
S E T U P D E T A I L S
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Room Boom and Suck Out
Room resonant modes can cause certain bass notes to be greatly exaggerated and others to be
nearly missing. Properly tuned and positioned bass traps are the ultimate solution, but no one
will blame you if you don’t want to bother.
You can make some headway against these effects with no additional hardware by decreasing
the setup symmetry. This is done by placing each speaker a different distance from each side
wall and rotating your entire listening triangle 10 or 15 degrees relative to the walls. Fore and
aft adjustment of the listening triangle will also have an effect.
By changing one’s seating height, one can get one’s ears more or less away from where the
floor/ceiling mode has its strongest effect.