XTZ Atmosphere S2, Owner'S Manual

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Installation
Cables When installing your new loudspeakers you should use speaker cables of cross sectional area of
minimum 2.5 mm
2
or 14 AWG. It is possible to use banana plug or fork/spade as connectors, or simply
bare wire. Keep in mind that if you use the loudspeakers as surrounds or back channel larger guage
cable may be necessary beacuse the signal path is longer. Keep the length of cables as short as possible.
Placement These loudspeakers cover a broad range of frequencies and have unique dispersion characteristics
that will ease setup in achieving an excellent sounding system. With that said, please keep in mind that
loudspeaker placement will influence the frequency response, sound stage and imaging as the room
has a significant impact on the sound. Placing the loudspeakers in the wrong location may degrade
sound quality, frequency response and substantially reducing your overall listening pleasure. Many
rooms often end up with non-optimal placement, depending on the size and location of the furnishings
within your room. Finding the optimal location usually requres some experimentation to determine
what sounds best in your room, from your listening position(s). We suggest you read the general
guidelines below and place the loudspeakers in one of the suggested locations. We also recommend
keeping the speaker’s distance to the listening position as similar as possible for all channels, then as
a fine tune, use your AV Receiver/pre to adjust delays of each channel individually.
Proceed to listen to the loudspeakers multiple times, trying a few different locations before settling on
the final location. To do this, perform basic setup and listen to a familiar music track or movie scene.
Then move the loudspeakers to an alternate location & repeat listening to the same music track or
movie scene. If you have a test CD and SPL meter or preferably one of our measurement systems
(
Room Analyzer II / II Pro ), performing a basic frequency response test can help you determine
which location provides the best frequency response.
General guidelines The M6’s are intended to be used as front Left, Right and Center channel, a so called LCR speaker. The LC and
RC are mirror image speakers. Either can be used equally well as center channel. The M6 can of course also
be used as surrounds or back channel speakers. The speakers should be placed with the center of the
tweeter array at ear height and the speakers directed towards the listening position, as the figures below
shows. Some experimentation with speaker “toe-in” will yield improvements in sound stage, imaging
and tonal quality. The speakers can be placed either on stands (
Cinema Stand ) or mounted on the wall
with the integrated wall mount ( Flush Mount ). The speakers can be used in the setup of your choice (2,
3,5 or 7 channels). Our recommendation for home cinema is to use them with a dedicated subwoofer(s)
(
SUB1x12
,
SUB2x12
, or
SUB3x12
) to properly handle the lowest frequencies and improve the overall
dynamic range. If your choice is a five channel (5.1) setup you can experiment with the placement for
your surrounds channel speakers as shown in the figure to the left. If your choice is a seven channel (7.1)
setup you can experiment with the placement for your surround and back channel speakers as shown
in the figure to the right. If the listening position is against the back wall our recommendation is to go for
five channel setup with the speakers placed beside the listening position as the figure to the left shows
or mounted on the back wall with the speakers tilted in towards the listening position.