Speaker installation
The advice given here are general guidleines for speaker
installation. Refer to the documentation supplied with your
speakers for more precise positioning and installation
information.
Positioning
As a rough guide, speakers should be placed on rigid stands at
about 15–40cms from the rear wall and at least 60cms from any
side wall. Speakers should never be placed on the oor (unless
they are oor-standing speakers), or in corners.
The nal sound will depend on the acoustics of the listening room
and experimentation with speaker positioning is very worthwhile.
As a starting point, we suggest that the speakers are placed
2–3m apart with their backs 15cms from the rear wall.
Listening in a second room
Solo provides two independent volume controls, offering
you the possibility of listening to the same output in two
< a power ampli er (such as the Arcam P80) and speakers;
< suitable interconnect cables, such as those described above;
< a remote control receiver (optional), available from your Arcam dealer;
< a second Solo remote control (optional), available from your Arcam dealer.
Make the connections as follows:
1. Ensure that all equipment is switched off and disconnected from the mains
supply.
2. Connect the outputs of Solo labelled ‘Zone 2’ to the audio inputs of the power
ampli er using the interconnect cables.
3. Connect the speakers to the speaker terminals of the power amp. The speakers
should be connected in the same method as described in the panel on page 4,
‘Speakers’.
4. Plug the remote receiver from the second room into the connector labelled ‘In
Zone 2’ on the rear of Solo.
5. Reconnect the equipment to the mains supply and switch on. You should be able
to hear the output of Solo in through the power amp. and control the volume
using the remote control.
Note that the second room is always muted
when Solo is switched on – it must be
unmuted ‘explicitly’ when required. This is
to avoid unexpected output in the remote
location.
Speaker stands
The more rmly a speaker is held, the better it will
sound. We recommend the use of rigid metal stands
of 40–60cms height. Properly damped types that do
not ‘ring’ when tapped with a pencil (either by virtue of
construction, or because they are lled with dry silver
sand) will bring out the best in a speaker. Ensure that the
stands and/or speakers do not wobble.
