Alesis MONITORONEMK2 manual Speaker placement, Avoid reflections

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chapter 2

Installation

Like any speaker system, your Monitor Ones will work best when properly positioned in a suitable acoustic environment. Achieving proper speaker placement is usually straightforward, but even with near-field monitors, speaker placement and the acoustics of the listening room itself are too often overlooked and can become significant contributors to an inaccurate and uninspiring monitoring environment.

Please take a moment to read this information carefully. It will help you to get the most use and enjoyment from your new Alesis monitors.

Speaker placement

Avoid reflections

While near-field monitors are fairly forgiving of the surrounding room acoustics, it is always prudent to optimize the listening environment whenever possible. First, the user should be aware of the effect that the size of the listening room can have on low frequency response. In general, the smaller the room, the stronger the bottom end will be, although within a larger room placement can also make a difference. This has to do with the way low-frequency waves travel in closed spaces. If you find your monitor system to be either light or heavy on the bottom, try moving them around within your listening room.

✪Because the Monitor One's SuperPort tube is located at the rear, position the monitors at least six inches away from anything that would block the port. Do not place the Monitor Ones inside a bookshelf or other closed chamber, such as a wall soffit. The Monitor Ones are designed to be used in free space. Otherwise, bass frequency response will be adversely affected.

You should avoid locating your Monitor Ones near reflective surfaces such as glass, tile, large open walls or table tops. Still, many rooms used for recording have these surfaces, so the best way to deal with them is to place the monitors out in the room away from reflective walls, windows and sizable objects.

Even with these reflective surfaces separated from the monitoring position, typical mixing situations usually still have the top surface of the mixing console to deal with. Unfortunately, the console itself can be a major source

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Contents Page Page Owners Reference Manual Alesis Contact Information Thank you Table of ContentsPlease follow these precautions when using this product Safety symbols used in this productRead these instructions Safety instructions CE Declaration of Conformity About the Monitor One About the Monitor One chapter About near-field monitoring About the Monitor One chapter Avoid reflections Speaker placementReflection Listening triangle Symmetry Why not place tweeters to the outside? Use the correct polarity when wiring Connecting your speakers to an amplifierInstallation What size power amp should you use? Power and ProtectionShould I install a fuse?
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