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installation • chapter 2
12 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
Symmetry
Alesis has designed the Monitor One Mk2 for horizontal or vertical
mounting. Horizontal mounting, however, keeps their height profile as low
as possible to minimize the recording engineer's visual obstructions. Proper
horizontal placement of speaker systems slightly behind (not on) a meter
bridge accomplishes two purposes: it allows both woofer and tweeter to be
at ear level, and many times, it permits the recording engineer to see over the
speakers and into the studio. Of course, the traditional vertical method of
mounting the speakers with the high frequency drivers at the top is perfectly
acceptable too.
NOTE: We recommend that the M1 Active Mk2 speakers be placed with the
tweeters to the inside , not the outside, of the listening triangle.
Your Monitor Ones are supplied as a pair, and if mounted horizontally,
should be installed with the soft-dome high-frequency drivers towards the
inside of the triangle (see below).
The high frequency driver should be on the right side of the left monitor and
on the left side of the right monitor.
In any mounting configuration, make sure the Monitor Ones are secure
and won’t vibrate off the surface. Setting them on a sheet or pads of
rubber or felt will help this, as well as isolate the base from vibrations.