Red Rose Music MK II - Manual (Page 4)

Speaker Placement and
Installation
The Rosebud MK II speakers can produce
excellent sound in any location. Therefore,
you should use these guidelines as a start-
ing point and make minor adjustments to
the height and position of the speakers and
other objects in the room until you find
the combination that sounds best to you.
As a general rule, the distance between the
front plane of the speakers and the front
wall of your listening room should be ap-
proximately 20% of the total length of the
room; the distance from each speaker to
the closest side wall should be about 20%
of the total width of the room. The dis-
tance from the listener’s chair or couch
to the wall behind the listener should be
about the same as the distance between
the speakers and the front wall.
Fig. 1 – shows the relative positions of
the two speakers and the listening posi-
tion. The front of each speaker should
be angled toward the listening position.
Fig. 2– Place each speaker on a speaker stand, about 26 – 30 inches (about 65 to 72 centime-
ters) above the floor. You should note that the optimum stand height is the one that places
your ear/ seating height approximately 1” above the top edge of speaker.
Fig. 3 and 4 –illustrate an option of tilting the front of the speaker backward. The vertical
dispersion of the speaker is altered when the front of the speaker is raised about 1/8-inch to
1/4-inch (about 1 centimeter) higher than the back.
Fig.3–Most speaker stand platforms feature small adjustment spikes that allow you to elevate
the front of the speaker.
Fig. 4–Adjusting spike feet on the front of the stands will also achieve this effect.
Fig. 1
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