Linn AKURATE Loudspeaker System owner manual English Akurate 242, 225, Positioning and levelling

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English AKURATE 242, 225 and 212

Positioning and levelling

To get the best from your Linn AKURATE speakers, it is important that they are positioned and levelled correctly. The acoustics of a room are dependent on many factors including size, shape and even furniture. The information below will assist in helping you find the best position in your room for your speakers and will tell you how to level them correctly.

Positioning

It pays dividends to experiment with loudspeaker positioning. However, the very nature of the 3-K Array and its close driver proximity ensures uniform dispersion characteristics and therefore should not require any significant degree of toeing-in to improve performance.

A loudspeaker placed too close to a wall will tend to affect bass definition creating a bass ‘bloom’, so a minimum of 9” (23 cm) is recommended between the back of a speaker and the closest wall. If lack of space is an issue, foam bungs are provided for insertion into the AKURATE 242 and 212 speakers’ rear reflex ports to seal the cabinets. This converts the speakers to an infinite baffle design and allows them to be placed closer to a wall. The AKURATE speaker system will work effectively in free space, but if bass extension is limited the AKURATE 242 and 225 speakers contain a Bass Boost feature to enhance the bass frequencies below 200 Hz (see Bass Boost section).

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Contents Akurate Loudspeaker System Important Safety Information English Important Safety InformationFuse replacement English Important Safety InformationMains plug replacement CE Declaration of ConformityCopyright and Acknowledgements English Copyright and AcknowledgementsContents Introduction Introduction EnglishAkurate system English Introduction FeaturesAkurate 242, 225 Entire SystemAkurate 242, 225 CleaningUnpacking Akurate 242, 225 and 212 EnglishEnglish Akurate 242, 225 Positioning and levellingPositioning Levelling General ConnectingBi-wiring or bi-amping Single-wiring Tri-wiring or tri-ampingImportant notes on using the link strips Quad-amping and beyondImportant Notes on Aktiv Systems Aktiv operationVoltage selection Akurate 221 EnglishPositioning Fabric grilleAkurate 221 ONE Connecting to another Akurate 221 speakerOperation Adjusting the parametersOperating modes ParametersEnglish Akurate Description and available settings for parametersTechnical Specifications English Technical SpecificationsEnglish Guarantee and Service Guarantee and Service