Audio Physic TEMPO plus - General Tips; Loudspeaker Maintenance; Burn-in Procedure; Stray Magnetic Field Management

General Tips
Depending on the size and weight of your loudspeakers, it is a good idea for two people to unpack
them. The ideal way to do so is to stand the boxes upright so that the top of the loudspeaker
is resng on the oor (the boxes are marked accordingly) and you can easily aach the foot
construcon. Take out the accessory packs, which are located in smaller boxes inside the main box.
These packs contain the parts that you will need in order to aach the loudspeaker feet. The spikes
for both loudspeakers can normally be found in the accessory pack of one of the two boxes
(“Accessory Pack 1”). Please follow the instrucons in the chapter “Unpacking and Assembly“ to
ensure the safe and correct installaon of your loudspeakers.
The loudspeakers should reach a temperature that is approximately equivalent to room temperature
before you connect them to the HiFi system and/or operate them. This instrucon predominately
refers to the winter months in case the loudspeakers were previously stored in a cold room.
Maintenance
Our loudspeakers are coated in high-quality veneers or high-gloss lacquers. You should avoid using
chemical cleaning agents because these can aack the loudspeaker surfaces and make them go
ma. As a rule, a ne, so and damp cloth is all that you need to clean the surfaces. If a cleaning
agent is required, use this to dampen the cloth and do not directly apply it to the surface. It is best
if you test the suitability of the cleaning agent on a less visible part of the cabinet. The drivers do
not normally need to be cleaned. Dust parcles fall o quickly when the loudspeakers are operated.
You can, however, use a so brush to lightly brush over the surfaces of the drivers . When doing so,
make sure you do not put any pressure on it. Please never use any cleaning agents on the drivers.
Do not expose the loudspeakers to direct sunlight. Anodised surfaces are sensive to acids and
alkalis and to ultraviolet light and may fade.
The drivers in this range of AUDIO PHYSIC loudspeakers use a unique mounng technique. Rather
than directly mounng the drivers onto the cabinet of the loudspeaker, the drill holes of the
TEMPO plus contain special neoprene plugs. These neoprene plugs ghten in the mounng hole
when the screws are ed, creang a permanently elasc connecon between the driver and the
cabinet that reduces resonance. You do not need to ghten these screws. Re-ghtening the screws
may damage the plugs and have a negave eect on the sound.
Burning in the Loudspeakers
The loudspeakers rst reach their full sound potenal aer a specic burn-in period. We burn in the
drivers of the TEMPO plus at our factory prior to assembly, meaning that they normally only need
a burn-in period of a few hours at a normal room volume and with music that has a range of
frequencies that is as wide as possible, for example orchestral pieces. Recordings containing ’white
or pink noise’ such as those available on many so-called Test CDs are also ideal. For safety reasons,
these pieces should never be played at high volumes.
Stray Magnec Fields
The magnec eld created by the individual driver magnets may to some extent have an eect
outside of the loudspeaker. This stray magnec eld may interfere with other devices, parcularly
televisions and monitors with cathode ray tubes (not LCD or plasma televisions), for example by
causing changes in colour in the picture. We recommend that you place the loudspeakers
approximately half a metre away from such devices (and also from magnet tapes, video cassees,
credit cards with magnec stripes, etc.).
Where possible, please retain the loudspeaker packaging. You can then securely transport your
loudspeakers if you move house.
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