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MAGNAT ALTEA CENTER 13
The Altea Center 13 loudspeaker visually and acoustically ideally matches the other Altea
models. The loudspeaker is placed immediately on or under the television set. Otherwise
please adhere to the general recommendations outlined in the previous chapters.
MAGNAT BETA SUBWOOFERS
The active subwoofers of the Beta line visually and acoustically ideally match the
loudspeakers in the Altea series. Please refer to the separate operating instructions
supplied with this product.
CONNECTING TO AN AV RECEIVER
Figs. 5 and 6 show two different methods of connecting to AV receivers.
Fig. 5: AV receiver without subwoofer output.
Fig. 6: AV receiver with subwoofer output.
HOW TO AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR VALUABLE SPEAKERS
All MAGNAT loudspeakers are designed and built for optimum sound reproduction with
the tone controls in the central position – i.e. with "linear" amplifier output. Turning up the
bass and treble controls too far delivers more power to the woofers and/or tweeters, and
at high volumes this can actually destroy the speaker units!
If the output of your amplifier is significantly higher than the rated power handling capacity
of your speakers extremely high volumes can physically destroy your speakers. This
doesn't actually happen often but you should be aware that it is possible.
Weak amplifiers with low output ratings can actually be more dangerous for your
speakers at medium volumes because weak amplifiers may overload much faster than
powerful ones and this causes measurable and audible distortion, which is extremely
dangerous to your loudspeakers.
Always turn the volume down immediately as soon as you hear distortion! If you like
listening to loud music make sure that your amplifier can deliver at least as much power
as the speakers' power-handling rating.
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