Using your speakers I Utilisation des haut-parleurs I Uso de sus altavoces

Connecting your speakers

Use high-quality wire for connecting your speakers to the amplifier. For distances up to 10 feet, conventional speaker wire or lamp cord is acceptable. For longer runs, you should use heavier wire.

For best performance, you must connect the speaker wires correctly. All two-conductor wire is marked in some way to help you do this. One side will be marked with a colored stripe, a raised rib, or a different-color conductor. Use the marked side for the “red” connections.

Installing the brackets (optional)

You can connect the speakers to wall-mount brackets for elevated wall positioning.

1Screw the wall-mount brackets onto the wall where you want to mount the speakers. If the location is backed by wall studs, you can use the wood screws provided. If the location is backed by only dry wall (gypsum board), use wall anchors (not included).

2Slide a speaker into each mounting bracket.

3Line up the screw holes (one on top, one on bottom), then screw a knob into each hole to secure the speaker to the bracket.You can loosen the knob to adjust the direction the speakers are pointing.

Connecting the speakers

1Connect the red speaker terminals to the red amplifier terminals.

2Connect the black speaker terminals to the black amplifier terminals.

Adjusting volume

•If you hear distortion, immediately reduce the volume. Permanent speaker damage can occur within seconds. Distortion indicates that the amplifier or speaker is operating beyond its design limits. Do not ignore distortion just because the volume control is not all the way up.

Most amplifiers deliver full power when the volume control is set near the middle of its range. Using loudness, bass boost, treble boost, or an equalizer can produce full output at even lower settings, so distortion is the only true indicator that damage is

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imminent.

•Almost any speaker can be used with almost any amplifier, but almost any speaker can be damaged by almost any amplifier (despite either unit’s power rating). Insignia’s power recommendations are accurate only if our assumptions concerning the amplifier, the type of music, and the conditions of use are correct. Our most important assumption is that the volume never is set above the point of distortion.

Positioning your speakers

Because of their excellent, off-axis response and dispersion, your speakers’ positioning is less critical than for most speakers. Often, placing them where they best fit into the decoration scheme is all that is necessary for exceptional performance. If you are installing your speakers outdoors, select locations facing your listening area that are protected from rain and snow, and out of direct sunlight.

High-performance positioning

For best speaker performance, however, you should perform the procedure below. Speaker positioning can be time consuming, but the rewards justify the effort.

Arrange the speakers and room furnishings

•Choose a single “primary listening position” where you will stand or sit to evaluate the sound quality. Most Insignia speakers’ performance is optimized for a listener location 10-12 feet from the speaker.

•Position the speakers directly in front of your primary listening position, and 1-2 feet away from the wall.

•Avoid hard vertical edges (such as bookcases) within 3 or 4 feet of either side of the speakers.

•Viewed from your seat, the angle between the speakers should be 30 to 60°.

Select the sound sample

•Carefully select a few recordings.

•Choose recordings made with simple miking and strong vocals by a single performer.

•Avoid recordings with piano accompaniment unless you know that the recording microphones were at least 15-20 feet from the piano. Because the piano is

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1-2 feet from wall

 

1 à 2 pi (30 à 60 cm) du mur

 

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3-4 feet (no hard edges)

3-4 feet (no hard edges)

3 à 4 pi (90 à 120 cm) - pas

3 à 4 pi (90 à 120 cm) - pas

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d’obstacles compacts

3-4 pies (sin orillas fuertes)

3-4 pies (sin orillas fuertes)

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10-12’

10 à 12 pi (3 à 3,6 m)

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a large instrument and is often recorded with multiple microphones, the notes arrive at the microphones from many directions. The speakers reproduce the directional clues which makes the positioning process more complicated.

•Physically small sound sources localize much more precisely. Horns, strings, vocals, and drums snap into place when the speakers are optimally positioned.

Sound-test the speakers

1Listen to one of the recordings you selected. Pay close attention to the positions of the instruments and vocalist.

2Move the speakers a few inches at a time, then return to the listening position to evaluate the results. The