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How To Avoid Speaker Damage, Your Listening Room

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HOW TO AVOID SPEAKER DAMAGE (continued) There is a Limit! Although more powerful amplifiers are safer, there is a point at which you could have more power than the speaker can handle. At that point you will overpower the speaker and damage it. Exercise caution! At loud levels do not increase bass/treble controls from zero and ensure that all loudness/ contour/bass EQ buttons are off (otherwise rated output power will be reached at lower Volume Control settings). If you listen at loud levels, watch for excessive visible cone excursion (grille movement) from the woofer-then turn the Volume Control down. The Right Amount of Power A power-range rating is given as a guide to indicate the approximate minimum and maximum power input of your speakers speakers. Amplifiers that exceed your speaker's power-range rating are recommended. Their greater power reserves provide better sound. However, exercise caution! Use the speakers within their power-range rating to prevent damage (keep listening levels below the point of excessive woofer cone excursion). YOUR LISTENING ROOM Your speakers are designed to provide state-of-the-art sound in a wide variety of domestic settings. Note however, that room construction, dimensions, even furnishings all play a part in the quality of sound you ultimately achieve. Your listening room will impose its own character on the performance capabilities of any speaker system. The extra care taken in installation will result in greater listening enjoyment. Try to follow these guidelines: • Mid and high frequencies are affected by the amount of soft furnishings in your room-curtains, carpets, sofas, wall coverings, etc. An excess of such items can result in a somewhat dull sound. The same room without any soft furnishings can produce an overall bright sound. The typical quantity of soft furnishings found in most living environments provides the right acoustic characteristics to allow the speakers to sound balanced; • Concrete floors and walls tend to aggravate low-frequency standing wave problems and are less preferred; • Rooms where height, width and length are similar should be avoided as they can exhibit significant low-frequency standing wave problems. This may result in reduced clarity. If no other room is possible, experiment with speaker placement to minimize problems. 4

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HOW TO AVOID SPEAKER DAMAGE
(continued)
There is a Limit!
Although more powerful amplifiers are safer, there is a point at which you could have more power
than the speaker can handle. At that point you will overpower the speaker and damage it. Exercise
caution! At loud levels do not increase bass/treble controls from zero and ensure that all loudness/
contour/bass EQ buttons are off (otherwise rated output power will be reached at lower Volume
Control settings). If you listen at loud levels, watch for excessive visible cone excursion (grille
movement) from the woofer—then turn the Volume Control down.
The Right Amount of Power
A power-range rating is given as a guide to indicate the approximate minimum and maximum power
input of your speakers speakers. Amplifiers that exceed your speaker’s power-range rating are
recommended. Their greater power reserves provide better sound. However, exercise caution! Use
the speakers within their power-range rating to prevent damage (keep listening levels below the point
of excessive woofer cone excursion).
YOUR LISTENING ROOM
Your speakers are designed to provide state-of-the-art sound in a wide variety of domestic settings.
Note however, that room construction, dimensions, even furnishings all play a part in the quality of
sound you ultimately achieve. Your listening room will impose its own character on the performance
capabilities of any speaker system. The extra care taken in installation will result in greater listening
enjoyment. Try to follow these guidelines:
• Mid and high frequencies are affected by the amount of soft furnishings in your room—curtains,
carpets, sofas, wall coverings, etc. An excess of such items can result in a somewhat dull sound. The
same room without any soft furnishings can produce an overall bright sound. The typical quantity of
soft furnishings found in most living environments provides the right acoustic characteristics to allow
the speakers to sound balanced;
• Concrete floors and walls tend to aggravate low-frequency standing wave problems and are
less preferred;
• Rooms where height, width and length are similar should be avoided as they can exhibit
significant low-frequency standing wave problems. This may result in reduced clarity. If no other
room is possible, experiment with speaker placement to minimize problems.