Niles Audio cm5at manual Speaker Placement, Introduction, Placement for Critical Listening

Speaker Placement	Introduction
	Although the CM5AT, CM6AT and CM8AT
	have extensive ability to compensate for
	unusual placements with their unique piv-
	oting tweeters and acoustic fine-tuning
	switches, placement is still the primary
	tool for satisfying your particular listening
	needs. In the following section, we discuss
	how speakers should be placed and how
	tweeters should be directed and how the
	acoustic fine-tuning switches should be set
	for different purposes.
	Placement for Critical Listening
	If you like to imagine that the band or
	orchestra is playing in front of you as you
	listen to music, or you are very conscious
	of clarity, detail and the textures of the
	individual instruments, or you listen criti-
	cally to movie soundtracks or music
	videos in your home theater, you will
	need your speakers placed so that they are
	optimized for critical listening. Here are
	some guidelines to make the process of
	placement quick and easy.

Make sure the sound will not be blocked or reflected off of furniture or other objects. You should have a direct line of

					Figure 4
					In this example,
					the speakers
		Direct tweeter			could be
					placed from
		towards listener
					five to 10 feet
					apart, since the
					listener is 10
					feet back from
					the speakers
Critical
	10'		5'	10'
Listening
Position

Direct tweeter

towards listener

Speaker Placement

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