Harman Kardon CIT22 Owners Manual - Page 9

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Cabling.

For

optimal

sonic

performance,

you

should

use

the

highest

quality

speaker

cables

you

can

afford.

However,

common

"zip

cord"

from

a

hardware

store

can

be

employed

if

care

is

taken

to

use

the

proper

gauge.

This

will

depend

on

the

distance

from

the

Citation

Power

Amplifier

to

your

speakers.

Use

the

following

chart

as

a

guide:

WIRE

LENGTH

Upto

8

ft

Up

to

12

ft

Up

to

20

ft

Up

to

30

ft

Up

to

50

ft

GAUGE

OF

COPPER

WIRE

18

gauge

16

gauge

14

gauge

12

gauge

10

gauge

Make

sure

that

both

right

and

left

speaker

wires

are

about

the

same

length,

even

if

the

distance

from

amp

to

each

speaker

is

different.

Also,

avoid

coiling

any

excess

wire

near

or

with

audio

cables,

especially

the

sensitive

cable

from

your

turntable

to

the

preamplifier.

Connection.

First,

determine

the

polarity

of

your

speaker

wires.

If

you

are

using

zip

cord,

they

may

1)

be

different

colors,

such

as

silver

and

copper-

colored,

2) have

a

series

of

ridges

on

one

conductor,

or

3)

include

a

strand

of

yarn

with

one

conductor.

Note

that

the

speaker

terminals

on

your

Citation

Power

Amplifier

are

marked

Left

and

Right,

with

a

correspond-

ing

Ground

terminal

for

the

negative

speaker

conductor

below

A

good

practice

is

to

use

the

red/copper/ridged/

yarn

conductor

for

the

positive

conductor

on

both

ampli-

fier

and

speaker

terminal,

and

the

black/silver/non-

ridged/no-yarn

conductor

for

the

negative

(ground)

connection.

figure

1:

Note

bare

wire

strands

spread

around

back

of

end

post.

1.

Strip

1/2

inch

of

insulation

off

the

end

of

each

speaker

wire.

2.

Completely

unscrew

and

remove

the

end

posts

from

all

four

Citation

Power

Amplifier

speaker

terminals.

Note

that

each

end

post

is

hollow.

3.

Taking

care

to

maintain

proper

polarity

(positive

to

positive/

negative

to

negative),

insert

the

speaker

wire

into

the

center

of

each

end

post,

so

that

half

the

length

of

the

bare

wire

protrudes

at

the

other

end.

4.

Now

spread

the

individual

wires

in

each

conductor

back

around

the

end

of

the

post.

(See

Figure

1)

5.

Finally,

screw

the

end

posts

firmly

back

into

the

termi-

nal

posts.

Because

the

post

surfaces

are

gold-plated,

exceptionally

good

electrical

contact

will

be

made.

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Determining

the

impedance

of

your

speakers.

For

proper

perform-

ance,

you

must

set

the

Speaker

Operating

Mode

switch

to

correspond

with

the

impedance

load

of

your

loudspeakers.

There

are

a

number

of

possibilities

here:

1.

You

may

know

the

impedance

of

your

speakers.

If

so

proceed

to

the

next

section.

2.

If

you

dont

know,

it

may

be,

A)

printed

on

the

back

of

the

speaker,

B)

noted

in

the

speaker's

owner's

manual,

C)

available

by

calling

your

dealer

or

the

manufacturer.

3.

If

all

these

possibilities

fail,

you

may

be

able

to

deter-

mine

it

yourself

with

an

ohm

meter.

The

actual

impedance

will

be

20%-30%

higher

than

the

reading

on

the

meter.

However,

this

method

will

not

work

on

transformer-

coupled

or

capacitor

-coupled

loudspeakers.

Setting

the

switches.

If

your

speakers

are

rated

at

4 or

6

ohms,

set

both

switches

to

the

top

(4

-ohm

position).

If

you

have

8

-ohm

speakers,

set

the

switch

to

the

lower

(8

-ohm

position).

Should

you

change

speakers,

or

add

extension

speakers

(which

changes

the

overall

imped-

ance)

you

should

reset

the

Speaker

Operating

Mode

switch

at

that

time.

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Again,

we

advocate

using

high

quality

connecting

cables

to

get

the

most

from

your

Citation

Amplifier's

extremely

wide

frequency

bandwidth

capabilities.

Make

sure

that

left

preamplifier

output

is

connected

to

the

left

Citation

amplifier

input,

etc.

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