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Also, changes to the distance from the walls can be used to decrease excitation of
a problematic room mode.
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Position each a different distance from the side walls as from the front wall, to
prevent overlap of the reinforcement spectra. For smoothest bass, the side wall
distances should be asymmetrical, with the pair shifted a foot or so to one side,
and for the very best imaging, symmetrical, although the reduced wall splash
minimizes the imaging blur from an asymmetrical setup.
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Tilt back the right amount for facing upward directly at each of your shoulders or
chest. They ship set up for a listening distance of 2.5 to 4 meters [8 to 13 feet] at a
1 meter [39 inch] height.
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AirLayer at -12 dB to -10 dB.
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Use preset 2
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Make sure the two speakers are interconnected with a digital coax running
from the right speaker’s digital RCA output to the left speaker’s digital
RCA input.
Tips
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Too much bass? Try a lower preset or moving the speakers away from walls, and
particularly out of corners.
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Not enough bass? Try a higher preset or moving them closer to walls or corners
or changing the preset to a higher number.
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Lumpy bass?
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Try making the side to side position asymmetrical, e.g., moving the pair
together off-center. In extreme cases, such as square rooms, adding wide-
bandwidth bass absorption or even tuned traps may be necessary.
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If you have a very bass-reverberant room, such as having thick concrete
walls and no bass absorption, there’s a nice trick on
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that can
ofttimes greatly improve the bass smoothness.
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Imaging problems?
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If your back wall is closer than about 10 feet [3 meters] behind you, try
adding some absorption (if your room is lively) or diffusion (if you room
is already well damped) to that wall.
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If your listening seat has a high back, change to a seat with a back that
does not come higher than your shoulders.
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Try moving them farther from the front wall, while realizing that the
trade-off will be less bass.
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Experiment the amount of back-tilt.
