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Typicalnear-eldmonitorplacement
Speaker Placement
Speaker placement is often a compromise between optimum performance, personal
preference, and site requirements. The following guidelines will serve as a starting
point to help you decide where to place your airmotiv powered studio monitors to
achieve the best possible performance.
Positioning your monitors as
near-eld monitors
The Emotiva airmotiv was designed primarily as a superlative near-eld monitor. When
choosing optimum locations for near-eld monitors, the goal is to locate them close to
the recording console, and far from any walls or other reective surfaces, to maximize
direct sound while minimizing reected sound.
• Mount your airmotiv powered studio monitors on separate stands, or mounts,
if possible. If you place them directly on the meter bridge or the same table as
your console, vibrations may be coupled to the console. You should consider using
a decoupling platform beneath each monitor. Mounting points for brackets are
provided on the bottom surface of each monitor.
• Locate your monitors close to the recording console, and away from walls or other
large reective surfaces. If there are large reective surfaces nearby, covering them
with commercial sound absorbing materials (or felt, or a tapestry) may improve
frequency response and imaging.