Break-In; Listening Position; The Wall Behind The Listener - Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL Manuel De L'utilisateur

binding posts that accept bare wire or pins (fig. 2).
Additionally, by removing the rubber inserts, they
will accept banana plugs (fig. 3)
Fig. 2
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lacement

LISteNING PoSItIoN

Your speakers should be placed approximately
two to three feet from the front wall, the wall in
front of the listening position, and about two feet
from the side walls. Your sitting distance should
be further than the distance between the speakers
themselves. You are trying to attain the impression
of good center imaging and stage width.
There is no exact distance between speakers
and listener, but there is a relationship. In long
rooms, naturally, that relationship changes. The
distance between the speakers will be far less
than the distance from you to the speaker system.
However, in a wide room, you will still find that
if the distance from the listener to the speakers

BReAk-IN

When you first begin to play your EM-ESL
speakers, they will sound a bit bass shy. This is
due to the high quality, long-life components used
in our woofer. Our custom made, butyl surround
woofer requires approximately 72 hours of break-
in at 90 dB (moderate listening levels) before any
critical listening. The break-in requirements of the
crossover components (and, to a lesser degree, the
stator) are equivalent.
becomes smaller than the distance between the
speakers themselves, the image will no longer
focus in the center.
Now that you have positioned your speaker
system, spend time listening. Wait to make an
major changes in your initial setup for the next
few days as the speaker system itself will change
subtly in its sound. Over the first 72 hours of play
the actual tonal quality will change slightly with
deeper bass and more spacious highs resulting.
After a few days of listening you can begin to
make refinements and hear the differences.

the WALL BehIND the LISteNeR

Near-field reflections can also occur from your
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