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6. SPEAKER PLACEMENT IN A HOME AUDIO SYSTEM
Placement is very important.You should take at least the same amount of time and care in setting up your M&K
speakers as you would with the most exotic high-end stereo system. Some listeners make the mistake of taking
too casual an approach to the installation of speakers in a home theatre system. In fact, in many ways the setup
of speakers in a home theatre is more critical than for stereo.
Even though the S-5000, S-250 and S-150 are less influenced by the room environment than most other
speakers, the time you spend in carefully installing them will significantly enhance your enjoyment of them later.
The Left, Center and Right speakers should ideally all be at the same height as the television screen. Because
the Center channel speaker cannot cover the screen, in will have to be placed above or below the screen. Try to
set up all three speakers at the same height. If this is not practical, set them up so that they are no further apart
vertically than the speakers' two (2) foot height. In other words, the bottom of the speaker the farthest from the floor
should be no higher than the top of the speaker closest to the floor. See Figure 4.
Remember that the speakers need to be aimed at the listening position when they are not placed with the
tweeters at the same height as the listeners' ears.Your speakers have great flexibility in combination with stands,
mounting brackets, or speaker hangers to make this easy to accomplish. Remember that they are designed to be
installed vertically, with the tweeters aimed at the listeners' ears.
They can, however, be placed at virtually any height. This includes sitting directly on the floor, tilted up, as well
as being mounted at ceiling height and tilted down. For certain installations, where the speaker is located above
the listener’s ear level, the use of the S-150AC is a good alternative. See Figure 5. You may use three identical
(S-150AC) speakers for all three front main channels, if required. See Figure 6. Just remember that all three
speakers should be at the same height or as close to the same height as possible.
If desired, a slight toe-in of the Left and Right speakers will improve the sound quality for listeners away from
the center position, and can often improve imaging and overall sound quality by reducing the amount of side wall
reflections reaching all listeners' ears. The S-150 Left and Right speakers give you a built-in toe-in through their
angled front-baffle design.
MAIN SATELLITE SPEAKER
Recommeded distance
2 ft. max.
FIGURE 3-A
FIGURE 3-B
FIGURE 4
CORRECT
ORIENTATION
or
INCORRECT
ORIENTATION
or
INCORRECT ORIENTATION
(S-5000)
CORRECT
ORIENTATION
(S-5000)
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