EMOTIVA Airmotiv E2 [20/28] Airmotiv speakers

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AIRMOTIV SPEAKERS

• If possible, try to make the room acoustically symmetrical from side to side; doing so

will usually signicantly improve imaging. (If you have something reective, like a large

window, on one side, have a large picture or bare wall on the other. If you have a large

absorptive couch on one side wall, balance it with a tapestry on the opposite wall.)

• If possible, stereo speakers should be placed symmetrically, and the listening position

located equidistant from both speakers.

• If bookshelf speakers like the Airmotiv B1 are placed on a table or shelf, they will usually

sound best if positioned at the front edge of the shelf (so sound doesn’t reect from a

at surface directly in front of them). If they must be placed towards the rear of a deep

shelf, consider covering the surface directly in front of them with a felt pad or towel.

• For wall-mounted speakers, try to mount them at head height for a seated listener. If

speakers are mounted on brackets signicantly above head height, consider slanting

them downwards so they face the listener’s head.

Guidelines for home theater / surround sound speaker placement:

• It’s best to use speakers that all use similar technology, and that are “timbre matched”

to each other. If this is impossible, then at least the front left, front right, and center

speakers should be well matched.

• In a typical 5.1 channel installation, the surround speakers should be located directly to

the sides of the primary listening position.

• In a typical 7.1 channel installation, the side surround speakers should be located to the

sides, and slightly forward or behind the listener; the rear surrounds may be located on

the rear wall, or far back on the side walls and angled forward.

• Remember that the goal is to produce a consistent sound stage that surrounds you,

where sounds associated with moving objects move smoothly from left to right and

from front to back.

• While many pre/pros, like our XMC-1, oer automatic room correction, you will get the

best results if you start with your speakers in locations that oer good imaging and

great sound to begin with.

• In a surround sound installation, either all speakers should be the same, or the surround

speakers should be smaller than the main speakers.

A typical example of a 7.1 channel surround sound system might consist of:

- 2 Airmotiv T2’s (front left and right)

- 1 Airmotiv C2 (center channel)

- 2 Airmotiv E2’s (surrounds)

- 2 Airmotiv E1’s (rear surrounds)

- 1 Airmotiv S12 (subwoofer)