers, as described above, perpendicular to, or slightly
behind, the last row of seating.
When used as part of a 7-channel music or home-theater system,
place the side speakers at the sides of and directed toward the
main listening area. If there are several rows of seating, place
the speakers, as described above, perpendicular to the middle
row of seating.The rear speakers should be placed on the rear
wall facing the front of the room. Each rear speaker should be
about 1/3 of the way into the room, but never to the outside of
the listening area. See Figure 3.
As mentioned earlier, Intermezzo 4.1t offers several ways to fine-
tune the system for optimum performance in any listening room.
These techniques, as well as Infinity's exclusive R.A.B.O.S.
system, will be discussed in detail later in this manual.
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F 1
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LEFT
CHANNEL
F 2
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FRONT
LEFT
LEFT
SURROUND
F 3
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FRONT
LEFT
LEFT
SIDE
REAR
LEFT
RIGHT
CHANNEL
SOFA
FRONT
RIGHT
CENTER
RIGHT
SOFA
SURROUND
FRONT
RIGHT
CENTER
RIGHT
SOFA
SIDE
REAR
RIGHT
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