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APPENDIX

B

SPEAKER

CHOICES

Although

Festival

speakers

will

give

opti-

mum

performance,

Festival

electronics

are

quite

capable

of

driving

other

speak-

ers.

If

you

choose

to

use

other

loudspeak-

ers,

be

sure

to

follow

these

guidelines:

The

Festival

300

has

terminals

for

a

single

pair

of

speakers,

while

the

Festival

500

will

accept

two

pairs

of

speakers,

of

which

both

may

be

played

simultaneously,

or

only

one

pair

activated

(speaker

selection

is

made

via

front

panel

switches

for

speakers

A

and

B).

The

System

300

can

also

drive

two

pairs

of

speakers

simultaneously,

but

in

this

case

both

pairs

of

speakers

must

share

a

sin-

gle

set

of

output

jacks.

If

you

choose

to

drive

two

pairs

of

speakers

with

either

system,

make

sure

that

each

pair

of

speakers

has

a

rated

input

impedance

of

at

least

8

Ohms.

Using

two

pair

of

4

Ohm

speakers

or

even

one

4

Ohm

pair

and

one

8

Ohm

pair

may

cause

the

protection

circuitry

in

either

system

to

shut

down

temporarily.

If

this

occurs,

simply

disconnect

one

pair

of

speakers.

The

Festival

amplifier

is

provided

with

high

quality

binding

post

terminals

for

the

speaker

cable

connection.

These

termi-

nals

will

accept

either

bare

wire

or

pin

connectors.

We

recommend

the

use

of

low

resis-

tance,

twin

lead

cable

especially

designed

for

this

application.

Your

authorized

dealer

will

stock

such

cable.

If

the

loudspeakers

are

placed

fairly

near-

by

to

the

amplifier

so

that

a

wire

run

of

less

than

ten

feet

is

required

for

either

speaker,

then

18

gauge

(1

mm)

wire

is

permissible,

but

do

not

use

a

lighter

gauge.

Over

longer

runs

use

wire

in

the

range

of

16

to

12

gauge

(1

.5-3

mm)

(the

lower

the

gauge

number,

the

heavier

the

gauge,

and

the

lower

the

electrical

resis-

tance

of

the

wire.)

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