Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
Speaker positioning and installation
At
Dynaudio
we
appreciate
that
speakers should
fit
with
your
environment and lifestyle,
not
the
other
way
around,
so
our
speakers make
no
unusual room positioning demands. Even so, every listening
room
has its
own
acoustic
character
and
is uniquely furnished,
so
there are always
choices
to
be
made
to
help ensure
that
your
speakers can give
their best.
Don't
be afraid
to
experiment
with
adjusting
the
speaker positioning, and listening carefully, until you have it
just
right
to
your
ears.
Speaker
positioning
Speaker stands or wall mounting
Dynaudio speakers designed
to
sit on
speaker
stands
can often also
be
placed on shelves, wall
brackets
or
furniture
units.
Speaker
stands, however, are likely
to
provide
both
the
best
performance
and enable
the
greatest flexibility in
positioning. They will also place
the
speakers at
the
correct height - approximately head
height
when listening. If
you'd
rather install
your
speakers on shelves, brackets
or
furniture units there are a
few
things
to
consider:
• Instal
li
ng speakers on shelves, wall
brackets
or
furniture units will lessen
your
ability
to
adjust
speaker
positioning.
Make
sure
to
read
the
General Layout paragraphs before
deciding
on
shelf
or
bracket
locations.
• Installing speakers on shelves, wall
brackets
or
furniture units will result in increased bass
vo
l
ume
and potentially
less
focussed
stereo images
due
to
reflections from
the
nearby
back
wa
l
l.
• The height
of
your
speakers is important. They should
be
positioned
approx
imately
at
head
height
when listening.
Both
speakers
of
the
pair
should
be
mounted
at
the
same height.
• Shelves,
brackets
and furniture units
should
be
easily able
to
support
the
weight
of
the
speakers and be
both
rigid
and non-resonant. Shelves
or
brackets
attached
to
stud-work
and plasterboard walls are unlikely
to
provide
adequate
strength
or
rigidity. If
you're
unsure
of
your
wall's suitabi
li
ty,
or
of
your
abi
li
ty
to
install shelf
or
bracket
hardware,
check
with
a qualified professional.
• Furniture
that
incorporates large
unsupported
panels
might
not
be
suitable
for
speaker
mounting
as
the
vibrations
from
the
speakers can cause
sympathetic
panel vibrations. Similarly, locating speakers within furniture alcoves can
result in a resonant air volume around
and
behind
the
speaker
that
could colour
the
sound.
Using speaker stands
If
your
Dynaudio speakers are
supp
lied
with
stands,
or
you intend
to
use alternative Dynaudio stands, please
follow
the
assembly instructions supplied with them. If you have lost
the
instructions,
you
can
down
load
them
free
of
charge from
the
support
section
of
the
Dynaudio
website
. Instructi
ons
for
using
the
feet
suppl
i
ed
with
the
stands
are also available.
If you intend
to
user speaker
stands
from an alternative manufacturer, please
follow
the
assembly instructions supplied
with
them.
We always
recommend
that
speakers
mounted
on
stands
are restrained
on
the
stand-top
plate
by
rubber
pads
or
similar adhesive materials. Speakers
mounted
on
stands
without
top-p
late restraint can fall and potentially cause injury.