MAIN SATELLITE SPEAKER
FIGURE 2
XAY
SEPARATION BETWEEN LEFT
AND RIGHT SPEAKERS
B
Aim the speakers
at the primary listener.
Line X - Y should equal line A - B.
(Line A - B appears longer in this diagram due to an optical illusion).
cially in the phantom center. You may also want to angle (or
D.VERTICAL ORIENTATION
The performance of your speakers is dependent on their orientation. THX speakers are designed for controlled vertical dispersion and wide hor- izontal dispersion. By controlling the vertical dispersion, we limit the amount of sound that would otherwise be reflected with a time delay from the floor and ceiling (for the reasons discussed in B. above).
This means the speakers should always be vertically oriented. The S-
150 is vertically oriented when its tweeters are vertically stacked (not next to each other). When vertical, the controlled dispersion is in the correct plane. If they are oriented horizontally (on their sides), listeners right or left of a direct line from the center of the speaker will hear a compromised sound quality, an irregular frequency response, as well as some other problems.
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FIGURE 3
While this may be acceptable for background listening, we strongly recommend that you do not place them on their sides for any other listening. The
Figure 3.
6.SPEAKER PLACEMENT IN A HOME AUDIO SYSTEM
Placement is very important. You should take at least the same amount of time and care in setting up your M&K speakers as you would with the most exotic
Even though the
The Left, Center and Right speakers should ideally all be at the same height as the television screen. Because the Center channel speaker cannot cover the screen, in will have to be placed above or below the screen. Try to set up all three speakers at the same height. If this is not practical, set them up so that they are no further apart vertically than the speakers' two (2) foot height. In other words, the bottom of the speaker the farthest from the floor should be no higher than the top of the speaker closest to the floor. See Figure 4.
Remember that the speakers need to be aimed at the listening position when they are not placed with the tweeters at the same height as the listeners' ears. Your speakers have great flexibility in combination with stands, mounting brack-
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