Speaker Positioning; Room Acoustics; Speaker Setup - Arcam MUSO Handbuch

Speaker positioning: 5.1

The advice given here is a general guideline for setting up speakers. For useful information
on listening room layouts see:
www.dolby.com/us/en/guide/surround-sound-speaker-setup/index.html.

Room acoustics

Your room's shape and how it is
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furnished will affect the sound you
hear. For instance, too many bare
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surfaces can cause reflections that
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may add harshness to the sound.
Carpets, wall-hangings and curtains
can all help.
If you have a choice of listening
rooms, avoid one that is perfectly
square or has one dimension exactly
twice another. Such a room can
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aggravate resonances that colour the
sound.
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The closer you place a speaker to
corners and the intersection of wall and floor or wall and ceiling, the stronger the bass
output, which may over-emphasise the bass. Moving a speaker just a few inches can
sometimes make a big difference.

Speaker setup

Proper speaker placement is the key to the best home theatre sound (see diagram).
As a rough guide, speakers should be placed on rigid stands at about 10–30cm from the
rear wall and at least 60cm from any side wall. Speakers should never be placed on the
floor (unless they are floor standing speakers), or in corners. The speaker drivers should be
at, or a little above, ear level when seated. If possible, centre your seating area between the
surround speakers.
The final sound will depend on the acoustics of the listening room and experimenting with
speaker positioning is very worthwhile.
Subwoofer
The location of the subwoofer (Low Frequency Effects speaker) will affect the overall sound
quality. Placing the subwoofer next to a wall or in a corner will often boost efficiency and
give a cleaner low bass sound. However, all rooms react differently and we recommend
that you experiment with subwoofer positioning.
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