Positioning Your Speakers - Dali Kore Manuel

Use the supplied 10 mm spanner
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to loosen the two M6 bolts on all
four transit wheel brackets.
Remove the transit wheel brackets in the
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direction shown below.
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Adjust the height of the spikes using the 5 mm
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Allen key.
The spike height should be adjusted to leave a gap
of between 33 mm and 43 mm from the fl oor to
the underside of the speaker base.
The spike heights can be adjusted to ensure the
speakers are vertical and stable.
When you've fi nished adjusting the spike heights,
screw the four thumbscrews back on.
The diagram below shows how to adjust the height
of the DALI KORE feet.
5 mm
33-43 mm
Repeat the unpacking process
for the other speaker.
Remove the dome
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protection before use.
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4. Positioning your speakers

In this section, we guide you Position your DALI KORE speakers
through placing your speakers 3 to 5 metres apart, well away
in your listening room. You'll likely from corners in the room and 1 to
need to make adjustments as 2 metres from the rear wall. The
you become more familiar with distance between the speakers
the character and performance and the rear wall is where you're
of your new speakers, so if you likely to make most adjustments
need to move your speakers, as you become more familiar with
fi rst rea‫ ﬙‬ach the transit wheels their performance in your listening
by following steps 11 to 8 in the space.
previous section in reverse order.
The primary listening position
The sound of any speaker is should be located centrally
infl uenced by the space and between the speakers, at
position in which it's located. Even approximately the same distance
small changes in position can as that between the speakers
signifi cantly infl uence the sound. (Diagram 1).
Changes to a room, such as laying
As DALI speakers are designed
a rug or closing a pair of heavy
to off er wide acoustic dispersion,
curtains, can also have an eff ect.
we recommend that you avoid
angling (or toeing-in) your DALI
KORE speakers towards the
Diagram 1: Positioning guidelines
Positioning your speakers
1-2 m
3-5 m
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primary listening position. You can
read more about the DALI wide
dispersion philosophy in the DALI
KORE White Paper.
Try to position each DALI KORE
speaker in an acoustically similar
environment. Curtains, windows,
bookcases and other nearby
objects can all aff ect a speaker's
acoustic performance.
If you move your DALI KORE
speakers closer to a wall boundary,
the low frequency elements of
your music are likely to become
more prominent. Although this
might initially appear to improve the
sound, it will likely be at the expense
of musical clari‫ ﬚‬and accuracy.
Finding the optimal listening position
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