Optimus STA-3500 owner manual Preparing Your Receiver, Positioning Speakers

Preparing Your Receiver

Caution: Make all the necessary connections before you plug in or turn on the receiver.

Positioning Speakers

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Where you place your speakers can make a noticeable difference in your sys- tem’s sound. The guidelines in this section will help you choose the best loca- tions. After you use your receiver for a while, you might want to try different locations for your speakers.

Bass response depends largely on speaker location. For strong bass, place the speakers in the corners of the room. If you want even stronger bass, place the speakers directly on the floor. If the bass is too strong, move the speakers slightly away from the corners of the room, or raise them 6 to 18 inches off the floor. You can buy speaker stands at your local RadioShack store.

The distance between the speakers should be about the same as the distance between the normal listening point and the point halfway between the speakers. If you place the speakers too close together, you reduce the stereo separation. If you place them too far apart, you reduce the bass effect and create a hole in the middle of the sound.

Most speakers have a tweeter dispersion angle of about 60 degrees. Ideally, your listening position should be just inside the overlap area of the tweeter dis- persion. You can angle the speakers toward you for better stereo effect.

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