Setting Up Your Speakers - Adam S5VA Operation Manual

Setting up your speakers

The Tweeter should be positioned approximately at the height of your ears. In case
you need to position the speaker in a significant lower or higher position, the monitor
should be angled accordingly.
Placement of 2 speakers
The ideal placement of two speakers and a listener in a two-channel stereo listening
situation are the corner points of a equilateral triangle (60° angles). Since the S5VA is
a mid field monitor, the best performance will be achieved with a stereo base/listening
distance between 1 and 4 meters.
Surround placement
Speaker positioning for multi-channel stereo purposes is ideally based on a circle with
speakers placed at 0° (Center), 30° (Front Right), 110° (Rear Right), 250° (Rear Left),
330° (Front Left), with the listener being the circle's center (Radius between 0.7-2.0 m).
This ITU recommended configuration may vary depending on the purpose of the control
room (music or film). However, it is recommended to create a symmetrical listening
position with the front side and surround speaker pointing to the listener's ear.
The distance to the surrounding walls should be at least 40 cm to avoid early reflections,
which will degrade the sound.
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