Positioning Your Loudspeakers - HHB Circle 5 Operating Instructions Manual

Positioning Your Loudspeakers

Correct positioning of loudspeakers in the room is essential, as this will greatly affect the
accuracy of the sound. Speakers radiate sound from all directions and therefore placing
them against walls or on the floor is not advisable. HHB Circle 5 monitors are optimised for
use under free-field conditions - therefore for the best results, consider the following points
when setting up your speaker system.
Speaker Placement
• The Circle 5 loudspeakers should be placed upright on stands, away from boundaries to
reduce reflections. Do not place them on their sides, as the response at the crossover
frequency will be inaccurate.
• Both speakers should be the same distance from the listening position.
• The Circle 5 speakers should be angled in towards each other, so as to point at the listening
position, and placed at a height where the listener's ears are level with the tweeters.
• Ideally, the two speakers should sit at the corners of a triangle, where the distance from
position D to C is a little longer than the distance from A to B:
• The listener should not sit too close to the speakers, (i.e., within this imaginary triangle),
since the important centre image can be greatly affected when listening in this position.
Loudspeakers
A
D
C
Listener
B
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