Sounding great! Stereo placement tips
No matter what kind of stereo you have, the final component Is the room in which you place the speakers. The more soft, sound absorbing surfaces in a room –plush wall to wall carpeting, overstuffed furniture, heavy draperies – the deader the sound you will get. The more hard, the sound reflecting surfaces in a room –hardwood floors, tile, bare windows –the livelier the sound.
Place speakers in the spot you think are the liveliest so the sound waves reach listeners with the most clarity. If you place the speakers in dead areas, the high sound may be swallowing up before they reach the listener. The speaker placement tips shown here are general guidelines for rooms with an average balance of soft and hard surfaces.
Even speaker perfectly placed in an acoustically excellent room may seem to produce a distracting hum. The sound may be coming the wires leading from the turntable into the amplifier. Using coaxial cable (insulated cable) will minimize the hum. If humming persists, check to see that AC wires aren’t overlapping. If this wire must cross to complete turntable to amplifier hook up, cross them at right angles to stop static hum.
Symmetry for speaker placement
To ensure even sound, speaker should be identical acoustical situations, equidistant from the listener. For instance, if you place one speaker in a corner, put the other in the adjacent corner, not along a wall or out in the room. Likewise if one speaker is high up on a wall, the other shouldn’t be down low near a couch.
Speaker distance
The distance between speakers depends on their strength, the size of the room and the listening positions. The weaker the speakers, the smaller the room or the closer you sit to the speakers the closer together the speakers should be.