Avalon Acoustics AVALON ASCENDANT manual Care of Your Avalon Loudspeakers, Cabinet

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6. Care of Your Avalon Loudspeakers

Cabinet

Your Ascendant loudspeakers are finished with a high quality furniture lacquer. This is a modern finish which is beautiful yet durable, and requires only minimal attention. The speaker should be dusted with a soft, non-abrasive cloth. Using the supplied furniture cream or equivilent and a lint free polishing cloth carefully wipe the cabinet.

Grille Assembly

The grille assembly may be removed from the cabinet and gently vacuumed to remove dust. If the felt insert is removed, please note the inside-outside orientation when re-installing it. The hole for the tweeter is beveled on the side toward the listener, to provide optimal dispersion characteristics.

Drivers

The drivers (woofers and tweeter) require no regular maintenance. Do not attempt to clean the tweeter dome, as it is easily damaged. If desired, you may remove dust from the woofer cone by using a small, soft dusting brush.

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Contents Page Page Table of Contents Page Introduction Unpacking Instructions ContentsIntroduction Opening the Crate Installing the Grilles Orientation of the Felt Anti-Diffraction MaskReplacing Grille Pins Page Wiring Instructions Connecting the Speaker to the AmplifierBreak-in Period Speaker Placement and Symmetry Maximizing PerformanceBreak-in Grille AssembliesToe-in Apex CouplersFirst Reflection Points Corner TreatmentCare of Your Avalon Loudspeakers CabinetWarranty Warranty StatementPage Room Acoustics and Speaker Position IntroductionAn Optical Analogy Standing Waves Early Reflections Flutter EchoAvoiding Early Reflections Page Bass reinforcement Page Summary of Recommendations Speaker Placement Listening Room Example Accuracy of Bass Reproduction Sensitivity to Time-Related InformationRationale Anechoic Frequency Response vs. In-Room Frequency ResponseMeasurements of Audio Equipment Correlation with Amplifier MeasurementsLoudspeaker Measurements Designing for Accurate Bass ReproductionFrequency Response Effects Listening QualitiesListening for Size Distortions Conclusion Transient Response EffectsFeatures Specifications