Speaker Positioning - Q Acoustics Concept 500 Owner's Manual

0.6 - 1.0 m
2.0 - 4.0 m

Speaker Positioning

The speakers should be placed 2.0 – 4.0 m apart and equidistant from
the seated listener. Turning the speakers slightly inwards will sharpen the
stereo image at the expense of a narrower sound stage.
Concept Series speakers are rear ported and designed to work best with at
least 600 mm of free space behind them. Generally, the closer the speakers
are to the rear wall the more the bass frequencies will be reinforced until
they overwhelm the overall sound. In this instance closing the rear port with
the foam bung will tend to reduce bass, which is useful when domestic
circumstances demand that the Concept 500 is used closer to a rear wall.
Ensure that the bungs are fitted snugly into the port but avoid inserting
them too far. You will find the overall level of bass is reduced but bass
extension and definition will be increased. The optimal position of the
speakers will only be found through experimentation and by making small
adjustments during the first few listening sessions.
1.0 - 1.5 m
The foam bungs come in two parts so that they can be used to fully or
partly close the rear port. Again, the optimum configuration of the port can
only be found by experimentation.
Speaker positioning in a room is not an exact science. Even experts will
find it necessary to experiment.
Try to achieve the best balance between bass quantity versus quality and
vocal quality versus intelligibility.
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