SONANCE SYMPHONY® TR and TSQ

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 and Tweeter

All

Symphony TR- and TSQ-series speakers have a pivoting woofer assembly

and all except

the

S621TR have a pivoting tweeter. These pivoting drivers allow you to direct sound toward

or

away from the listening area, depending on how the speakers are being

used:

•If you’re using the speakers in stereo or as the front left/center/right speakers in a home theater, pivot the woofer and/or tweeter directly towards the listening area. This will help the sound from the speakers blend into a solid soundstage even if the speakers are widely separated.

•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 and/or tweeters towards a wall or window, away from the listeners.

To Pivot the Woofer:

Pivoting the Woofer

Pivoting theTweeter

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Apply pressure on the outer edge of the tweeter support bracket, as shown in Figure 9. Do not touch or apply pressure to the woofer cone.

To Pivot the Tweeter:

Apply light pressure to the plastic ring around the outside edge of the tweeter dome, as shown in Figure 9. Do not touch or apply pressure to the tweeter dome.

Tweeter Level Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The S625TR, S624TR, S623TR and S623TSQ have a tweeter level control switch (see Figure 10) 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 speakers, listen to

a variety of music that

you are familiar with. If the music

all

tends

to

sound

Tweeter

 

Level Control

 

too bright or dull, use the Tweeter Level Control to compensate. If some recordings sound dull and

some

sound bright the

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speaker is accurately reproducing differences in

the recordings, and you

should leave the control in the

middle

(0dB)

position.

T w e e t e r

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