6
Speaker Placement
To take full advantage of
Model
Twelve’s
unique design, experi-
ment with speaker placement.
Satellites
1. Good stereo sound places the
performers on a sound “stage”
across from the listening area.
With
Model Twelve
, that stage
is best set by placing the
satellites to form an approx-
imately equal-sided triangle
with the listening position at
the apex. Because the room’s
surfaces tend to integrate the
sound before it reaches the
listening area, perfectly
symmetrical placement is
not necessary.
2. A clear line of sight from your
listening position to the
satellites ensures that higher
frequencies are not blocked.
3. If the satellites are across the
room from the listening area,
their height is usually not
critical; they can be placed
down on the floor, up near the
ceiling, or most anywhere in
between. If they are close to
the listening area, however, it
is best to have them at or near
ear level.
4. If the satellites are out from
the wall and sound too “thin”,
particularly on vocal record-
ings, try moving them back
against the wall. Conversely, if
they are against the wall and
sound too “heavy”, particularly
on male voices, try them out
from the wall.
5. If you put the satellites in
bookshelves or an in-wall
system, place them with their
front surfaces flush with the
front of the shelves. Other
locations to consider are on
window sills or a mantelpiece
(preferably at its extreme ends).
6. The satellites can also be wall-
mounted using the keyhole
slots on the plastic wire reels.
For a more permanent
installation, there are keyhole
slots provided on the rear of
the speakers themselves. The
back panels of the satellites
also provide threaded tripod-
type mounts for use with
speaker stands.
To hang the satellites on a
wall, simply screw the
supplied screws into the wall
so that their heads protrude
about
3
/
8
in. to fit into the
keyhole slots. The plastic
anchors supplied may be
needed to secure the screws in
particularly hard or soft
material. If so, drill
1
/
4
inch
holes in the wall, and tap the
anchors into the holes until
they are flush with the wall.
Then screw the screws into
the anchors until they
protrude
3
/
8
inch.
The
BassCase
1. To start with, simply place the
BassCase
on the floor against
the wall nearest the satellites.
After some preliminary listen-
ing you can experiment
further using the guidelines
which follow.
2. The relative strength of low-
bass depends on how close
the
BassCase
is to intersecting
room surfaces. The least bass
results with the unit out in
the room away from the
corners, walls, and ceiling.
The most bass results in a
corner on the floor or up near
the ceiling. You can use the
bass level control, as de-
scribed in the previous
section, to help compensate
for acoustical placement
deficiencies.
3. While we don’t usually
recommend placing the
BassCase
behind the listening
area, you might try it if you’re
very tight for space.
4. Don’t place the
BassCase
on
the same shelf as a turntable.
Strong bass notes from the
speaker could, at least, muddy
the bass, and at worst set up a
loud, low-frequency rumbling.
