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Practice of sound / Installing and placing tips
This chapter contains common information on
loudspeaker placement and installation.
No matter how good the equipment is, in the wrong
In which room do you
listening environment it will inevitably sound bad.
achieve the best sound?
There are some basic rules concerning a proper
loudspeaker installation.
Reflections
Carpets,
curtains
and
soft
furniture
absorb
midrange and high frequency sound, and this is
preferable. Big empty area, on the contrary, reflects
it and produces a hard sound that may lead to a
blurry dialogue. Apart from colouring the sound,
also the perspective of the sound will deteriorate.
Amplification of bass
A loudspeaker that is placed near a wall, ceiling or
floor will be amplified in the lower frequencies in a
frequencies
sometimes not desirable way (since it may lead to
an indistinct sound recreation). This amplification
becomes even more obvious if the loudspeaker is
placed near a corner. Thus, for a sound as clear as
possible, the loudspeaker should be placed about
30 cm (about 12 inches) away from the wall.
However, there are exceptions from this rule. For
some type of walls / rooms it may be advantageous
to place the loudspeaker closer to the wall.
Be aware that furniture may vibrate and thus
Furniture
createbad sound at loud bass
Room dimensions
Quadratic rooms or rooms where the length is
exactly twice as long as the width should be
avoided,
since
they
may
create
unwanted
resonance.
How the loudspeakers are placed towards the
Placing the loudspeakers
listener is of great importance
The front speakers
For stereo listening the loudspeakers should be
placed symmetrically in front of the listener. The
distance between the loudspeakers should be about
80% of the distance between the listener and one
loudspeaker, or put in another way: the angle
between the loudspeakers, as seen from the listener,
should be about 45 degrees. This means for example
that if the distance between the loudspeakers is 2
meters, the listener should be placed 2.5 meters
from the loudspeakers.
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