Niles Audio HDLCRBX DS00420ACN - Manual (Page 7)

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As for placement height, place front left and right loudspeakers vertically on either side of the
picture source, so that their tweeters are not more than 24 inches above or below the center-
channel loudspeaker’s tweeter (see
Figure 2 on page 6). For best response, orient the
loudspeakers so the tweeters face out.
NOTE: DO NOT PLACE AN HDLCR
BX
LOUDSPEAKER TOO CLOSE TO A DIRECT-VIEW TV MONITOR, AS IT
MAY CAUSE PICTURE DISCOLORATION. TEST THE PLACEMENT DISTANCE FOR PICTURE DEGRADATION
BEFORE INSTALLATION.
THE BOUNDARY EFFECT
Placing a loudspeaker in a corner can powerfully affect the way a listener perceives bass re-
sponse. Known as the boundary effect, placing loudspeakers close to a wall/ceiling boundary or
near a corner-wall boundary will emphasize certain bass frequencies, while canceling others. This
effect can make the loudspeaker sound excessively boomy and inaccurate to some listeners, while
to others it just seems like more bass sound.
As a good rule-of-thumb, if you like listening to your current pair of loudspeakers with the bass
turned up, you’ll enjoy corner placement. However, if you listen with the tone controls at neutral,
try keeping the loudspeakers at least 2 or 3 feet from the boundaries of the room.
PLACING AN HDLCR
BX
AS THE CENTER-CHANNEL
LOUDSPEAKER
The center-channel loudspeaker is the workhorse in a home theater system. It handles all of the
critical dialog and is vitally important in creating the illusion of sounds emanating directly from the
picture. Here are some tips for obtaining optimum center-channel performance:
• In a typical installation, place the HDLCRbx horizontally, directly above the television or
projection screen. Try to insure that the loudspeaker is not placed too high relative to
the left and right loudspeakers, as shown in Figure 2 (on the next page).
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