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All Paradigm
®
speakers are designed to provide exceptional sound in a
wide variety of domestic settings. However, it is important to note that
listening room construction, dimensions and furnishings all play a part in
the quality of sound you ultimately achieve. Your listening room will
impose its own character on the performance capabilities of any speaker
system. The extra care you take in correctly positioning the speakers will
result in greater listening enjoyment. Keep the following guidelines in mind
when deciding on the best speaker placement:
• Mid and high frequencies are affected by the amount of soft furnishings
in your room – curtains, carpets, sofas, wall coverings, etc. An excess of
such items can result in a somewhat dull sound. The same room without
any soft furnishings can produce a bright overall sound. The typical
quantity of soft furnishings found in most living situations provides the
right acoustic characteristics to allow the speakers to sound balanced.
• Concrete floors and walls tend to aggravate low-frequency standing
wave problems and are less preferred.
• Rooms where height, width and length are similar should be avoided as
they can exhibit significant low-frequency standing wave problems. This
may result in reduced clarity. If no other room is possible, experiment
with speaker placement to minimize acoustic problems.
ROOM ACOUSTICS
SPEAKER PLACEMENT
Paradigm
®
ADP
™
Surround/Rear speakers are a full bandwidth design,
precisely timbre matched to Paradigm
®
front and center speakers to ensure
a profoundly seamless multichannel soundstage. They are designed to be
used with their drivers firing toward the front speakers and back wall,
ensuring a large reverberant soundfield.
5.1 Configuration – Side Wall Placement
(Fig. 2a)
Position speakers on either side of the primary listening area, about
6 – 9 ft (2 – 3 m) high.
5.1 Configuration – Corner Placement
(Fig. 2b)
Alternatively, ADP
™
surround speakers can be placed in each of the
adjacent back corners behind the primary listening area. They can also be
moved out from the back corners (maintaining the same angle position) and
placed as close as 3 ft (1 m) from the main listening area.
6.1 Configuration
(Fig. 2c)
Begin with the
5.1 Surround Configuration – Side Wall Placement, outlined
earlier, then place one ADP
™
speaker in the center rear, behind the primary
listening area.
7.1 Configuration
(Fig. 2d)
Begin with the
5.1 Surround Configuration – Side Wall Placement,
outlined earlier, then position another pair of ADP
™
speakers behind
the primary listening area, with one speaker positioned slightly right of
the seating position, the other slightly left.
