Integra DTR-7 - Manual (Page 10)

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Connecting speakers
Speaker placement
Ideal speaker placement varies depending on the size of your room
and the wall coverings. Here, only typical example of speaker place-
ment and recommendations are shown.
Speaker systems
Left and Right front speakers and Center speaker
• Place these three speakers at the same height from the floor.
• Place each speaker so that sound is aimed at the audience's ears
at the listening position.
Left and Right surround speakers
• Place these speakers so that their height is 1 meter higher than
that of the audience's ears.
Subwoofer
To get the highest bass effect, place a subwoofer.
You can place your subwoofer anywhere in your room because the
placement affects very little the perceived sound.
1 TV or Screen
2 Front speaker Left
3 Subwoofer
4 Center speaker
5 Front speaker Right
6 Surround speaker Left
7 Surround speaker Right
8 Listening Position
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2 3 5 4
6 7
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The DTR-7/6 allows you to connect two speaker systems.
Before connecting the speakers, place them correctly by consulting the instruction manuals that came with your speakers.
For surround playback (see “Using the listening modes” on page 34), the configuration and placement of your speakers are very important.
For Home THX cinema surround playback, we recommend that you use a THX speaker system that is certified by Lucasfilm Ltd. (such as
Onkyo HTS SYSTEM-2).
Ideal speaker configuration:
• Right and Left front speakers
• Center speaker
Produces a rich sound image by serving as a sound source for
the Right and Left front speakers and enhancing the sonic move-
ment.
• Right and Left surround speakers
Adds three-dimensional sonic movement and produces environ-
mental sound associated with the background and effect sound
for each scene.
• Subwoofer
Produces powerful and heavy bass.
Minimum speaker configuration for surround sound playback:
• Right and Left front speakers
• Right and Left surround speakers
The sound recorded for the center speaker and the subwoofer will be
properly distributed to the Right and Left front speakers and the
Right and Left surround speakers for optimized surround playback.