Thiel Audio Products lCS2.2 manual SpeakerPlacement, Bottom Viewof Speaker

Congratulationson your purchaseof theTHIEL modelCS2,2loudspeakersystem.It is the resultof a lon-e anddedicatedeflort to provideverv accuratemusicreproductionWe. haveusedonly thehighestquality componentsandtakengreatcarein its constructionProperly.setup andusedwith goodassociated equipment,theCS2.2swill providevou with a greatdealof musicalenjoymentfor manyyears.

SpeakerPlacement

The CS2.2sarerelativelynon-criticalto roompiacerrentandwill providegoodresultsfiom alrnostanywhereHowever. .here aresomeguidelinesto helpvou achievethebestsoundll'clrnrour speirkersSpeakerplaccrrent.will atlecttheaccuracvo1'tirnbre. spatialperfbrmanceand.basspertbrmance.

Distancefiom rvalls:THIEL speakersancl.mostothers.sounclbestrt theyareplaceclwell awayfronrall walls.Suchplacement optimizesimaginganddepth.anclmusicaltirlbresareleproduceclu'itlrthe leastcolorationbecauseit allowsthe initialsound corningfrom the speakerto bedistinctlyseparateclin time frclrnthese,-'ondarysoundof wall reflectionslf. reflectionsarehearcl

too clurcklyafterthe prirrarysound. braintendsto interpretthenrirspartof the initialsound.causinsthe pefceivedtimbreto 1'our

be alteredandthe spatialchafacteristicsto beconfused.

THIEL speakerswill soundbestwhenplaceriat leastonetbot from:he backwall anclat least3 f'eetfiom thesiclewall. We like

to seethe speakersthreef'eetfiom the rearu'ailanclfive f'eettiom the sidewall. If	experiment,		u'illnoticea major'
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improvementin opennesswhenthe speakersareeventwo t'eettiom therearwall insteadof one.Also. it is not dcsirablefbr lar-se objectsto be placednearthe spcakerssincethesewill alsobe a sourceof unwantedearlyreflectionsthatreclr.rceimaging dccuracy.

Spacing:Becauseof theirverv wicle.evenciispersionof energy.I'HIELspeakersshouldusuallybe placetlfnrthcrapartthan most .Optimumirlagingis usuallyachievedwhenthespeakersandth,:listenerformanequilateraltrianglealthough.thiswill dependon the width of theroom-a narrowroom will recluirecloserplacement. If the spetrkersaretoo far apartfur a given

environment,therewill tendtclbea	"hole"	jta-ee:
		in the rriclclleof thesound	if theyaretoo closetogethcrthc. irlage will be

compressedandwill not achieveoptimumu'idth.

Aiming: We usuallypref'erthe imagin-obtainedwhenthe speakersarepointedstraightaheadratherthanpointingtowardthe listenerThis. placementproducesthe largestmost.rraturalsoundstageHowever.toeingthe speakersin somewhatrnayproduce

morespecificplacementsof instrumentsAlso,.if it is not possibleto the speakersfar enoughawayfrom the siclewalls,a toed-

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in positioncanbe helpfulto reducethe strengthof wall reflections.

Bass:Bassresponseis alsoafl-ecteclby speakerplacementIn. generirlwhen.a speakeris closeto a wall the bassresponseis stl'ongeranclplacinga speakerin a cornerwill makeit evenmoreso.ln orderto achieveproperlybalancedbass.it is necessary for the speakerto be usedin theenvironmentlor which it wasdesignedTHIEL. speakersaredesignedto provideaccuratebass whenpositionedawayfiom all walls-the samepositionthatprovidesthebestimaging.

Listener position:The CS2.2sprovidebroaddispersionof energyat all frequenciesancltherefbreprovidegoodresults throughouta largelisteningarea.Bestimagingis providedfbr a listenercenteredin fiont of the speakersOptin'rum.phaseand time alignmentis providedonly for a seatedlistenerwho is eightor moref-eetarvalr-rornthe speakels.

and e.rperimentntiortisnecessctrt'to achievethe bcstrcsults.

Connecting the Speakers

TheCS2.2'sinputten.r.rinalsarelocatedon thebottomof thespeakerTo. gainiiccessto thesethespeakershouldbe laidon itsbackor side.Mukesurethatall ( ontrc(ti()nsdt ( tight.

It is essentialfbr properperfbrmancethatboth speakers in a stereosystembe wired in the samepolarity.The speaker'sinputterminalsarecolorcodedto facilitatethis. The wire connectedto the red input terminalof each speakershouldconnectto the respectivepositiveoutput terminalsof theamplifier:thewireconnectedto theblack input tenninalsshouldbe connectedto the respective negativeoutputterminalsof theamplifier.

The speakersshouldbeconnectedto theamplifierwith high qualitycableto ensureminimal lossof power and propercontrol by the amplifier. lf the speakersarebeing connectedto a vacuum tube amplifier with various impedancetaps,theulohm tap will usuallygive thebest results.

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