Setting Up The Speakers; Shelf Speakers; Floor Standing Speakers - T+A KS 350 Handbuch

Shelf speakers

Floor-standing
speakers

Setting up the speakers

The position of the loudspeakers is non-critical, since their
radiation pattern is excellent. Provided that you keep to a few
basic rules it is easy to deter-mine the ideal location for them.
They should be positioned in such a way that the two speakers
and the listener form the three points of an approximately
equilateral triangle. On no account set up the speakers too far
apart. The treble and mid-range units should be set up roughly at
ear level. Angling the speakers in towards the listener improves
the sound quality.
The minimum listening distance is 2 metres and we do not
recommend that you position yourself any closer to the speakers
than this. To fulfil the equilateral triangle rule this implies a
minimum distance between the speakers of 2 metres.
Please note that bass response is in-creased by about 3 dB if the
speakers are positioned against the wall, and by up to 6 dB in the
room corners.
It therefore makes sense to set up the speakers at least 0.5 m
from the side walls of your room, if possible with empty space all
round them, to avoid excessive bass emphasis. (See section:
adjusting the levels).
Hiding the speakers behind furniture or curtains reduces the
high-frequency response dramatically.
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Dangerous voltages may be present at the loud-speaker
terminals. The speakers should be set up in a position where all
the connections are out of sight and difficult to touch - especially
by children.
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Our smaller speakers are ideal for installation on shelves in wall
recesses, or on other types of shelf.
Shelves and other types of furniture tend to amplify the lower
frequencies, and to avoid this effect we recommend setting up
the speakers on damping material (e.g. rubber feet), which de-
couple the speakers acoustically.
Please note that any loose items of furniture, such as movable
shelves and wood or glass doors, can very easily be set vibrating
by the speakers.
You can avoid resonant effects by applying strips of felt or similar
material between the loose parts.
 floor-standing loudspeakers can be mounted on spikes in
order to provide optimum low-frequency signal coupling to the
floor.
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Children can be careless when they are playing, so please take
this into account if you intend using speaker stands or standing
speakers on the floor. Either locate them where they are safe
from children, or take extra measures to prevent them falling
over.
The spikes have very sharp points! To avoid injury please handle
them with extreme care, and keep them well away from children.
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