Paradigm Millenia LP 2 Manual - Page 3

THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND YOUR NEW SPEAKERS High-Frequency Drive Units • S-PAL™ Satin-Anodized Pure-Aluminum Dome • Rigid Mineral-Filled ABS Chassis • Protective, Perforated Aluminum Mesh Screen Guard with Wide Dispersion Architecture and Integrated Phase Ring • High-Power Apical™ Former • Advanced Motor Structure with Extruded Aluminum Heatsink Passive Radiators • High-Performance Anodized Unibody Bass/Midrange Cone • Peformance-Optimized NitrileButadiene Rubber Surround • Precision-Tuned Resonance System Bass/Midrange Drive Units • High-Performance Anodized Unibody Bass/Midrange Cone • Peformance-Optimized NitrileButadiene Rubber Surround • Nomex™ Spider • High-Power Apical™ Former • High-Performance Motor Assembly includes 1-1/2˝ High-Temperature Aluminum Voice Coil and Powerful Neodymium Magnet • Steel Heafin Basket 2 YOUR NEW SPEAKERS Break-In Although your speakers will sound great 'out of the carton', they will sound even better once they are 'broken in.' Allow them to play for several hours before you begin to listen critically. Drivers use ferro-fluid that can thicken at temperatures below 10° C (50° F). Surround material used in the bass/midrange units is made of a compound that may stiffen in colder temperatures. If your speakers have been transported or stored in the cold, let them warm to room temperature before use. Cleaning Your speakers have a premium finish that must be treated with care. Use only a damp, soft cloth to clean. Never use strong, abrasive or corrosive cleaning products. Common household cleaning products should be avoided. Speaker Grilles Your speakers are meant to be played with their grilles on. HOW TO AVOID SPEAKER DAMAGE Your speakers are efficient and can be driven to loud listening levels with moderate amplifier power. They are also able to handle the output of very powerful amplifiers. To prevent damage to your speakers, please read the following guidelines before hooking them up. Amplifier Distortion - The #1 Culprit! Amplifier distortion is the principal cause of speaker damage. When listening at loud levels your amplifier may run out of clean power. It will then begin to produce distorted power several times greater than its rated output power. This will damage any brand of speaker very quickly! (See Dealer for amplifier recommendations.) More Powerful Amplifiers are Safer A 40 watt/channel amplifier will have substantial distortion above 40 watts. If driven to 50 watts, this amplifier will deliver distorted power which will damage the speaker! A 100 watt/channel amplifier will have substantial distortion above 100 watts, but very low distortion below 100 watts. Therefore, when the speaker requires 50 watts, this more powerful amplifier will deliver clean power and speaker damage is less likely to occur. Volume Control Do not be fooled by the Volume Control of your receiver/preamplifier. It only adjusts listening level-it is not a "power-output" dial. The amount of amplifier power actually used at a given Volume Control setting depends solely on the nature of the music you are listening to. At a given Volume Control setting a quiet section of music will use less amplifier power than a loud section. With typical pop-rock, jazz or large scale classical music, the rated output power of many receivers/amplifiers is often reached when the Volume Control is between the '11 and 1 o'clock' settings (with bass/treble and loudness controls not used-otherwise rated power may be reached at even lower Volume Control settings). Remember, all amplifiers produce distortion when operated beyond their rated output power. The resulting distortion will damage all speakers! Exercise caution! If you listen at loud levels, be careful to listen for the point of audible distortion-if the speakers begin to sound distressed turn the Volume Control down or your speakers and/or amplifier(s) will be damaged! This type of damage constitutes abuse and is not covered by the warranty. If louder volumes are desired, obtain a more powerful amplifier. 3