Behringer B2031P manual Foreword, Table of Contents, Introduction

TRUTH B2030P/B2031P

FOREWORD

Dear Customer,

welcome to the team of BEHRINGER users, and thank you very much for expressing your confi- dence in us by pur- chasing this studio monitor.

Writing this foreword for you gives me great pleasure, because it represents the culmi- nation of many months of hard work delivered by our engineering team to achieve a very ambi- tious goal: to present two outstanding near- field monitors, whose neutral sound makes

them ideal for studio use. The task of designing our new B2030P and B2031P certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work and night shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it is when all who participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve achieved.

It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team. With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.

We are often asked how we manage to produce such high- quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on to you? Because we know that your success is our success too!

I would like to thank all of you who have made the TRUTHs possible. You have all made your own personal contributions, from the developers to the many other employees at this company, and to you, the BEHRINGER user.

My friends, it’s been worth the effort!

Thank you very much,

Uli Behringer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION			4
1.1	Before you get started		5
	1.1.1	Shipment	5
	1.1.2	Initial operation	5
	1.1.3	Warranty	5
2. CONTROL ELEMENTS			5
3. APPLICATION			5
3.1	Connection		5
	3.1.1	The truth about speaker cables	6
	3.1.2 Power amp		6
	3.1.3	Protecting your TRUTH	6
3.2	Speaker placement suggestions		6
3.3	Adapting the TRUTH to the room acoustics		7
4. SPECIFICATIONS			7
5. WARRANTY			8

1. INTRODUCTION

Congratulations! With our new BEHRINGER TRUTH you have purchased one of the best high-resolution passive studio monitors available. It is a tool that reproduces your program material with highest fidelity and balance, positioning sound sources accurately on the stereo basis.

The TRUTH speakers stand out thanks to their toughness and extremely neutral and authentic sound rendition. In the bass range, they operate with polypropylene membranes and smooth suspension. Their scope is broadened downward by using a special bass reflex system. In the upper frequency range, a specially developed ferrofluid-cooled aluminum tweeter provides for subtle signal reproduction. The TRUTH is magnetically shielded, so you can use it near computer monitors or TV sets. The audio signal is separated using a low-distortion crossover that creates a phase-optimized frequency separation.

We recommend that you experiment with your TRUTH away from the pressures of a recording session, in order to get a feel for it. It will be a good idea to listen to your favorite CD’s over the TRUTH, so that you can get an impression of the neutral sound this speaker produces—which might be somewhat unusual at first!

+The following user’s manual is intended to familiarize you with the unit’s control elements, so that you can master all the functions. After having thoroughly read the user’s manual, store it at a safe place for future reference.

ATTENTION!

+The TRUTH is capable of producing extreme volumes. Please bear in mind, that high sound pressures do not only temporarily damage your sense of hearing, but can also cause permanent damage. Be careful to select a suitable volume.

4 1. INTRODUCTION