Owner's Manual

Terminology
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the best performance from your system.
Your room is actually a component and an important part
of your system. This component is a large variable and can
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encompassing from 10 feet to as much as 40 feet. Your
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types of surfaces in the room.
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time, space, and tonal balance. Acoustically, the role of
an ideal room would be to neither delete nor contribute
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some degree.
Standing Waves
Sound coming from a speaker bounces around in a room
until a pattern emerges—this is called a standing wave.
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Some people believe that having a room without parallel
walls will eliminate this effect. The truth is that non-parallel
walls only generate different standing wave patterns than
those that occur in rectangular rooms.
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room by putting the Dynamo 500 in a corner. Listening
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rience. For instance, if you sit in a corner you will hear
most of the standing waves. This can be an overpowering
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Resonant Surfaces and Objects
All of the surfaces and objects in your room are subject to
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instrument, they will vibrate and "carry on" in syncopation
with the music, and may contribute in a negative way to the
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simply because surfaces and objects are "singing along"
with your speakers.
Resonant Cavities
Small alcoves or closet type areas in your room can be
chambers that create their own "standing waves" and can
drum their own "one note" sounds.
ROOM ACOUSTICS
Your Room