Monitor Audio STUDIO 89 - Using Your Speakers

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Using your speakers Care & maintenance
Running in your speakers
Run your speakers in by playing normal music or a running-in CD at low-mid listening levels for
approximately 5070 hours play time. You may ind the sound will continue to improve even after
the 70 hour mark.
This can be done naturally over time: like a ine wine the performance will improve with age.
Alternatively if you wish to run the speakers continuously on loop you can decrease the audible
volume/ presence by placing the speakers face-to-face so that the drivers/tweeters are directly
aligned and as close as possible. Then connect the ampliier to your speakers so that one is as
normal (in phase): positive to positive and negative to negative (red to red and black to black),
and the other speaker out of phase: positive to negative and negative to positive inputs on the
speaker.
Upkeep of cabinets
The inish of the cabinet can be maintained by regular dusting and polishing using a soft micro
ibre cloth and furniture polish. The drive units should only be cleaned with a damp cloth if more
than normal dusting is required.
Never use solvents or aggressive cleaning agents on your Studio 89 loudspeakers. When in
doubt, test the cleaning product on an inconspicuous area on the cabinet and let it sit for several
days before committing to its use on visible portions of the cabinet.
Retention bolt adjustment
The Studio 89 loudspeaker has a bolt-through driver ixing to reduce cabinet colouration. Each
bolt acts as a rigid brace, but also removes the need for conventional driver ixings as well,
eectively decoupling the driver and front bale to eliminate a further source of resonance.
NOTE: Should this bolt become loose over time, or has worked loose during transit,
then please use the supplied hex key to tighten the bolt back up.
This only needs to be a quarter turn after the strain has been taken by the bolt.