EMOTIVA Airmotiv E2 [19/28] Airmotiv speakers

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AIRMOTIV SPEAKERS

Speaker Placement

Speaker placement is often a compromise between optimum performance, personal preference,

and site requirements. The optimum location for stereo speakers will depend on the speakers

and the acoustics of your listening room. Many surround sound standards have specic

recommendations about the optimum position for each speaker, and the dierent surround

sound systems recommend slightly dierent locations. The important thing to remember is that

each room is dierent, and so these recommendations should be considered to be guidelines

rather than rules; you should always position your speakers where they sound the best to you, in

your room, with your other equipment.

The Airmotiv E2 surround speakers can be congured as either bipole or dipole speakers

(when congured as a dipole, either tweeter may be congured as the in-phase side). While

various surround sound standards recommend one or the other type of surround speaker, we

recommend trying various combinations to determine which works best in your particular

application. In general, the bipole conguration will provide more precise localization, while the

dipole options will provide a more diuse presentation.

(In this section we’re going to oer some recommendations you may try. However, we strongly

recommend that you experiment, try several dierent locations, and pick the one that works best

in your system.)

The Airmotiv T1 and T2 towers are intended to stand directly on the oor (with the carpet spikes

or rubber feet), and should not be placed on top of other objects, stands, or furniture. The

Airmotiv B1 bookshelf monitors and Airmotiv C1 and C2 center channel speakers are intended to

be positioned on speaker stands, tables, or shelves. The Airmotiv E1 and E2 surround speakers are

typically mounted on the side or rear walls.

Guidelines for stereo speaker placement:

• For good imaging, always try to place speaker pairs in symmetrical locations (equidistant from

side and back walls).

• Facing the speakers directly forward will tend to produce a wide sound stage; adding toe-

in (so that the speakers directly face the listening position) will make the sound stage more

focused.

• Moving the speakers further apart will make the sound stage wider, but may cause a gap in

the center of the sound stage.

• Placing the speakers at least a few feet from front and side walls will usually improve imaging

and smooth frequency response.

• Placing speakers close to room corners will usually boost bass, but often at the cost of making

the bass more boomy and less smooth.