MAGICO V2 User’s Guide
S
PEAKER PLACEMENT AND
P
OSITIONING
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HE
M
AGICO
V2
LOUDSPEAKERS ARE A PRECISION INSTRUMENT FOR MUSIC REPRODUCTION
. A
S SUCH
,
PROPER
CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL WHEN SETTING UP THESE SPEAKERS WILL YIELD THE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE,
REGARDLESS OF THE PARTICULAR ROOM
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OLLOWING THESE SET
-
UP GUIDELINES WILL ENSURE THE SPEAKERS ARE
PROPERLY POSITIONED TO DELIVER THE OPTIMUM LISTENING EXPERIENCE. ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS A TAPE
MEASURE, A PEN, A CALCULATOR, A BALL OF STRING, A COUPLE OF DEMO CDS, AND SOME PATIENCE
.
P
LACEMENT—
V2s
IN RELATION TO BACK AND SIDE WALLS
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
: LOOK FOR OBVIOUS IMPEDIMENTS INCLUDING ANYTHING THAT COULD IMPEDE OR
DIMINISH THE SOUND—E.G., OTHER SPEAKERS, AMPLIFIERS, EQUIPMENT RACKS, ANYTHING ON THE WALL THAT
COULD CAUSE A REFLECTION, A SEVERE MISMATCH IN QUALITY AMONG INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS, AND
UNNECESSARY OR POORLY RUN SPEAKER/INTERCONNECT CABLES.
BASS
—DISTANCE FROM REAR WALL
T
HE INITIAL PLACEMENT SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES (1/2 M) FROM THE BACK OF THE
LOUDSPEAKER TO THE BACK WALL. SINCE WE HAVE SHORT AUDITORY MEMORY, THE SELECTED DEMO MUSIC CUT
SHOULD BE BRIEF—30 SECONDS – 1 MINUTE MAX. IT SHOULD BE A WELL RECORDED JAZZ CUT WITH GOOD BASS
GUITAR OR PERCUSSION. WHAT WE ARE LISTENING FOR AT THIS TIME IS THE DEFINITION OF THE BASS AND THE
RIGHT SENSE OF PROPORTION.
N
EXT, MOVE THE SPEAKER 6 – 8 INCHES (15 – 20 CM) FORWARD AND REPEAT THE LISTENING PROCESS.
REPEAT THIS PROCESS, MOVING THE LOUDSPEAKER FORWARD IN 6 – 8 INCH (15 -20 CM) INCREMENTS. WHEN YOU
REACH THE POINT FROM WHICH MOVING THE SPEAKER FORWARD SOUNDS WORSE THAN THE PREVIOUS LISTENING
POINT, MOVE THE LOUDSPEAKER BACK TO THIS POSITION AND MARK THIS DISTANCE FROM THE REAR WALL.
MIDRANGE
—PLACEMENT IN RELATION TO SIDE WALLS
F
OR LATERAL PLACEMENT, BEGIN BY DIVIDING THE ROOM WIDTH BY 14. INITIAL PLACEMENT OF THE
LOUDSPEAKERS WILL BE AT 3 AND 11. THE DISTANCE FROM THE LOUDSPEAKER TO THE EARS HAS TO BE PRECISELY
EQUAL. THIS MEASUREMENT IS CRITICAL. THE MUSIC FOR THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE A FEMALE VOICE AND PIANO.
WE ARE LISTENING FOR THE IMAGE OF HER VOICE TO BE FOCUSED. THE RULE FOR THE TOE-IN IS TO PICK A POINT
APPROXIMATELY 1 – 2 FEET (½ METER) BEHIND THE LISTENER’S HEAD. TOE THE LOUDSPEAKERS IN TO INTERSECT AT
THAT POINT. IF THE SOUND IS TOO BRIGHT, TOE THE SPEAKERS OUT A LITTLE MORE. IF THE SOUND IS TOO DULL,
TOE THE SPEAKERS IN A LITTLE MORE.
R
EPEAT THE ABOVE PROCESS MOVING THE LOUDSPEAKERS TO THE 4 AND 10 POSITION. THEN REPEAT, ONCE
AGAIN, WITH THE SPEAKERS AT THE 5 AND 9 POSITION.
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