Verity Audio Tamino Monitor - Manual (Page 6)

Tamino Monitor OWNER’S MANUAL
R.3.0 March 10, 2004
VERITY AUDIO PAGE 6
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Equilateral triangle
Ceiling Flutter Echo
Damping
Diffusor
Bass Trap
0.618 Ceiling Height
Room placement according to method no. 1
Room Treatment
The Tamino gives its best performance in an average-furnished
domestic listening room. It requires a minimum of room
treatment. Before investing in room treatment we strongly
recommend you to take the time to listen and get familiar with
your monitors. The Tamino has proven to be a standalone
loudspeaker that rarely needs to be acoustically corrected. A
good room placement is usually the most effective approach.
You should always start to position your speakers without any
treatment. If speaker positioning cannot solve standing waves
or reverberation problems read the following.
The principal design factor for internal acoustics of a room, in
addition to shape and size, is the control of sound absorption
and reflection. The total absorption required to give optimum
reverberation is inherent to your room characteristics, i.e.,
which surfaces are absorptive or reflective, the area of these
surfaces and the selection of acoustical materials.
A flutter echo is a rapid (usually regular) succession of
reflected pulses resulting from a single pulse. They can be
easily identified by tapping your hands while walking in the
room. They are frequently located at the ceiling corners or at
the center of the ceiling-wall intersections. If flutter echos are
prominent, please consult your dealer to get proper assistance
on that matter.
The reverberation in the room is the resulting tendency for
sound level in the room to persist after direct sound ceases.
The optimum reverberation time for a room depends upon
room volume, sound frequency, and the type of sound or
reproduced music. The Tamino performs at its best in lively
listening rooms. Overly damped room will be detrimental to
the Tamino’s performance. Optimum reverberation time (at
500 to 1,000 Hz) should be between 0.4 and 0.6 second.
Standing waves are reflections from opposing parallel surfaces
resulting in serious peaks in the reverberation-time / frequency
curve. In properly proportioned rooms, resonances can be
effectively reduced and standing waves practically eliminated
by introducing numerous sound treatment devices. The object
is to prevent sound reflection from going back to the point of
origin until after several reflections and/or after being
considerably attenuated. Once again if you feel having a
standing wave problem in your room, please consult your
dealer to get proper assistance on this matter.
Early reflections are the first sound reflections heard at the
listening position. They are usually intense and annoying. In
order of importance, they usually come from the floor, the side
walls and the ceiling. They can either be controlled by placing
diffusors or absorbers at their image location. Your dealer can
be of good assistance in properly helping you with this matter.