Bose Acoustimass 700 Owner's guide - Page 5

Setting Up Placing your Acoustimass" 700 speakers to achieve (realistic home theater sound Bose designed your Acoustimass 700 home theater speakers to provide high performance and flexibility. The identical cube speaker arrays are magnetically shielded, allowing you to place them near a TV screen without causing interference. The Acoustimass module, which is unshielded, should be at least 2 feet (.6 m) from your screen, but at the same end of the room as the cube speaker arrays. The surround speakers, which are also unshielded, should be placed toward the rear of your room and at least 2 feet (.6 m) from your screen. Figure 2 Recommended arrangement of Acoustimass 700 speakers t Left surround speaker Left iron to r t sround Acoustimass module The home theater layout shown in Figure 2 applies the recommended guidelines. You may choose different locations for your speakers, to take advantage of the sound characteristics of different rooms. Just keep the guidelines in mind, and be aware that bass tones are multidirectional. That means you can actually hide the module behind curtains or under furniture. Without audible distortion to give away the location of the Acoustimass module, all the sound will seem to come from the small speakers around the room. The center speaker localizes action and dialogue on your screen. Sound from the center speaker should seem to come from within the picture. The left and right front speakers create a sound image wider than the screen, so it seems natural to viewers sitting anywhere "'visualin the room. The surround speakers add subtle sounds and special effects that expand the image, bringing the viewer into the center of the action. The surround speakers should be positioned to allow the sound to reach the viewer from both sides, rather than from directly behind. 5