Based on a room’s size, the speaker position, and largely the listener’s preferences, the tweeter’s performance of high frequencies might need to be either more or less prominent.  The tweeter level control is a 3 position switch that allows you to adjust that level to create better balance and more realistic sound. The Tweeter Level Control can alter the volume level of the high frequency range by –2, 0, or +2 decibels. Under varying conditions, this will give the listener more control over the speaker’s balance with the lower frequencies and create more options in getting the desired sound reproduction. For some situations, adjusting the tweeter down 2 decibels will create a smoother, more cohesive sound. In other situations, a more noticeable high frequency range will create the vibrant vocals and clarity desired, and a +2dB setting is perfect. Finally, some situations will sound best without any adjustment to the tweeter level control at all and a 0dB ends up providing the best balance.

Proper sound design has always forbid the placement of speakers within 2’ of corners. But let’s be honest, that just makes you want to do it more. Speakers, especially in-walls and in-ceilings, look so good in the corner but the sound they produce from there is seriously lacking in everything except bass.  The solution to this is a Room Boundary EQ. This 2 position switch affects the woofer’s low frequencies much like the Tweeter Level Control affects the highs. But in addition to creating a better sounding speaker through more control over the frequency balance, the Room Boundary EQ allows you to have more accurate reproduction in these corners installations and other challenges. When most speakers are mounted within 2’ of corners, there is an effect known as a Corner Loading Effect. It’s an unwanted boost in low frequencies that occurs as the sound caroms off the wall and ceiling or whatever else might be surrounding it. This can be quite a problem as the music is overpowered by bass rumbles and sound quality is lost. Now with the Room Boundary EQ, the listener can either set the switch to 0 if a particular application doesn’t need further adjustment, or alter the low frequencies by -3 decibels to eliminate the corner loading effect. The music can therefore always sound the way it’s suppose to and speakers can finally be accepted in the taboo corners of the room.

One of the earliest audio problems was that the desired speaker placement and the listener position didn’t match; the listener never got to appreciate the “sweet spot” of the sound. The solution to this was to simply angle the speaker toward the listener. MTX has perfected maximizing the overall performance up to 45 degrees off-axis in all of its in-ceiling speakers. This compensates for imperfect speaker placement and increases mounting options.

But when more directional sound is need, MTX angled baffle speakers can improve off-axis performance even further. When referring to how sound is spread into a room, it’s called its Sound Dispersion, which is essentially the field of sound the speaker produces. Just like a light that is brighter when you are directly under it, a speaker is louder and has better sound quality when you are directly underneath it. But what if where you want to install the speaker isn’t directly above the listening position? This is where an angled baffle helps. MTX models redirect the field of dispersion 15º so the sweet spot of the sound is right where the listener is. Less than 15 degrees wouldn’t adjust the dispersion enough to warranty an angled baffle and more would lose sound into the ceiling.