Placement

Placement is a very important part of the set up proce- dure.

We recommend that you start with the system roughly two meters from the wall behind the speakers, woofers on the outside of the stat panels, woofer fronts flush with and beside the stat panel frame fronts. Recommended toe-in is 10 degrees or less. Narrow rooms may require the woofers to be on the inside of the stat panels. Sound- stage and imaging are affected by the relative placement of the woofers with respect to the stat panels. The woofer columns may be moved back half way between the stat panels and the wall, however, this will affect the bass response, time alignment, and woofer/stat panel relative levels. Crossover settings may need re-adjustment. Also, even though the best results seem to occur with the stat panel cable connector polarity dots up, time alignment variations may warrant experimentation with inverting the stat panel polarity (red dot down).

We have found that, generally, the best performance results with the woofers positioned close to the left and right walls and to the outside of the stat panels.

Narrow Rooms

A narrow room almost dictates that the woofers will be to the inside of the stat panels. Experiment with the position that results in the widest soundstage, tightest and most extended bass, and the best balance at the lower midrange area.

Wide Rooms

You have more room to experiment here. Place your stat panels for the best soundstage. You will find that they can be placed quite far apart and still provide excellent middle center staging with the stage width extending beyond the outer edges of both stat panels. Initially, try placing the woofers to the outside of the stats, close to the side walls.

Woofer/Room Interaction vs.Time Alignment

The crossover is provided at 125 Hz so you have some latitude for movement without much trade-off regarding imaging. However, you will find dramatic changes regarding woofer/room placement.

The most extended bass response generally occurs when placing the woofers at the corners of the room, however a horn effect can occur affecting the lower midrange area. If the woofer is placed between the stats, generally a prominence in the upper bass will occur due to rear wall reflection enhancement, with a recession in the lower bass (your “Fun Factor Control” will solve this problem).

It is for the above reasons that we recommend your starting position begin with the woofers to the outside and parallel with the frontal plane of the stats. Once you have established a reference listening condition, begin to experiment and don’t be afraid to move the woofer tower all over the back wall area.

Room Treatment

Room treatment is a crucial part of the system set up. We recommend experimentation with sound absorbing panels and/or diffusers. It is most important to avoid sonic glare from reflections off the wall behind the speakers and behind the listener. Consider, however, that too much acoustic treatment may cause the system to sound too dry. We have found that a 2' wide panel 6' tall placed directly behind the stat panel on the wall can be very effective without damping the sound too much.

Experimenting with center dampers such as the ASC half rounds on the wall between the speakers can enhance center staging.

Experimenting with damping on the back wall, if it is close to the listening position, can also help establish a superior imaging condition.

Experimenting with damping on the side walls directly to the side of the stat panels, particularly in narrow rooms, can result in superior imaging and reduced “glare” in conditions where the room and wall surfaces are hard.

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