Genesis Advanced Technologies G5.3 owner manual ~ Ä ë ç ä ì í É = Ñ á Ç É ä á í ó

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Mastering the Refinements of the system

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small amount of absorption. Hence, a curtained glass window would just be about perfect.

2.Sidewalls. Because the speaker is a dipole it is less sensitive to the sidewalls. However, as a rule of thumb, it is a good idea to keep the speaker as far away from the sidewalls as is practical. With this in mind, it may be helpful to add some damping material or diffuser panels to the point of first reflection. This is a point on the sidewalls between the listener and the loudspeaker. It is where the sound from the loudspeaker first hits the sidewall, then bounces to the listener. This reflection is undesirable because it is slightly delayed from the original sound and “smears” pinpoint imaging. This point on the sidewall can be easily determined with the help of a second person and a mirror.

Sitting in your listening position have an assistant hold a mirror up on the sidewall. Move the mirror until you can see the tweeter. This is the point of first reflection. A diffuser (see your dealer), an absorptive material or even a piece of furniture (a rack of CDs or LPs is ideal) can help break up this point of first reflection.

3.Rear wall. In many cases it will be unnecessary to do anything with the wall behind your listening position unless you are sitting very close to the rear wall. You may want to experiment with diffusers or absorbers behind you for best sound. Absorption behind the listener is usually beneficial.

Mastering the Refinements of the system

Fine tuning an audio system is an art that will take time and patience. It can be one of the more rewarding learning experiences you will have in the pursuit of music and its enjoyment.

Keep at it and remember to enjoy your music as you work on perfecting your set-up. Use as wide a range of music and performances as you can get a hold of in your set-up. The better your set-up, the better badly-recordedmusic will sound. If your system only sounds great on a very small number of “reference recordings”, then you will be restricted to enjoying a narrow range of music.

One of the best pieces of advice we can offer is that you take advantage of the ear's ability to identify similarities and differences in

 

 

 

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