Pioneer VSX-59TXi operating instructions 12Additional information, THX speaker system setup

12Additional information

THX speaker system setup

If you have a complete THX speaker system, follow the diagram below to place your speakers. Note that the surround speakers ( indicates bi-polar radiating speakers) should output at an angle parallel to the listener.

FL C FR

LS	RS
Surround	Surround

SBL SBR

Surround back

If you have two surround back speakers THX recommends placing them together and the same distance from your listening position so you can take advantage of the ASA feature. For more details see Advanced Speaker Array™ (ASA) on page 110.

See also THX Audio Setup on page 96 to make the settings that will give you the best sound experience when using the Home THX modes (on page 45).

Speaker system setup for DVD-Audio/ multichannel music sources

The best speaker placement for DVD-Audio (and other multichannel music sources) may be different than for regular DVD discs. For these formats, some sound studios use the setup shown in the diagram below (as recommended by ITU-R) instead of the setups in Basic surround setup on page 97.

Note

•If you connect an alternate set of surround speakers, you can use speaker system B to provide additional surround sound options when listening to multichannel music sources. See Alternating surround speaker setups using speaker system B (ITU- R) on page 80 for how to set it up.

•If you’re using two surround back speakers, you can select the STANDARD SX listening mode during DVD-Audio playback to simulate the sound achieved from the setup shown in the diagram above. The sound from the surround and surround back speakers are combined to create a virtual surround speaker.

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