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REAR SPEAKERS
IN-CEILING
Proper placement of the speakers is an important step in obtaining
the most realistic soundstage possible. These recommendations are
for the optimum placement of the loudspeakers. Use these placement
recommendations as a guide. Slight variations will not diminish vour
listening pleasure, The front speakers should be placed the same di-
stance from each other as they are from the listening position. They
should be placed at about the same height from the floor as the liste-
ner 's ears will be, with the tweeters aimed toward the listener at ear-level height. In a home theater configu-
ration, the two surround speakers should be placed slightly behind the listening position and ideally should
face each other and be at a level higher than the listener's ears. If that is not possible, they may be placed in
a wall (or in the ceiling) behind the listening position, facing forward. The surround speakers should not call
attention to themselves. They should provide a diffuse, ambient sound accompanying the main program mal-
erial heard in the front speakers. In Dolby* Digital and DTS" systems, aim the tweeters toward the listening
position at ear-level height.
SPEAKER CONNECTIONS
CONNECTION TIPS
The wires for both speakers
image. With the advent of mutti-
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should be the same length. If
channel surround sound
one speaker is placed closer to
systems, connecting all of the
the amplifier than the other,
speakers in your system with
hide the excess wire behind
the correct polarity remains
the wall Speakers and elec-
equally important in order to
tronics terminals have corre-
preserve the proper ambience
sponding (+) and (—) terminals.
and directionality of the
We use red to denote the (+) termi-
program material.
nal and black for the (—) termi-
nal. It is important to connect
both speakers identically: (+) on
the speaker to (+) on the ampli-
fier and (—) on the speaker to (—)
on the amplifier. Wiring "out
of phase" results in thin sound,
weak bass and a poor stereo
Front or Rear Speaker Outputs
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