Speaker Placement; Left And Right Speakers; Center Channel Speaker - JBL Synthesis SCL-2 Owner's Manual

SPEAKER PLACEMENT

Positioning your loudspeakers properly is critical in order to achieve the sonic performance of a home theater. Please
read the following section for guidance in correct and optimal placement.

LEFT AND RIGHT SPEAKERS

The SCL-2 is a perfect choice to serve as front left and right main speakers in a multi-channel system. Since they have
been designed for uniform coverage and maximum dispersion of sound, they should be placed with the center of the
speakers at about the same height on screen as the actors to aid in the illusion that the actors' voices are coming
directly from their on-screen images. Ideally, the speakers will be placed about 60 degrees apart from each other
viewed from the listening position, so that the distance between the speakers is the same as each speaker's distance
from the listener (Figure 1).
Although their acoustic coverage area allows mounting the speaker in any of the four possible orientations (horn above,
below, to the left or to the right of the two woofers), the preferred orientation is with the horn above the two woofers
(Figure 2). Ultimately, the best mounting orientation depends on the mounting location and room boundaries.
L
LEFT
SIDE

CENTER CHANNEL SPEAKER

The SCL-2 may be oriented either vertically or horizontally when used as a center channel speaker. If the speaker
is being used with a perforated projection screen, it should be mounted behind the center of the screen with the
horizontal center axis aligned as close as possible to the center axis of the Left and Right channel speakers (Figure 3).
C R
RIGHT
SIDE
Figure 1
Figure 3
Figure 2
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