Dynaudio Focus Distance to back and side walls, Adapting the bass reflex port, 0.5 m, Positioning

Positioning

Distance to back and side walls

Every loudspeaker not only disperses sound energy directly into the room, but also to the side and even backwards. As a result, time-delayed reflections occur and add to the original music signal. Thus, when loudspeakers are positioned too close to walls, the sound quality can be restricted.

The Focus models were developed to be placed free-standing, and therefore they reach their optimum performance when positioned as clear of any walls as possible.

X To reduce possible influences from the back and sidewalls, the distance to these boundaries should ideally not be less than 0.5 meter.

			Adapting the bass reflex port
			To minimize low frequency reflections, which will be heard as a thickening of the sound,
	D		the Focus models can be adapted to the room’s acoustic character by using foam plugs
D			in the bass reflex port. This will essentially attenuate the room-induced boost in the low
	D ≥	0.5 m	frequency range by dampening the deep frequencies, yielding a more clear and tight
			sound and minimized backwave reflections when the loudspeaker is positioned near rear

walls.

Fig. 4 Distance to walls.	X Fully insert the foam port plugs packed with your loudspeaker into the bass reflex tube,
	to attenuate the bass output (if required).

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