Mackie HR626 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 6)

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Figure 1. Horizontal Placement

job. But the simple fact is, “standard” rooms,

i.e. rectangular rooms in conventional business

or residential structures, are rarely if ever

conducive to optimal low bass reproduction

without some modifications.

Luckily, there are plenty of options short of

building a new control room, many of which

are covered in this manual.

Additional Tidbits of Wisdom

• When you shut down your equipment, turn

off the HR626 studio monitors first to

prevent thumps and other noises generated

by any upstream equipment from coming

out the speakers. When powering up, turn

on the monitors last.

• Save the shipping box! You may need it

someday, and you don’t want to have to pay

for another one.

• Save your sales receipt in a safe place.

• Also record all HR626 serial numbers in the

space provided on the inside front cover,

along with where and when you bought them.

Placement

The HR626s were designed to be placed in

either a horizontal or vertical position, and can

be used in either position for virtually any ap-

plication. For example, when using the HR626 as

a center speaker, you might position the speaker

horizontally above or below your video screen.

When using as left and right front or rear speak-

ers, you might position the speakers vertically.

AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE

ON HR626 BASS RESPONSE AND

YOUR CONTROL ROOM

Your new HR626s achieve

their best bass response in

a room that’s optimized for

bass reproduction. A lot of

factors can conspire to

thwart the HR626s’ extended low frequency —

including room shape, room volume and

acoustical treatment.

This is not a cop-out or an apology. It’s plain

old physics in action. Luckily we’ve armed you

with some compensating controls which you

can use to optimize the frequency response of

the speakers in your particular room. Consider

the following:

The ACOUSTIC SPACE switch

must be set correctly

When you put your HR626s in a corner or

up against walls, their bass characteristics

change. Adjust the

ACOUSTIC SPACE

switch setting accordingly to avoid muddy or

exaggerated low frequency response.

Feel free to experiment

In many respects, every room is unique in

terms of its acoustics.

Even after you’ve read about how to set the

HR626’s rear panel switches, try other settings

to see if your particular room environment

requires different adjustments.

And, even after you’ve placed your monitors

where you think they’ll sound best, try moving

them around. You might be pleasantly surprised.

Finally, keep an open mind about

improving your room’s acoustics

and bass-handling ability

Nobody likes to buy a new set of monitor

speakers and then be told that they should

spend extra bucks on bass traps or a remodeling

Note: The Mackie logo can be rotated 90º

so that it is oriented correctly when placing

the speakers either vertically or on their

sides. Gently pull out on the Mackie emblem,

rotate it, and push it back into place.

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