PRESONUS R Series Owner's Manual page 13

3 Application Guide
3.2 Calibrating Using 85 dB SPL "Standard" Reference
If possible, your mix position should be placed on the center of a wall as
this will provide a more balanced listening position. Place your speakers so
that they arethe same distance from the sides of the room.Thatis,if your
left speaker is six feet from the wall to the left and two feet from the wall
behind, your right speaker should be six feet from the wall to the right and
two feetfrom the wall behind. By centering your mix position, your monitor
systemwillprovidemorereliablelow-frequencyintelligibility.Inarectangular
room, it is best to set up along one of the long walls,especially in a smaller
room. This will minimize problems caused by side wall reflections.
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Just like it's not a good idea to set up your mix position in a corner,it's not a
goodideatocreateacornerwithyourmixposition.Makesurethedistance
from the speaker to the wall behind it is different than the distance from
the side wall closest to it. Forexample,if your left speaker is one footfrom
the wall to its left, it shouldn't also be one foot from the wall behind it.
The R-Series'waveguide design ensures wider horizontal coverage with a tight
vertical dispersion that helps to limit early reflections from your desk or console.
Unlike other monitors that can be placed horizontallyor vertically, this design
requires that the R-Series monitors always be placed in their vertical orientation.
60˚ 60˚
Wheneverpeople talk aboutlistening tospeaker systems,they
talkaboutthe"sweetspot."Asmentioned earlier,thisis themiddle
position between the two sides of a stereo system, where the speakers
overlap, and it is where the stereo image will be the best.
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