Tangent Spectrum Manual De Instrucciones página 3

Instruction manual
Thank you for purchasing Tangent loudspeakers. You have just purchased one of
the best domestic hifi loudspeakers available and we hope you will enjoy the music
they reproduce for many years to come. The following notes are designed to assist
you in obtaining a greater degree of musical satisfaction from your Tangent loud-
speakers. Before connecting your loudspeakers, we suggest that you read this leaflet
carefully.
Amplifier capacity/power handling
Your Tangent loudspeaker system will operate satisfactorily with any good amplifier
designed for use with an 4-8 Ohm impedance load. Allthough Tangent loudspeakers
are designed to handle high power loadings, you must remember that any loudspeaker
that is abused with excessive use of volume, tone controls and graphic equalisers is
likely to cause damage to the drive-units. Be carefull especially with small amplifiers
constantly driven on high power levels as these may be liable to go into »clipping
mode« and disort the signal causing possible damage. If you hear a distordet signal
through the loudspeakers you must reduce the power level.
Connecting to your amplifier
We strongly recommend the use of high quality speaker cables, colour coded or groo-
ved cables are recommended to assist checking polarity, your local dealer should be
able to advise you on this point. Always switch OFF your amplifier before making
any connections or adjustments to the system. Wire the right-hand channel cable
so that the positive (RED) terminal of your loudspeaker is connected to the positive
(RED) on your amplifier, and the negative (BLACK) terminal of your loudspeaker is
connected to the negative (BLACK) terminal on your amplifier. Repeat the instruc-
tions for all channels. Do NOT connect more than one loudspeaker to one terminal
on your amplifier.
Phasing
Providing that you have followed the connecting instruction correctly the loudspea-
kers should be in phase and provide solid stereo images. If, however, you have any
doubt as to the phasing of the loudspeakers, try reversing the connections (RED &
BLACK) to ONE of the loudspeakers, and play a recording which has plenty of deep
bass operating both loudspeakers simultaneously with the stereo amplifier switched
to »mono«. The correct polarity is indicated by firm full bass, when incorrect, the bass
will be noticeably much weaker.
Service
No routine attention is required to the working parts of the loudspeakers and being
very reliable Tangent loudspeakers rarely require service. Any service problems should
in the first instance be referred to your dealer.
Set Up of Speaker System for your Home Theatre
A surround sound system, as a minimum, requires 5-7 loudspeakers. It is important to
position them carefully. Thus we recommend that you work with the arrangement of
the speakers in your system, perhaps our idea of placing the system initially may not
suit the way in which your furniture is arranged.(see page 10)