7 Maximising System Potential
Interconnects An
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Speaker cabling is equally critical. Use only solidly constructed cable of high purity copper or silver content. Again, gold plated terminations are recommended, of the spade or banana plug type. Use cables of equal length and as short as possible to maintain uniform electrical resistance at the lowest possible level. If your amplifier is closer to one of your speakers than the other, avoid coiling the longer lead as this can create inductance, with the potential of reduced high frequency performance. Keep all connections clean, firm and tight. The traditional adage that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link most certainly applies to audio systems.
Positioning Positioning of your source equipment (tuner, video, disc, tape, record, decks) is Ancillary important. To avoid airborne frequency peaks, place them well away from your
Equipment loudspeakers and not in the corners of your listening area.
Loudspeaker Loudspeaker placement is a controversial issue; suffice to say that room corners Placement are generally the worst situation. Everything which constitutes your listening area, including the materials used in its construction, will affect the sound itself and the sound stage created. Equally, you have to live with your system and therefore compromises will have to be made in line with your particular priorities. The best advice we can give concerning the choice of loudspeakers is, establish clearly in your mind your requirements; listen to many makes and models, and if at all possible audition your preferred choice in your own
listening area and trust your own ears.
Matching When matching speakers to amplifier wattage – ordinarily, the amplifier should Amplifier and have a continuous RMS output power rating the same as or higher than the Speaker speakers at the same impedance rating. For example, 160WRMS, 8Ω speakers Ratings driven by a 160WRMS at 8Ω amplifier is not as ideal as 120WRMS, 8Ω speakers
driven by a 160WRMS at 8Ω amplifier.
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