EVE audio SC205 - User manual - Manual (Page 9)

SC 205
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Stereo Setup Multichannel Setup (5.1)
16 17 POSITIONING POSITIONING
4.4. Height and Distance
The tweeter of your EVE Audio monitors should be ideally placed at the
same height as your ears. If this is not possible tilt the monitors so that the
tweeter is directed to your ears.
The ideal distance between the monitors and the listening position is 0.7-
1.5 m (2.2-4.9 ft) for the SC204 and 0.7-2 m (2.2-6.5 ft) for the SC205.
! These values are only meant as a reference and depend a lot on the
characteristics of the room. In live rooms you will be forced to reduce the
distance, while in dead rooms the distance to the loudspeakers can be
larger.
4.5. Stereo Setup
The so-called “stereo triangle” is the best way to place speakers in a stereo
setup, i.e. the monitors and the listening position should form an equilateral
triangle. Try the following:
Establish the ideal distance to the listening position (see “Height &
Distance”).
Place the monitors in such a way that the distance from each other and to
the listening position is the same.
Turn both monitors so that their front panels are pointed towards the
listening position (all angles of the stereo triangle should be 60º).
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Stereo-Setup (left) & Stereo-Setup + Subwoofer (right)
4.6. Stereo Setup + Subwoofer (2.1)
In such a setup, the subwoofer is fed by the stereo signal source. The
subwoofer filters the low frequency components of the stereo channels
and sums them to produce a mono signal which it then reproduces. The
high frequencies are forwarded to the full-range satellite speakers.
Ideally, such a system would comprise two EVE Audio SC204 or SC205
monitors plus an EVE Audio TS107 or TS108 subwoofer. These subwoofers
allow you to set the crossover frequency for the satellite loudspeakers and
the subwoofer.
The positioning of the two satellites should be done in the same manner as
in a stereo setup (see “Stereo Setup”).
The subwoofer should be placed on the ground between both satellites.
Considering that low frequencies are omnidirectional, the subwoofer does
not have to be centered exactly between the two satellites. The subwoofer
can be moved back a bit so that it is at the same distance from the listening
position as the satellites. This guarantees all transducers are synced in
time.
4.7. Multichannel Setup (5.1)
The most common 5.1 systems consist of three front channels (left, right
and center), two surround channels (left/right) and a subwoofer for the
low frequencies. The speakers from a circle around the listening position.