MK Sound LCD-25 THE TRIPOLE SURROUND 25 SPEAKER, Placement Of The Tripole Surround Speaker

SATELLITE SPEAKER

Try to follow the formula as close as you can. You can fine tune the placement by listening to a source with an image (such as a vocalist) centered between the speakers. When listening in stereo (no Center Channel speaker), move the speakers closer together or farther apart in small increments until you hear the sharpest and most cohesive image, especially in the phantom center. You may also want to angle (or "toe-in") the speakers slightly. This often improves the sharpness of the stereo image, reduces room colorations, and provides a wider seating area.

5.THE TRIPOLE® SURROUND 25 SPEAKER

M&K’s exclusive Tripole® design is a new concept in surround channel speaker design, offering a new level of performance not possible with conventional speakers by combining the performance advantages of two different types of speakers. Think of it as a dipole surround speaker that includes a very high quality direct radiating speaker in the same cabinet.

As a Tripole® , the front baffle drivers (direct radiator) operate full range. The side Dipole drivers also operate, so sound is radiated on three axis. This means that the speaker can simultaneously produce a directional stereo image in the surround channels and an enveloping sound that wraps around the listeners. The directional qualities and stereo imaging may be preferred for playing back the "split" (stereo) surrounds of 5.1 channel discrete digital recordings.

The Tripole® design is also ideal for the back surround channel of a Surround-EX 6.1 channel system. If you have such a system, we recommend using two Tripole® surround speakers to reproduce this channel.

6.PLACEMENT OF THE TRIPOLE® SURROUND SPEAKER

This speaker is designed to be oriented with the front tweeter closest to the listeners. When the speaker is mounted above the listeners' heads, make certain that the tweeter on the front baffle is at the bottom. If the speaker is mounted below listeners' heads, the tweeter should be at the top.

Your surround speakers are designed to be used as surround channel speakers, playing Dolby Digital, DTS, DVD-A and other discrete digital, or Pro-Logic sources. The Tripole® surrounds will achieve excellent results in THX systems as well. While not specifically designed to be used as front channel or as stand-alone stereo speakers, feel free to experiment with them. As some listeners actually prefer them to conventional front speakers. The instructions given here apply to surround channel applications (including use for multi-channel music modes such as ambience recovery or acoustical environment synthesis).

FIGURE 3

Left	Center	Right
Left		Right
Surround		Surround

Due to the Tripole® design, the Surround 25 is less critical of placement than most speakers. They should be located high on the wall, to the sides or behind the listening position. They can be mounted on the back wall of the room. The Tripole® design radiates sound to the front and the rear of the room in addition to directly at the listeners. The usual installation will be mounted flush on the side or back wall of the room. When wall mounting is impractical or impossible, mounting the speakers on the ceiling can be an excellent solution.

a. POSITION RELATIVE TO SEATING

The surround speakers can be located either adjacent to or behind the seating position. For maximum enveloping quality, the preferred seating position, the surround speakers should be located directly to the left and to the preferred seating position See FIGURE 3 above. If there are multiple rows of seats, then the surround speakers would then be located directly to the left and right of the geometric center of the listening area. See FIGURE 4, on page 7.

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