Bowers & Wilkins 706 S2 [6/90] Positioning

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Speaker Positioning

Adjustment of speaker position following initial installation

will probably further improve the sound quality and is usually

worthwhile.

In either stereo or home theatre installations, try to ensure that the

immediate surroundings of each speaker are similar in acoustic

character. For example, if one speaker is adjacent to bare walls

while the other is adjacent to soft furnishings and curtains, both

the overall sound quality and the stereo image are likely to be

compromised.

Conventional Stereo Systems

To begin with, the speakers should be positioned between 1.5m

and 3m apart at two corners of an equilateral triangle completed

by the listening area at the third corner. The speakers should be

approximately 0.5m away from the back wall, and at least 0.5m

away from any side walls (above).

Home Theatre Systems

If the speakers are to be used for the front channels in a home

theatre system, they should be placed closer together than for

2-channel audio, because the surround channels tend to widen

the image. Positioning the speakers within approximately 0.5m

of the sides of the screen will also help keep the sound image

in scale with the visual image. As with conventional stereo

positioning, the speakers should ideally be at least 0.5m away

from any side walls. If you would prefer to place your speaker

against the back wall and this location results in over emphasised

bass, see the Fine Tuning section of this manual for information

on using the foam plugs.

Stray magnetic elds

The speaker drive units create stray magnetic elds that extend

beyond the boundaries of the cabinet. We recommend you keep

magnetically sensitive articles (CRT television and computer

screens, computer discs, audio and video tapes, swipe cards and

the like) at least 0.5m from the speaker. LCD, OLED and plasma

screens are not affected by magnetic elds.

2. Positioning

>0.5m

110° - 130°

~40°

5 Channels 7 Channels

1.5m - 3m