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Installation Considerations
er, so you must connect the wire from the amplifier to the volume control and then from the volume control to the speaker.
Speaker Wire
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Incorporating a Remote Control
An IR sensor requires that a
Insulating the Wall Cavity
For best performance from your speakers fill the wall cavity behind the speaker with fiberglass insulation (e.g.
Speaker Placement
Placement for Critical Listening
If you like to imagine that the band or orchestra is playing in front of you as you listen to music, or you are very conscious of clarity, detail and the textures of the individ- ual instruments, you are a critical listener.
In a home theater, the intelligibility of dialog and action reproduced by the front speakers is paramount! The position of the speakers plays a very important role in how clear the sound is and how a stereo image is created. Here are some guide- lines to make the process of placement quick and easy.
Make sure the sound will not be blocked or reflected off of furniture or other objects. You should have a direct line of sight with the front of the speaker. To determine the
best position, measure the “listening” dis- tance between the ideal listening position (your favorite chair or couch) and the wall in which you plan to install the speakers. Try to place the speakers so that they are equally distant from your listening spot and at least one half of the listening dis- tance apart (this maintains a large pleasant stereo “image”). In home theater applica- tions where there is a center channel you may choose to space the left and right main speakers farther apart for a “bigger than life” sound with Dolby® encoded movies and TV shows. However, for com-
bined music and movie usage stay within the good placement zone for music. For
example; if you are ten feet back from the wall, the speakers should be between five and ten feet apart (See Figure 2).
Speaker Placement
If you are planning to use a stereo system with a hand held IR remote control, con- sider the advantages of installing a Niles IR Repeater system. You are able to control all of the functions of your system from the room via the remote pair of speakers. Niles makes a number of IR sensors which install in the wall, in the ceiling, in cabine- try, on tabletops, or even behind the grille of some of your Niles speakers.
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Wire size is expressed by its AWG (American Wire Gauge) number. The lower the number, the larger the wire, i.e. twelve AWG is physically larger than fourteen AWG.
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