Setup guide

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Try to follow the formula as close as you can. You can ne tune the placement by listening to a source
with an image (such as a vocalist) centered between the speakers. When listening in stereo (no Center
Channel speaker), move the speakers closer together or farther apart in small increments until you hear
the sharpest and most cohesive image in the phantom center. You may also want to angle (or
“toe-in”) the speakers slightly. This often improves the sharpness of the stereo image, reduces room
colorations, and provides a wider seating area.
5. THE TRIPOLE
®
SURROUND SPEAKER
MK’s exclusive Tripole
®
design is a new concept in surround channel speaker design, offering a new level
of performance not possible with conventional speakers by combining the performance advantages of two
different types of speakers. Think of it as a dipole surround speaker that includes a very high quality direct
radiating speaker in the same cabinet.
As a Tripole
®
, the front bafe drivers (direct radiator) operate full range. The side Dipole drivers also
operate, so sound is radiated on three axis. This means that the speaker can simultaneously produce a
directional stereo image in the surround channels and an enveloping sound that wraps around the
listener. The directional qualities and stereo imaging may be preferred to direct radiating speakers for playing
back the “split” (stereo) surround channels of 5.1 channel discrete digital recordings.
On the back of the speaker is a label with an arrow. To properly install the speakers, make sure that the arrow
printed on the back of each speaker is pointed at the front of your screen. The arrows will not be visible once
the speaker is installed (see gure 7 in Appendix A.)
The Tripole
®
design is also ideal for the back surround channel of a 6.1 surround channel system. If
you have such a system, we recommend using two Tripole® surround speakers to reproduce this format.
6. PLACEMENT OF THE TRIPOLE
®
SURROUND SPEAKER
(See speaker placement diagrams in Appendix A in the back of this manual)
MK surround speakers are designed to be oriented with the front tweeter closest to the listeners. When the
speaker is mounted above the listeners’ heads, make certain that the tweeter on the front bafe is at the
bottom. If the speaker is mounted below listeners’ heads, the tweeter should be at the top.
Your Tripole speakers are designed to be used as surround sound channel speakers, playing Dolby Digital,
DTS, DVD-A, SACD and other discrete digital, or Pro-Logic sources. The Tripole
®
surrounds will achieve
excellent results in THX systems as well. The instructions given here apply to surround channel applications.
Due to the Tripole
®
design, your surround speakers are less critical of placement than most speakers. They
should be located high on the wall, to the sides or behind the listening position. They can be mounted on the
back wall of the room. The Tripole
®
design radiates sound to the front and the rear of the room in addition to
directly at the listeners. The usual installation will be mounted ush on the side or back wall of the room.
When wall mounting is impractical or impossible, mounting the speakers on the ceiling can be an excellent
solution.
a. POSITION RELATIVE TO SEATING
The surround speakers can be located either to the sides of or behind the seating position. For maximum
enveloping quality, the surround speakers should be located directly to the left and to the right of the preferred
seating position, See FIGURE 3 in Appendix A. If there are multiple rows of seats, then the surround speakers
would then be located directly to the left and right of the geometric center of the
listening area. See FIGURE 4 in Appendix A.