MAGICO Q7 User’s Guide
© 2013 MAGICO LLC
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SPEAKER PLACEMENT AND POSITIONING
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AGICO Q7 LOUDSPEAKERS ARE PRECISION INSTRUMENTS FOR MUSIC REPRODUCTION. AS
SUCH, PROPER CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL WHEN SETTING UP THESE SPEAKERS WILL YIELD
THE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE, REGARDLESS OF THE PARTICULAR ROOM. FOLLOWING THESE SET-
UP GUIDELINES WILL ENSURE THE SPEAKERS ARE PROPERLY POSITIONED TO DELIVER THE
OPTIMUM LISTENING EXPERIENCE. ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS A TAPE MEASURE, A PEN, A
CALCULATOR, A BALL OF STRING, A COUPLE OF DEMO CDS, AND SOME PATIENCE.
PLACEMENT—Q7s IN RELATION TO BACK AND SIDE WALLS
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EFORE YOU BEGIN: LOOK FOR OBVIOUS IMPEDIMENTS INCLUDING ANYTHING THAT COULD
IMPEDE OR DIMINISH THE SOUND—E.G., OTHER SPEAKERS, AMPLIFIERS, EQUIPMENT RACKS,
ANYTHING ON THE WALL THAT COULD CAUSE A REFLECTION, A SEVERE MISMATCH IN QUALITY
AMONG INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS, AND UNNECESSARY OR POORLY RUN
SPEAKER/INTERCONNECT CABLES.
BASS
—DISTANCE FROM REAR WALL
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HE INITIAL PLACEMENT SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES (1/2 M) FROM THE BACK
OF THE LOUDSPEAKER TO THE BACK WALL. SINCE WE HAVE SHORT AUDITORY MEMORY, THE
SELECTED DEMO MUSIC CUT SHOULD BE BRIEF—30 SECONDS – 1 MINUTE MAX. IT SHOULD BE A
WELL RECORDED JAZZ CUT WITH GOOD BASS GUITAR OR PERCUSSION. WHAT WE ARE LISTENING
FOR AT THIS TIME IS THE DEFINITION OF THE BASS AND THE RIGHT SENSE OF PROPORTION.
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EXT, MOVE THE SPEAKER 6 – 8 INCHES (15 – 20 CM) FORWARD AND REPEAT THE
LISTENING PROCESS. REPEAT THIS PROCESS, MOVING THE LOUDSPEAKER FORWARD IN 6 – 8
INCH (15 -20 CM) INCREMENTS. WHEN YOU REACH THE POINT FROM WHICH MOVING THE
SPEAKER FORWARD SOUNDS WORSE THAN THE PREVIOUS LISTENING POINT, MOVE THE
LOUDSPEAKER BACK TO THIS POSITION AND MARK THIS DISTANCE FROM THE REAR WALL.
MIDRANGE
—PLACEMENT IN RELATION TO SIDE WALLS
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OR LATERAL PLACEMENT, BEGIN BY DIVIDING THE ROOM WIDTH BY 14. INITIAL
PLACEMENT OF THE LOUDSPEAKERS WILL BE AT 3 AND 11. THE DISTANCE FROM THE
LOUDSPEAKER TO THE EARS HAS TO BE PRECISELY EQUAL. THIS MEASUREMENT IS CRITICAL. THE
MUSIC FOR THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE A FEMALE VOICE AND PIANO. WE ARE LISTENING FOR THE
IMAGE OF HER VOICE TO BE FOCUSED. THE RULE FOR THE TOE-IN IS TO PICK A POINT
APPROXIMATELY 1 – 2 FEET (
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M) BEHIND THE LISTENER’S HEAD. TOE THE LOUDSPEAKERS IN TO