PRIMEBOOKSHELFGB User Manual

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SETTING UP YOUR PRIME SPEAKERS

ACOUSTICS & ROOM PLACEMENT

Front Left/Right Loudspeaker Placement and Room Acoustics:

Proper placement of the front left/right speakers is essential to achieve the

smoothest frequency response, optimal stereo imaging and the most spacious,

three-dimensional soundstage.

Stereo imaging and soundstage are affected by loudspeaker location and the

listening position, relative to each other and room boundaries. Moving the

loudspeakers away from room boundaries will tend to improve stereo imaging and

spaciousness by attenuating and delaying boundary reﬂections, thus optimizing

direct sound and helping to preserve spatial information in the recording.

The amount of exposed glass, drywall and bare ﬂooring in the room will increase

the amount of reﬂected sound and exacerbate problems like slap echo and ringing.

Conversely, furnishings like carpeting, drapes and upholstered furniture will reduce

the amount of reﬂected sound in the room. The ratio of direct-to-reﬂected sound

and the decay characteristics of the listening environment will have a large

inﬂuence on the ultimate sound quality of any loudspeaker system. Dedicated

room treatments like absorbers, diffusers and bass traps can greatly improve the

sound quality of any listening environment, and are encouraged to extract the

absolute best performance from any high-end loudspeaker system.

SVS recommends starting with the front loudspeakers located 30-degrees to the

left and right (i.e., a 60-degree total window) of the listening position.

5-30˚

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SVS PRIMEBOOKSHELFGB Piano Gloss Black Prime Bookshelf Speakers (Pair)