Play Music - Davone Meander User Manual

PLAY MUSIC

SPOTIFY CONNECT
• Make sure your phone/tablet is connected to the same wifi network as your
Davone Meander and then open the Spotify APP.
• From the Spotify APP click the devices icon and select Davone Meander, or the
name you have given to the Davone Meander.
• Spotify device icon:
GOOGLE CHROMECAST
• Make sure your phone/tablet is connected to the same wifi network as your
Davone Meander.
• From any APP that supports Chromecast (such as Spotify, Tidal, Tuneln), you can
connect by clicking the Chromecast icon and selecting your Davone Meander.
• Google Chromecast icon:
APPLE AIRPLAY
• Make sure your apple device is connected to the same wifi network as your
Davone Meander.
• From you apple device you can activate Airplay by pressing the Airplay Icon and
selecting your Davone Meander.
BLUETOOTH
• The Davone Meander is always available for pairing with any Bluetooth audio
compatible device.
• Go to Bluetooth settings on your device and connect with the Davone Meander.
When the connection is established, you can start playing music immediately
from any APP supporting Bluetooth playback.
PLACEMENT
INTRODUCTION
By doing 2 quick experiments you can learn the basics of room acoustics and you will
be able to get the best sound from the Meander. We hope you are up for it. Just press-
ing an automatic room correction button might lead to disappointing results.
LISTENING TO A STANDING WAVE
When a loudspeaker plays music in a room, the sound is reflected back and forth
between the walls, floor and ceiling. In the low frequencies this will lead to so called
standing waves. You can hear these yourself. Search for "sinewave 100 Hz" at Spotify.
Play and walk through the room. You will hear that the loudness varies a lot depend-
ing on where you are. Loudest in the corner and hardly audible in other places away
from the walls. Sitting and standing will also give different loudness.
LISTENING TO ROOM AMPLIFICATION
Place the Meander in a corner. Play some music and pay attention to the bass. Now
place the Meander in the middle of the room and play the same music. You will hear
the bass has become a lot less. The amount of sound the Meander produces is spread
in all directions now and therefore the bass output seems to be less compared to the
corner position, even though it is the same.
ROOM ABSORPTION
The Meander is designed to deliver high fidelity throughout the room, not just one
listening position. It does do by pointing the loudspeakers upwards. The sound is re-
flected and spread out from the ceiling and walls. The harder the surfaces, the better
this works. Carpets, curtains and furniture absorb the high frequencies more than the
low frequencies. The sound becomes unbalanced and might need a correction.