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Adjusting the sound
A loudspeaker is only as good as your listening room allows it to be. First of all is the room acoustics which is infl uenced by dimensions and
build materials. Secondly is the amount freedom it off ers for the best possible placement of your speakers inside the room.
To accommodate some of the above compromises and to make installation and sound tuning of your new FM speaker easier and with
a better result, we have designed sound adjustments on the back of the speaker. The FM-50 off ers three levels of each setting options;
“Bass”, “Focus” and “Detail”. Make sure that all options are set to “Neutral” before you start adjusting the positioning of the speakers in your
listening room.
• Step 1: Initial setup:
Set up the speakers according to your wanted listening position,
following the basic rules of the previous chapter “Placing the speakers”.
• Step 2: Adjusting the setup:
The basic setup might not give you the best possible sound quality.
Select a few but well known pieces of your favourite music that can
help you determine when it sounds just right. Depending on how the
speaker interacts with your room the sound will be diff erent. Here is a
basic guide to better positioning and sound tuning:
Bass:
Moving the speaker away from rear wall and/or a corner will
clear out the bass and make the sound leaner and less involving. If you
are experiencing to have not enough bass, moving your speaker closer
to the rear wall and/or corner might help.
Soundstage:
If your soundstage is unclear, the singer might be a bit
vague, woolly and too far behind the rest of the instruments in the
band – try to angle the speakers more directly towards you listening
position. If the sounds stage and instruments are a bit compressed in
the middle of the speakers, try a little less toe-in and let the speakers
play more straight into you listening room. Please note that even a
small adjustment of a few centimetres may make a huge diff erence.
• Step 3: Adjusting the speaker:
When the optimum speaker position has been found, you still have
a way to adjusting the speaker a bit more. The three setting of each
“Bass”,“Focus” and “Detail” on the backside of the speaker may be
applied to get the last bit of performance from the setup.
“Bass” setting:
This adjustment will allow you to change the richness
of the lower notes of the music. “Low” setting will make the bass
response more lean and precise, the “High” setting will add more
richness and warmth to the sound.
“Focus” settings:
If you lack a bit of “focus” in the soundstage set this
to “High” and set it to “Low” if voices and high pitched instruments are
too much and creates listening fatigue over longer periods.
“Detail” setting:
This adjusts the level of high frequencies and overtones of any instrument. A natural level of overtones will enhance
the listening experience, pleasantly and relaxed. Too much will draw the minds focus from the main part of the music to some high
frequency details that eventually. Test each option to fi nd the most suitable setting for your specifi c setup.
Bass
Focus
Detail
Neutral
Low
Bass
Focus
Detail
Neutral
Low
Bass
Focus
Detail
Neutral
Low
Neutral settings
High settings
Low settings
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