Sonodyne Avant T1 - Manual (Page 5)

The acoustical makeup of your listening room is key in determining how
good (or bad) is the sound that reaches your ear. The contents of a room
(carpets, curtains, furniture etc.), its shape, and the material of which the
boundaries are made, make or break your sound. The idea is to have a
listening area where the absorptions and reflections are calibrated to attain,
as far as possible, a neutral environment. While there are no 'quick fix'
formulae to convert a room to an 'ideal listening room’, here are some
things that you might try to attain optimal performance.
In your listening room, clap your hands, snap your fingers, and jingle a ring
of keys.
If the resulting sound is unintelligible (muffled), and resonating, your room
is inclined toward being reflective. In this event, you might want to: Hang
up curtains/ Lay a carpet or rug / Introduce book cases/other racks. In the
event that the resulting sound is too damped your room is inclined toward
being absorptive. You might want to remove some of the absorptive
material (like those given above).
SPIKES
The hardened steel spikes maximize stability and minimize resonance. With
spikes, we have found bass to be reproduced tighter and stereo imaging,
more accurate.
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