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• II • • • 11 II A17131 harman/kardon Audio/Video Surround Processor with Preamplifier SYSTEMS PLANNING MANUAL
• II • • • 11 II A17131 harman/kardon Audio/Video Surround Processor with Preamplifier SYSTEMS PLANNING MANUAL
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... upgrade the system a step at the primary listening area. ■ One or more THX subwoofers (depending on room sized) designed for short speaker cables (unless in rooms as large as surround-encoded video sources (motion pictures and broadcast television). Position of equipment needed for use in high RF fields where low levels might pick up to begin building a complete Home THX Audio System. You should start...
... upgrade the system a step at the primary listening area. ■ One or more THX subwoofers (depending on room sized) designed for short speaker cables (unless in rooms as large as surround-encoded video sources (motion pictures and broadcast television). Position of equipment needed for use in high RF fields where low levels might pick up to begin building a complete Home THX Audio System. You should start...
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... toward listeners figure 1 2 VIDEO VIEWING REQUIREMENTS • The primary seating areas should be centered in terms of the Home THX Audio System: Home THX Front Loudspeakers Controlled Vertical Dispersion • Reduces reflections from side walls. IN The screen should be well away from floor and ceiling • Projects more subwoofers to achieve louder sound levels. MAIN LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT SPEAKERS (LCR) The Left and...
... toward listeners figure 1 2 VIDEO VIEWING REQUIREMENTS • The primary seating areas should be centered in terms of the Home THX Audio System: Home THX Front Loudspeakers Controlled Vertical Dispersion • Reduces reflections from side walls. IN The screen should be well away from floor and ceiling • Projects more subwoofers to achieve louder sound levels. MAIN LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT SPEAKERS (LCR) The Left and...
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... to focus sound energy to smooth irregularities created by room modes. Proper aiming is acceptable since aiming Set-up and Tuning Speaker Placement: Front Speakers SCREEN figure 2 LESS THAN 2 FEET them upward maximizes the usable listening area. Placing the LCR speakers below the screen. Placing the Center speaker directly in vertical localization. All THX LCR speakers are designed to minimize room modes. Use of thumb...
... to focus sound energy to smooth irregularities created by room modes. Proper aiming is acceptable since aiming Set-up and Tuning Speaker Placement: Front Speakers SCREEN figure 2 LESS THAN 2 FEET them upward maximizes the usable listening area. Placing the LCR speakers below the screen. Placing the Center speaker directly in vertical localization. All THX LCR speakers are designed to minimize room modes. Use of thumb...
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... room. In addition, the profound bass capabilities of a Home THX Audio System can see any of the front speakers reflected in the mirror, mark the wall at the expense of others, based on the side walls. They can be found with the indiscriminate use of sound-absorbing products,...performance of specific sounds. There are beyond the control of the THX LCR speakers minimizes the floor and ceiling reflections. As an extra enhancement, it still reduces the perceived low-level resolution of absorptive materials on the dimensions of absorptive material. 4 Larger rooms sustain ...
... room. In addition, the profound bass capabilities of a Home THX Audio System can see any of the front speakers reflected in the mirror, mark the wall at the expense of others, based on the side walls. They can be found with the indiscriminate use of sound-absorbing products,...performance of specific sounds. There are beyond the control of the THX LCR speakers minimizes the floor and ceiling reflections. As an extra enhancement, it still reduces the perceived low-level resolution of absorptive materials on the dimensions of absorptive material. 4 Larger rooms sustain ...
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...would otherwise place the absorptive material (using the "mirror trick"), to hold a large sample of the cloth in front of a speaker playing the pink noise found in many installations, particularly when the home theater room serves multiple purposes. The simplest test for design considerations. all directions....same purpose. Rather than using diffusion instead. It is to break up the first early reflections and scatter them randomly throughout the room. They reflect sounds in a highly randomized way which effectively "scatters" the sound in rooms which are available but large...
...would otherwise place the absorptive material (using the "mirror trick"), to hold a large sample of the cloth in front of a speaker playing the pink noise found in many installations, particularly when the home theater room serves multiple purposes. The simplest test for design considerations. all directions....same purpose. Rather than using diffusion instead. It is to break up the first early reflections and scatter them randomly throughout the room. They reflect sounds in a highly randomized way which effectively "scatters" the sound in rooms which are available but large...
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... the greatest benefits. See the discussion on Standing Waves for Home Theater Systems Surround speaker Screen speakers • "Dead" zone absorbs front speaker reflection • "Live" zone provides surround propagation Reflective "live" zone Absorptive "dead" zone figure 4 characteristic bright, "zingy" sound and interfering with low frequency response problems. EXCESSIVE USE OF ABSORPTIVE MATERIALS People are fairly "dead" acoustically. Sounds tend to create the environment, rather than a typical living...
... the greatest benefits. See the discussion on Standing Waves for Home Theater Systems Surround speaker Screen speakers • "Dead" zone absorbs front speaker reflection • "Live" zone provides surround propagation Reflective "live" zone Absorptive "dead" zone figure 4 characteristic bright, "zingy" sound and interfering with low frequency response problems. EXCESSIVE USE OF ABSORPTIVE MATERIALS People are fairly "dead" acoustically. Sounds tend to create the environment, rather than a typical living...
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... the volume to which are particularly prominent for the surround speakers. It has been demonstrated that even audio and video components can sound like distortion. All of frequencies, far greater than the noise itself. the difference in low level resolution and in the system. ■ for sounds in the lower frequencies, and can introduce such as noisy transformers, motors in laser players, or...
... the volume to which are particularly prominent for the surround speakers. It has been demonstrated that even audio and video components can sound like distortion. All of frequencies, far greater than the noise itself. the difference in low level resolution and in the system. ■ for sounds in the lower frequencies, and can introduce such as noisy transformers, motors in laser players, or...
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... studs to vibrate of any speaker (including subwoofers) 8 Heating and cooling systems are also amplified. STANDING WAVE SOLUTIONS: ROOM RATIOS In new construction, the best way to minimize the audibility of standing waves is very beneficial. In this also can be addressed simply. Room dimensions which creates undue noise from turbulence. Locating the home theater in your attention away...
... studs to vibrate of any speaker (including subwoofers) 8 Heating and cooling systems are also amplified. STANDING WAVE SOLUTIONS: ROOM RATIOS In new construction, the best way to minimize the audibility of standing waves is very beneficial. In this also can be addressed simply. Room dimensions which creates undue noise from turbulence. Locating the home theater in your attention away...
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...best use it may seem. This will sometimes take the form of a custom-designed bass trap, which is to know its limitations and how to apply it takes specific skills to minimize a particular standing wave depends on something of a trial-and-error basis. Room analysis is its optimal design. If everyone used EQ this level...properly are highly specialized. • where two walls and the floor meet will tend to standing waves often requires significant adjustment of subwoofer placement. This can , then use the professional services of the absorptive material would be required in ...
...best use it may seem. This will sometimes take the form of a custom-designed bass trap, which is to know its limitations and how to apply it takes specific skills to minimize a particular standing wave depends on something of a trial-and-error basis. Room analysis is its optimal design. If everyone used EQ this level...properly are highly specialized. • where two walls and the floor meet will tend to standing waves often requires significant adjustment of subwoofer placement. This can , then use the professional services of the absorptive material would be required in ...
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... for both music and movies. The bass energy and recorded levels on this disc can damage or destroy ordinary speakers and subwoofers. Foreign patents pending. `LUCASFILM THX AUDIO and HOME THX CINEMA' are trademarks of DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION. SUGGESTED DEMONSTRATION TITLES The THX disc, WOW!, features a number of sections with your AVP1 processor. There are also many other...
... for both music and movies. The bass energy and recorded levels on this disc can damage or destroy ordinary speakers and subwoofers. Foreign patents pending. `LUCASFILM THX AUDIO and HOME THX CINEMA' are trademarks of DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION. SUGGESTED DEMONSTRATION TITLES The THX disc, WOW!, features a number of sections with your AVP1 processor. There are also many other...