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Introduction
Although the DS8.3 and DS8.5 have
extensive ability to compensate for unusual
placements with their unique pivoting
woofers, tweeters and acoustic fine-tuning
switches, placement is still the primary
tool for satisfying your particular listening
needs. In this section, we discuss how
loudspeakers should be placed and how
woofers and tweeters should be directed
and how the acoustic fine-tuning switches
should be set for different purposes.
Placement for Critical Listening
If you like to imagine that the band or
orchestra is playing in front of you as you
listen to music, or you are very conscious
of clarity, detail and the textures of the
individual instruments, or you listen criti-
cally to movie soundtracks or music
videos in your home theater, you will
need your loudspeakers placed so that
they are optimized for critical listening.
Here are some guidelines to make the
process of placement quick and easy.
Make sure the sound will not be blocked
or reflected off of furniture or other
objects. You should have a direct line of
sight with the front of the loudspeaker. To
determine the best position, measure the
“listening” distance between the ideal
listening position (your favorite chair or
couch) and the location in which you plan
to install the speakers. Try to place the
loudspeakers so that they are equally dis-
tant from your listening spot and at least
one half of the listening distance apart (this
maintains a large pleasant stereo “image”).
In home theater applications where there
is a center channel you may choose to
space the left and right main loudspeakers
farther apart for a “bigger than life” sound
with Dolby
®
encoded movies and TV
shows. However, for combined music and
movie usage stay within the
good place-
ment zone
for music. For example; if you
are ten feet back from the loudspeakers,
the loudspeakers should be between five
and ten feet apart
(See Figure 4).
Woofers and tweeters should be directed
at the listening position.
Speaker Placement
10'
5' 10'
Figure 4
In this example,
the loudspeakers
could be placed
from five to 10
feet apart, since
the listener is 10
feet back from
the loudspeakers
Direct woofer and
tweeter towards
listener
Direct woofer and
tweeter towards
listener
Critical
Listening
Position
Loudspeaker Placement