Project EVEREST DD66000
CHAPTER 7
Placement and
The Project EVEREST DD66000 loudspeaker system is designed to be less affected by room acoustics than conventional imaging systems. However, it is very sensitive to overall symmetry, proximity to walls, ceilings and corners.
Ideally, any listening room should contain a combination of live surfaces (e.g., walls and windows) and absorbent surfaces (e.g., drapes, carpets, upholstery). If the distance between floor to ceiling is low, it is preferable that one surface has an absorbent covering. With Project EVEREST DD66000, it is most important to be able to accommodate the optimum listening area that is defined by the 100° horizontal/60° vertical coverage pattern of the horn.
In order to obtain the best stereo effect, the speakers should be placed at the same distance from the listening position.
∙The distances to the right and left speakers are determined by the relationship between the
distance from the listening position to the speakers and the angles of the speakers (refer to the figure on the right). The imaging qualities enable the speakers to be placed relatively far apart from each other, but this weakens center imaging such as vocal. By increasing the inward angle of the
speakers toward the listener will improve the center imaging.
∙The listener should be centered in front of the speakers and furniture should be of an appropriate height so that when the listener is sitting, the ear level is on a vertical plane with the
90 cm/ 35.5 in) as illustrated on the right.
∙The surrounding environment for the speakers affect bass sound quality. Placing the speakers close to wall behind them or side walls bring about abundance of bass, but too close distance will result in dull bass. On the other hand, too much distance will reduce the mass of bass but result is in
