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2.3 Recommended setup
Even though the B2031 is an excellent active speaker, it needs to be set up with great care, because even the
built-in room adaptation facility cannot make up for poor positioning of the speaker. Please try to heed the
following suggestions. As the TRUTH will give you an even better sound and higher resolution, it will be worth
the trouble.
Place the TRUTH on a flat and stable surface, if possible use a dedicated speaker stand. In this way, the
speaker is acoustically decoupled and won't induce vibrations in nearby objects, which would affect the bass
response. If you cannot use a stand, put the B2031 on spikes or damping foam material. Another aspect is
the distance between speaker and wall: keep the speaker away from the wall, as this would emphasize the
bass response, particularly in corners, where two walls form an angle.
The BEHRINGER TRUTH B2031 is a so-called near-field monitor, which means that the impact of the room
acoustics on the sound will be reduced considerably owing to the short distance between speaker and
listener.
Fig. 2.1: Incorrect speaker setup
This illustration shows how you shouldn't do it: you can clearly see that a portion of the sound bounces back
from the walls before it reaches the listener's ears. Thus, direct and reflected sound waves overlap which
results in a coloration of the sound.
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