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Instruction Manual
You can connect your speakers by using a variety of audio connectors such as banana plugs (single or double), pin connectors, spade lugs, etc., or you can:
1.Remove ½" of insulation from each wire end.
2.Twist the stranded wire together, keeping the two ends separate.
3.Place the appropriate wire through the appropriate postholes in the connectors. These holes are revealed when you loosen the connector’s capscrew.
4.Screw down the capscrew tightly, but be careful not to over tighten it.
5.Check the tightness of the capscrews 24 hours after hookup and occasionally after that, as they can loosen over time.
We recommend that you check your local electrical codes to make sure that you are not using improper connectors.
It’s important to observe polarity while making speaker connections: red
(+)terminals on the amplifier to red (+) on the speaker, black
Whether your are connecting a complete system,or adding a single speaker component to your present system, the wiring should look like one of the system wiring diagrams on pages 7 and 8.
Warning: Before turning on the amplifier, be certain that no stray wire strands are touching across any terminals as this might damage
Operation of the Rear Panel Controls on the LCR Speakers
This control changes the tilt or
faces. The Reverberant position is designed for rooms with an abundance of reflective surfaces like hardwood or tile floors,glass walls,etc.It decreases the high frequency output of the speaker to reduce excess HF energy that builds up in live rooms. The Damped position brings the tweeter’s output slightly above flat response to compensate for overly absorbent rooms with lots of soft surfaces.Speakers in overly damped rooms can sound dead and lifeless unless compensated.
| Location This control “shelves up” the | |
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upper midrange and high frequency energy | ||
BEHIND SCREEN | from the speaker in the position marked | |
| Behind Screen. This is to compensate for | |
THX / NORMAL | the reduction of these frequencies when | |
they are partially blocked by the materials | ||
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behind a perforated video screen or curtains. Of course, if you choose to place the speakers behind curtains it is important to choose a material that is as acoustically transparent as possible. Looking through the mate- rial into the light can give you some indication of the material’s transpar- ency in this regard. The more light and detail you can see, the better it will be acoustically.
your amplifier.
Finally, check the polarity of your front speakers by listening to some ste- reo music with good bass content. If the sound seems“hollow”, unusually spread out, or seem to have weak
BOUNDARY
COMPENSATION
ON
THX / NORMAL
Use this switch to adjust the lower midrange output of the speaker to compensate for the typical sound colorations caused by placing the speaker close to a TV screen or building it into a wall unit or cabinet.
System Setup
Bass Management
Some older surround sound decoders and receivers offer a choice of “Nor- mal” or
To set these controls, sit in the prime listening position and have someone switch between the compensation choices, using well recorded dialogue or musical instrument recordings. Choose whichever switch position sounds most natural and real to you.
NOTE: Although these controls have been designed to compen- sate for various acoustic room anomalies, we recommend that you try them to hear the difference that they make in the sound of the system. For any number of reasons, you may decide that you prefer them set in a particular manner inconsistent with your room’s acous- tics, but sounds best to you. Experiment. It will be worth it.
