Sonance D-series Adjusting Your Speakers, Painting The Speakers And Grilles, Pivoting Sonic Eye

Illustration 10:

Tweeter and Midrange Level Controls

3. Tighten the six screws on the front of the speaker baffle. The RotoLock

clamps will automatically rotate into position and begin clamping the

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ADJUSTING YOUR SPEAKERS

speaker (see Illustration 8).

•When you notice resistance on the screws the speaker has been clamped successfully.

Note: The speaker flange is designed to flex and conform to any small imperfections in the ceiling surface. Do not tighten the screws so much so that the flange bows-out.

Important: Always use low-torque settings; NEVER over-tighten.

4.Attach the grille after the speaker has been installed. Insert about half of the grille into the groove at the edge of the speaker. Gently fit the remaining half of the grille by working around the speaker, fitting the grille into the groove as you go.

Note: You can adjust the torque applied to the RotoLock screws to achieve a proper grille fit.

Pivoting Sonic Eye®

All Virtuoso D-series speakers have a pivoting Sonic Eye® (midrange/tweet- er assembly). These pivoting drivers allow you to direct sound toward or away from the listening area.

If you’re using the speakers in stereo or as the front L/C/R speakers in a home theater, pivot the Sonic Eye directly towards the listening area. This can be especially helpful if the speakers are widely-separated and the music fails to blend into a central sonic image.

Illustration 9:

Pivoting the Sonic Eye

PAINTING THE SPEAKERS AND GRILLES

You can paint the speakers and grilles before installing them, which will eliminate the “paint scar” if the speaker ever needs to be removed for service. You can also paint the speakers after installation, but before the grilles are attached. All Virtuoso D-series speakers come from the factory fitted with a plastic ‘paint plug’. Use the paint plug to protect the speaker drivers while the

If you’re using the speakers as surround channel speakers in a home theater, you can create a more diffuse, spacious surround effect by aiming the Sonic Eye towards a wall or window, away from the listeners.

To pivot the Sonic Eye, apply light pressure to the outside edge of the midrange, as shown in Illustration 9. Do not apply pressure to the midrange cone or the tweeter dome.

Tweeter and Midrange Level Controls

flange is being painted along with the wall.

Sonance always suggests painting the grille separately from the speaker. Before painting, carefully remove the under-grille cloth. It is held in place with a light tacking glue that makes it easy to remove.

Spray the grilles with thinned paint (5 parts thinner to 1 part paint), being careful not to plug the holes. Too heavy a coat of paint on the grille will adversely affect the sound of the speaker.

The Virtuoso V832D, V833D and V834D have a tweeter level control switch that lets you boost or cut the tweeter’s level by 3dB. The V833D and V834D also have a midrange level control that lets you boost or cut the midrange level by 3dB. (See Illustration 10.)

Midrange Control (V834D& V833D)

Tweeter Control (V834D, V833D &V832D)

Once the grilles and flange are painted and dry, replace the under-grille cloth, remove the paint plug from the speaker flange and install the grille.

Once you have installed the speakers, listen to a variety of

music that you are familiar with. If the music all tends to

sound too bright or dull, use the Tweeter Control to

compensate. If the music all tends to have too much or too little presence, use the Midrange Control to compensate. If some recordings sound dull or lack presence and some sound bright and have too much presence, the speaker is accurately reproducing differences in the recordings, and you should leave the control in the middle (0dB) position.

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