Revel Voice 2 - Manual (Page 14)

Ultima Voice2
Owner’s Manual
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STAND MOUNTED
Set the Low Frequency Compensation switch to Stand + if the
Voice2 loudspeaker is placed on a pedestal as shown in Figure 7
(below). An optional pedestal stand is available from your local
authorized Revel dealer.
Figure 7: Speaker Placement - Stand Mounted
LISTENING ROOM ACOUSTICS
Listening rooms have a profound impact on sound, particularly
at lower frequencies. In fact, listening rooms can dominate the
sounds below about 400Hz. Ideally, listening rooms would have
optimized dimensions to minimize the effects of room
resonances. But in reality, most listening rooms are not designed
to enhance loudspeaker performance.
The interaction between loudspeakers and listening rooms is
complex, depending on two important determinants that affect
the loudspeaker and the listener.
1. Surfaces and other boundaries often cause large peaks and
dips in low-frequency response. These peaks and dips often
reach ranges of 12 dB or more.
2. Standing waves (also known as room modes or resonances)
interact with both the loudspeaker and the listener locations,
resulting in large frequency response errors.
Unfortunately, there is no simple solution that considers both
factors. Even computer software programs that examine one or
both factors may not calculate proper primary listening position
or loudspeaker placement values.
In most cases, proper selection of the primary listening position
combined with proper placement of the loudspeaker will result in
superior performance at lower frequencies. The difference
between superior and inferior results is often just a small
adjustment of the primary listening position or loudspeaker
placement. For more information or assistance contact an
authorized Revel dealer.
Front or Large Rear
Projection Screen
Front
Left
Front
Right
VOICE2
(Center)
Optional
Pedestal Stand