General Tips For Setting Up Speakers - JAMO C 809 Manual Del Usuario

General tips for setting up speakers

Stereo triangle
You can use the stereo triangle as a good rule of thumb when placing your speak-
ers. This means the distance between the speakers should be the same as the dis-
tance from your listening position to both speakers; in other words an equilateral
triangle.
Damping
If your room...
a)
b)
c)
...we strongly recommend that you 'damp' your room's critical surfaces. This can
be done simply by adding curtains, furniture, bookshelves and so on. A damped
surface is almost always preferable to a hard refl ective surface.
Depending on the placement of the speakers, room size, sound refl ecting surfaces,
furniture, etc, it is entirely up to you how you fi ne-adjust the placement, angling
and damping. Remember to take your time and use your ears.
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doesn't allow you to get the speakers the required distance from the
back and side walls or...
has highly refl ective surfaces (i.e. glass windows or bare plastered walls)
or...
still doesn't sound quite right