Reflection

control panel (as shown in Figure 1 below). This kind of speaker placement also couples acoustic energy from the speaker's cabinet more readily into the console's chassis. Both conditions should be reduced by placing the speakers on their own stands acoustically detached from, and slightly behind, the console as shown in Figure

2.In this location, the reflective path off the console's control panel is now blocked by the meter bridge.

Figure 1

Direct Path

Monitors placed on the console’s meter bridge can directly radiate back onto the console control panel causing a strong delayed reflection at the listening position

Figure 2

Direct Path		—6”—
		Minimum
	Console
Path	Avoids
Path
Direct		Random
		Random
		Reflections
Moving the monitors to a position behind the meter bridge causes
the bridge to block the offending reflective path

Careful consideration should also be given to the physical spacing between the speakers. Alesis recommends that the distance between the speakers equal the distance between the listener and either speaker. In other words, the listener and the two speakers are at the three corners of a triangle having equal- length sides. Figure 3 shows this concept. Note that both speakers are turned in somewhat, so that the prime listening position is directly out in front of each speaker. Applications that require monitoring by