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Speaker lnstallation - Chapter 2
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Like any speaker system, your Point Sevens will work best when properly positioned
in a suitable acoustic environment. Achieving proper speaker placement is usually
straightforward, but even with near-field monitors, speaker placement and the
acoustics of the listening room itself are too often overlooked and can become
significant contributors to an inaccurate and uninspiring monitoring environment.
Speaker Placement
While near-field monitors are more forgiving
of the surrounding
room acoustics, it is
always prudent to optimize the listening environment
whenever possible. First, the
user should be aware of the effect that the size of the listening room can have on low
frequency response. ln generaf the smaller the room, the stronger the bottom end
will be, although placement within a larger room can also make a difference. This
has to do with the way low-frequency waves travel in closed spaces. If you find your
monitor system to be either light or heavy on the bottom, try moving them around
within your lstening room.
You should avoid locating your Point Sevens near reflective surfaces such as glass,
tile, large open walls or table tops. Sti[ many rooms used for recording have these
surfaces, so the best way to deal with them is to place the monitors out in the room
away from reflective walls, windows and sizable objects. Even with these reflective
surfaces separated from the monitoring
positiory typical mixing situations usually
still have the top surface of the mixing board to deal with.
Unfortunately,
the board itself can be a major source of reflections and the additional
acoustic conduction into the board can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase
response. Speaker placement on the console's meter bridge provides for two clear
acoustic paths between the speakers and the recording engineer which results in
undesirable comb filtering effects and poor imaging.
The first path is the direct one,
and the second is via a reflection off the mixer main control panel:
Monitors placed on the console's meter bridge can directly radiate
back onto the console control panel causing a strong delayed
reflection at the listening position
Point Seven Reference Manual
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