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made of soft, sound absorbent material. This has a disastrous effect on realism as well as
the stereo image.
Lastly, if the back wall less than a few meters [ten feet] behind the listening position, it is
helpful to add absorbent material there, such as heavy curtains or a decorative carpet. If
you are not averse to the appearance of diffusors, adding those instead of absorption to
that area will help, and do so without decreasing “air”.
Room Compensation
In a moderately lively, fairly large room, you will probably get the best sound when the
speakers are toed in so that they face directly toward you or toward a position a couple of feet
behind you. This will also give the widest seating area with uniform sound from both speakers.
Exaggerated Treble
The upper treble might be exaggerated by reflections from the wall behind the listening
position, or by a generally lively room, that is, one with lots of hard surfaces and not many soft
ones. This can be counteracted by reducing the amount of toe-in.
If the mid-treble is exaggerated, it will probably be best to increase the woofer setting to the
+3 position, if it is not already set that way, or if it is, then reduce the tweeter level.
Exaggerated Bass
If you find that it is necessary to place the speakers near walls or into corners, the bass will be
reinforced by the nearby surfaces. If your equipment has a bass knob or low frequency
equalization control, or your file player has some DSP capabilities, that will be the best way to
handle the situation. Otherwise, if the tweeter level is not all the way up, set it so, or if it already
is, then set the woofer switch into its middle position.
Note that there is no file player software at this time that can perform DSP directly on DSD
files, i.e., your player EQ will only work on PCM files. If you need your player to EQ DSD
files, you’ll need to set it to convert the streams to PCM.