Specifications
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• Because surround speakers carry mostly ambience information and are inuenced by the
listening room, and because they are also used dierently by dierent surround-sound
decoding standards, you should experiment to nd the best locations and orientations
for your particular installation. We suggest you try them at various angles, and in various
orientations (vertical, upside down, and even sideways) to identify the location and
orientation that work best with your room. Some installations locate the surrounds facing
sideways along the side or rear wall. The best way is whatever works well for you in your room.
Surrounds should always, however, be positioned symmetrically (so, for example, if you locate
your left side surround on its side with the high-frequency transducer towards the rear of the
room, you should also locate it’s counterpart, your right-side surround, on its side with the
high-frequency transducer towards the rear of the room.
• While you should avoid mounting front speakers in the corner angles of a room, corners are
acceptable locations for surround speakers, but you may need to adjust the Low-frequency
Equalization for best results.
• Always leave several inches clearance behind your airmotiv 5s powered monitors to avoid
blocking the rear-positioned port and to allow the ampliers to dissipate heat via the
aluminum back plate, which will get warm in normal operation.
Positioning your airmotiv 5s monitors as computer speakers
The Emotiva airmotiv 5s also makes an incredible computer speaker. When choosing optimum
locations for computer speakers, most people prefer to position them as they would near-eld
monitors. If your computer also provides music for your entire living room or oce, you may wish
instead to position your airmotiv powered monitors as you would for a small high-end home
stereo system.
Positioning your airmotiv 5s monitors for use with a music client or
portable music player
The Emotiva airmotiv 5s will deliver beautiful high-quality sound when connected to a music
client or portable music player. Depending on your specic requirements you may choose to
position them as you would near-eld monitors or as you would normal stereo speakers. Please
refer to the appropriate section for more details.
NOTE: Virtually all computers and hardware music clients use a digital volume control, which
can adversely aect sound quality at some settings. If this is the case, you will improve sound
quality, especially at lower settings, if you use a passive volume control (like our Control Freak)
between your source and your airmotiv 5s monitors.