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UNPACKING
After opening the top carton flaps. Then fold the carton flaps right back
and invert the carton contents. Lift the carton clear of the contents and
remove the inner packaging from the speakers. We suggest you to retain
the packing for future use.
POSITIONING
Speakers positioning
Our speakers have been designed to function in a vertical posi-
tion. The majority of our models are delivered with a set of decou-
pling spikes or cones, these accessories are to be screwed in the
inserts under the cabinets. These accessories ensure the stability
of the speaker while limiting resonance coming from certain types
of grounds like wood floors.
Powerful drivers generate magnetic fields that can extend beyond
the boundaries of the speaker cabinet. We recommend you keep
magnetically sensitive articles (TV, computer screen, computer
discs, audio and video tapes, swipe cards...) at least 1.5 ft (50
cm) away from the speaker. Cabasse centre speakers or the ones
marked «TV» are not concerned with this, being magnetically
shielded.
Positioning speakers in a room
Optimal positioning for a 2.1 or stereo with a subwoofer system
For a stereo listening with 2 speakers or 2 satellites and 1 subwoo-
fer, we recommend you to place the subwoofer in the front liste-
ning area. The placement of the subwoofer against a wall rein-
forces the low frequencies and limit the reflections from 80 to 200
Hz. However to obtain the best results, it is always necessary to
carry out tests according to the acoustic of the room.
Optimal positioning for a 5.1 or home theatre system
Setting up a multi-channel Audio-Video system requires great
care when positioning the specific AV speakers.
The centre speaker should be placed as close as possible to the
screen and where it sounds best from your listening spot while
offering the optimal picture/dialogues cohesion. Theoretically,
the screen should be located within a virtual triangle formed by
the acoustical centres of the main speakers and the centre spea-
ker. Practically speaking, this means that the principal speaker
should be placed above the screen if the main speakers are be-
low it, and below the screen if the main speakers are above. The
centre speaker should also, if possible, be set slightly back from
the others, so that it is located at the same distance from the
listener as the main speakers.
The rear speakers or surround should be placed against the
side walls, at listening height. They should not be positioned far
behind the listening zone.
The subwoofer should be placed in the front listening area, its
position against a wall reinforces the extreme low register and li-
mits the reflections between 80 and 200 Hz. However to obtain
the best result, it is always necessary to carry out tests according
to the acoustics of the room.
Your AV processor enables the adjustment in level and delay of
each of the 5/6/7 channels of your system. Fine-tuning is neces-
sary to obtain a perfect sound stage.
Turn off all the amplifiers before interconnecting them to the
loudspeakers. In order to connect loudspeakers properly, it is
most important to keep in mind the following two factors: cable
section and phase.
CONNECTION
Cable section
Lenght between
amplifier and loudspeaker
To get the full sonic
potential of Cabasse
loudspeakers and avoid
power losses, the cables
connecting the speakers
to the power amplifier
must have the lowest
possible electrical resistance. To help you in choosing the correct
cable gauge, follow diagram.
Phase
In order to maintain the phase relationship and frequency ba-
lance of the loudspeaker system, both loudspeakers must be pro-
perly connected to the power amplifier. When properly connec-
ted, the cones of the drivers of both loudspeakers will move in
the same direction when driven by identical speakers will move
in the same signals. If the cones move in opposite directions, the
resulting out of phase signals will create a perceptible power loss,
particularly in the low frequencies. The stereophonic message will
also be degraded. Amplifier and speaker manufacturers typically
indicate connection polarity in one of two ways: red and black or
plus and minus. In either case, always connect red or plus to red
or plus and black or minus to black or minus.
Connections should be identical for both channels. To check that
the speakers are in correct phase, switch the system to mono while
music is being played. if the amplifier does not have a phase inver-
sion switch, it will be necessary to change over the connections
Attention
before operating the unit,
be sure that the operating
voltage of your unit is iden-
tical with that of your local
power voltage.
2 possibilities are offered to connect the subwoofer with your
system:
the low level one requiring the use of the CINCH RCA LINE IN
terminal and a shielded coaxial connector,
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the high level one requiring the use of the speaker HI LEVEL
INPUT
and HI LEVEL OUTPUT
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loudspeaker cables.
Interconnections with the CINCH RCA
Connect the Subwoofer/LFE output of your amplifier to the input
of the subwoofer
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Interconnections with the speaker terminals
Connections to the HI LEVEL INPUT
If the preamp section of your Hi-Fi or audio-video system is not
fitted with a lowlevel output, you should then connect the subwoo-
fer by using its loudspeaker terminals. When connecting the L (left)
and R (right) speaker outputs of your amplifier to the HI LEVEL
INPUT
plugs of the subwoofer, be careful not to cross (-) and
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(+) cord of either L (left) or R (right) channel. Such a phase inver-
sion might damage your main amplifier.
recommanded
section
4,5 m
1,5 mm
2
6 m
2 mm
2
7,5 m
2,5 mm
2
9 m
3 mm
2
12 m
4 mm
2
on one only of the loudspeakers. If
in correct phase, the image should
be distinctly located between the
loudspeakers with a slight loss of
bass and low midrange level. If the
image is confused and not cen-
trally located and there is a dras-
tic loss of bass and low midrange
level, recheck your connections.
terminals, and standard
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connector
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plugs
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