Verify Audio Incorporated Parsifal Ovation Owner's Manual - page 7
PARSIFAL OVATION
OWNER’S MANUAL
R.1.0
April 2005
VERITY AUDIO
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Equilateral triangle
Ceiling Flutter Echo
Damping
Diffusor
Bass Trap
0.618 Ceiling Height
Figure 1: Room placement method no. 1 and different room treatment devices.
of your Monitor front baffle to your listening position.
Then, adjust the distance between your two loudspeakers
to the same value.
2. Your sitting position will be more than ten feet (3 meters)
away from your loudspeakers
The width of your room divided by 3.6 will give you the
distance from the side wall to the center of your Monitor
front baffle.
We suggest that you start with the speakers aligned directly at
you. Then open them slowly until you get the best soundstage
without losing too much center-stage definition. For most case,
the left speaker should align toward your left shoulder and the
right speaker should align toward your right shoulder.
Opening them will improve your image width and closing
them will improve your image center definition. Conversely,
if you wish to broaden your listening area, tow-in them even
more until they align with your opposite shoulder.
Room Treatment
The Parsifal 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 speakers. The Parsifal has proved 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 speaker 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.