Focal Professional Alpha Série Manuel D'utilisation page 15

ALPHA
U s e r M a n u a l
F
Once the position is defined, decouple the
monitors from the stand / desk by positioning
the 4 rubber pads provided
gap and the right/left positioning of each
loudspeaker permit to control the width, the
centering and the global coherence of the
soundstage (left/center/right), at the source of
your recording/mixing precision.
330°
250°
H
Running in
As in all brand new loudspeaker, the drivers need some run-in period: the ALPHA transducers are mechanical
elements demanding a little time to settle and adapt to the climatic environment. This period will vary, depending
on the working conditions and may take up to a few weeks. Avoid pushing the speakers very hard during their first
hours of use, but to accelerate the run-in process, it is good practice to operate the speakers at moderate levels
for 20 hours or so, with programs having significant low frequency content. Only once the transducers have come
to stabilize will you get the optimum performance.
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(fig. F). The
30°
110°
G
Stereo positioning
We highly recommend you to position the monitors to
have an equilateral triangle. The 3 points of the triangle are
composed of the 2 monitors and your listening position
(fig G).
Surround positioning
In case of 5.1 set up, we recommend you to
position the monitors on a circle to have
the same distance between the sweet spot
(listening position) and every single monitor.
The center monitor should be placed at 0°,
front right monitor at 30°, rear right monitor
at 110°, rear left monitor at 250° and front left
monitor at 330° (fig. H).
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