SONANCE SYMPHONY® SST, SSTR and SRS1

PAINTING THE SPEAKERS AND GRILLES

You can paint the speakers and grilles before

installing them, which will

eliminate

the “paint scar” that can be left on the

ceiling 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 Sonance Symphony

speakers come from

the factory fitted with a plastic ‘paint plug’ that protects the speaker drivers while the mounting flange is being painted.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

SPEAKER ADJUSTMENTS

Pivoting Woofer

The Symphony S623SSTR, S621SSTR and SRS1 models have a pivoting woofer assembly. These pivoting drivers allow you to direct sound toward or away from the listening area,

depending on how the speakers are being used:

•Pivoting the woofer towards the listening position will maximize the speaker’s clarity and definition.

•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 woofers towards a wall or window, away from the listeners.

To pivot the woofer, apply pressure on the outer edge of the tweeter support bracket, as shown in Figure 8. Do not touch or apply pressure to the woofer cone.

Tweeter Level Control

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P i v o t i n g t h e W o o f e r

The S623SSTR has a tweeter

level control switch (see Figure 9) that lets you boost or cut the tweeter’s level

by 3dB. This allows you to

adjust the speaker’s brightness to better match your listening room or personal

taste.

 

Once you have installed the speaker 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 Level Control to compensate. If some recordings sound dull and some sound bright the speaker is accurately reproducing differences in the recordings, and you should leave the control in the middle (0dB) position.

Tweeter

Level Control

F i g u r e 9 :

T w e e t e r L e v e l C o n t r o l

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