Quick setup instructions.
A number of readers have asked me about the horizontal layout of the drivers. I was just being creative with the pictures, but I personally listen to the LM-1's with the traditional tweeter-over-woofer, "portrait mode" arrangement. Of course, you can lie them down to fit tight spaces, or to keep a lower profile over a mixing console, but I am not intentionally designing "landscape mode" speakers.
The LM-1 has a wide and natural dispersion but is best with the tweeters on the outside and either parallel or toed in. Vertically however the LM-1 sounds best with your ears at tweeter level or lower. Any higher and it sounds dull and lifeless.
The LM-1C is similar. Used vertically keep the tweeters to the outside of center, toed in slightly. Around 15 degrees. This will give you a big sweet spot in the center, and limit reflections to the side. Used horizontally keep the tweeter pointed at or slightly above the tweeter towards the listener location, You may wish to experiment with the tweeter on the "outside" of the TV. In other words, keep the woofers closer to the TV than the tweeter but tilt the speaker vertically. Play around with it a little and the best tuning will become pretty obvious.
Experiment!
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