Emotiva Airmotiv 4s User Manual page 15

If possible, mount your airmotiv 4s monitors upright (with the high-frequency transducer
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on top), vertically (not angled upwards or downwards), with the middle of the front baffle at
approximately the same height as the engineer's seated head height, and toe in each speaker
so the front is directly facing towards the engineer's head.
Locate your airmotiv 4s monitors so that the distance between them is approximately the
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same as the distance between each monitor and the engineer's head (the monitors and the
engineer should form an equilateral triangle).
• If your monitors must be mounted above head height, tilting them down to directly face
the engineer's seated head position is suggested, and mounting them upside down (high-
frequency transducer towards the floor) will produce better results in many cases. The goal
is to maximize direct sound reaching the engineer and minimize reflected sound. If possible,
avoid mounting your monitors in the upper or lower corners of the room (doing so will
enhance bass output, but will often produce muddy bass and adversely affect imaging.)
• If conditions require that your monitors be placed on a table or other horizontal surface,
or with other large reflective surfaces between them and the console, you can minimize
reflections by covering the surface with sound absorbing material.
Always leave several inches of clearance behind your airmotiv 4s powered monitors to
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avoid blocking the rear-positioned port and to allow the amplifiers to dissipate heat via the
aluminum back plate, which will get warm in normal operation.
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