Tapco 6925 User Manual

Placement

Your new Series 69 loudspeakers are 

designed to sit on the floor or a tabletop. In 

addition, the 6912 and 6915 are designed to 

be pole-mounted or fit on a standard tripod 

speaker stand. The 6925 and 6918s ARE NOT 

designed to be pole-mounted.

Warning: The Series 69 

enclosures have no rigging 

points and are not suitable 

for rigging. 

NEVER attempt to 

suspend any of the Series 69 

enclosures by its handles.

As with any loudspeakers, protect them 

from moisture. If you are setting them up 

outdoors, make sure they are under cover if 

you expect rain.

The Series 69 loudspeakers are designed 

to sound as neutral as possible. However, 

room acoustics play a crucial role in the 

overall performance of a sound system. 

Here are some placement tips to get 

the best performance from the Series 69 

loudspeakers:

•  Avoid placing loudspeakers in the corners of a 

room. This increases the low-frequency output and 
can cause the sound to be muddy and indistinct.

•  Avoid placing loudspeakers against a wall. This, 

too, increases the low-frequency output, though 
not as much as corner placement. However, if you 
do need to reinforce the low frequencies, this is a 
good way to do it.

•  Avoid placing the speakers directly on a hollow 

stage floor. A hollow stage can resonate at 
certain frequencies, causing peaks and dips in 
the frequency response of the room. It’s better to 
place the loudspeakers on a sturdy table or tripod 
stands.

•  Position the loudspeakers so the high-frequency 

drivers are two to four feet above ear level for 
the audience (make allowances for a standing/
dancing-in-the-aisles audience). High frequencies 
are highly directional and tend to be absorbed 
much easier than lower frequencies. By providing 
direct line-of-sight from the loudspeakers to the 
audience, you increase the overall brightness and 
intelligibility of the sound system.

•  Highly reverberant rooms, like many gymnasiums 

and auditoriums, are a nightmare for sound system 
intelligibility. Multiple reflections off the hard walls, 
ceiling, and floor play havoc with the sound. 
Depending on the situation, you may be able to 
take some steps to minimize the reflections, such as 
putting carpeting on the floors, closing draperies to 
cover large glass windows, or hanging tapestries or 
other materials on the walls to absorb some of the 
sound.

 

However, in most cases, these remedies are not 
possible or practical. So what do you do? Making 
the sound system louder generally doesn’t work 
because the reflections become louder, too. 
The best approach is to provide as much direct 
sound coverage to the audience as possible. The 
farther away you are from the speaker, the more 
prominent will be the reflected sound.

 

Use more speakers strategically placed so they are 
closer to the back of the audience. If the distance 
between the front and back speakers is more than 
about 100 feet, you should use a delay processor 
to time-align the sound. (Since sound travels about 
one foot per millisecond, it takes about 1/10 of a 
second to travel 100 feet).

•  Never listen to loud music for prolonged periods. 

Please see the Safety Instructions on page 2 for 
information on hearing protection.

•   When you shut down your equipment, turn off the 

amplifiers first to prevent thumps and other noises 
generated by any upstream equipment from 
coming out the speakers. When powering up, turn 
on the amplifiers last.

•   Save the shipping boxes and packing materials! 

You may need them someday. Besides, your cat 
will love playing in them and jumping out at you 
unexpectedly. Remember to pretend like you are 
surprised!

•   Save your sales receipt in a safe place.
•   Also record the serial numbers in the space 

provided on page 3, along with where and when 
you bought them.