Niles Audio PSW8 manual Operation, Congratulations, Listening at Higher Volumes, Cleaning

Operation

Operation

Congratulations

A concealed PSW8 subwoofer installation frees you to use your tone controls, play the system loudly and enjoy deep extended bass, even if your satellite speakers are small. When used with satellite speakers that have substantial bass of their own, the PSW8 tightens the deep tones and aug- ments the bass musically.

Listening at Higher Volumes

It requires more power to achieve a reason- able volume of sound in a large room than it does in a small room. It is possible (even if you are not a teenager) to turn the vol- ume so high that the amplifier runs out of power. This creates “clipping” distortion. If you are using an extremely powerful ampli- fier it may be possible to hear clicking or buzzing sounds from the subwoofer as it tries to reproduce too loud a sound. If you hear these sounds turn the volume down.

More typically you will hear clipping dis- tortion through your satellite speakers. Clipping distortion makes treble sound very harsh and unmusical. When you hear harsh sounding treble from any good speaker, turn the volume down immediately! Those harsh sounds are masking some much more powerful ultra-high-frequency sound spikes which will quickly damage any fine loudspeaker. You are much less likely to damage a speaker with a large amplifier because it will be very loud indeed before it produces any clipping distortion.

Cleaning

You can clean the speaker with a damp- ened soft cloth or paper towel. If the speak- er is mounted high up on the wall, use a broom to gently brush it off.

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