Room Treatment - Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation R 2.0 Owner's Manual

PARSIFAL OVATION
R.2.0
The following guidelines are based on our own experience
with the PARSIFAL OVATION. We recommend you to start
with these and later on (after getting familiar with your
PARSIFAL OVATION) bring your own modifications that will
optimize your setup.
First, the distance from the rear wall to the speaker front
baffle of your speaker (midrange center) should be equaled
to the height of your room times 0.62. Then follow the
following instructions according to your own room
characteristics:
1. Your sitting position will be within ten feet (3
meters) from your loudspeakers
Your setup will be according to the equilateral
principle. To form an equilateral triangle, the angle
between you and your two speakers shall be 60
degrees. If you cannot evaluate it, simply measure the
distance from the center of your speaker front baffle
to your listening position. Then, adjust the distance
between your two loudspeakers to the same value.
2. Your sitting position will be more than ten feet (3
meters) away from your loudspeakers
The width of your room divided by 3.6 will give you
the distance from the sidewall to the center of the
front baffle of your speakers.
Figure 1 Room placement method number 1 and different room treatment devices
VERITY AUDIO
We suggest that you start with the speakers aligned
directly at you. Then open them slowly until you get the
best soundstage without losing too much center-stage
definition. In most cases, the left speaker should be aligned
toward your left shoulder and the right speaker should be
aligned toward your right shoulder. Opening them will
improve your image width and closing them will improve
your image center definition. Conversely, if you wish to
broaden your listening area, tow them in even more until
they are aligned with your opposite shoulder.

Room Treatment

The PARSIFAL OVATION gives its best performance in an
average-furnished domestic listening room. It requires a
minimum of room treatment. Before investing in room
treatment we strongly recommend you to take the time to
listen and get familiar with your speakers. The PARSIFAL
OVATION has proven to be a standalone loudspeaker that
rarely needs to be acoustically corrected. A good room
placement is usually the most effective approach.
You should always start to position your speakers without
any treatment. If speaker positioning cannot solve standing
waves or reverberation problems read the following.
OWNER'S MANUAL
September 2009
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