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Optimisation
After years of Audio design and installation, we have built up some tips which would help optimise any
speaker setup when used in domestic sized rooms.
The size and shape of the room determines its low frequency response. For the ideal level frequency response speakers should be facing down
the longest length of the room.
Moving loudspeakers closer to the wall increases their low frequency output. Corner positions give the maximum possible low frequency output,
and the most level low frequency response, since all the room modes are being driven.
However, many quality loudspeakers are designed to give a level low frequency response at a recommended distance from the wall, whilst a
smaller number are designed for placement against the wall. Check with your speaker manufacturer for more information.
Middle and high frequencies are mostly affected by room furnishings and reflective surfaces such as glass windows. Closing curtains for example
can dramatically alter the sound the listener experiences.
Speaker cables should go from the amp directly to the speakers. Avoid unnecessarily long wires; and wires with a low current capacity. Expensive
or exotic speaker cables will make little or no difference to the sound produced by the speakers.
Amp should be roughly equal distance from either speaker. Avoid having one audio wire much longer than another.
For optimal signal to noise ratio of the signal input, the best practice is to set the 'volume' level from the source to maximum and turn the power
amplifier volume to minimum.
Then while listening to your favorite audio track, gradually increase the volume on the power amplifier, until the volume level is appropriate.
***Note*** We have a more technical version of these guidelines in the technical section on our website www.templeaudio.net
