Positioning your Loudspeakers
   
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Positioning Your Loudspeakers

Loudspeakers are significantly affected by both location within a room and the surroundings. It is only possible therefore to offer general advice. Please use this as a basis for experimentation. What sounds right to you is right. Listen in particular for the depth and stability of stereo images and the precision of bass lines and seamless integration of the sound. If your amplifier is fitted with tone controls bypass them or set them flat before adjusting the position of the speaker in the room

           
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If possible, keep the speakers away from room corners and away from side walls. The closer a speaker is to a wall the more bass it will reflect back at the listener, twice as much again in a corner. Close to wall positioning is recommended but the correct sound balance may be found by moving the speakers out into the room.

Angling the speaker cabinets inwards can help firm up the stereo image if the speakers are some distance apart. Imagine lines drawn out from the speakers, and angle them so the lines would cross a couple of feet in front of the listening position.