Polk Audio 10 - Inspecting For Shipping Damage; Connecting The Speakers To Your Amplifier or Receiver; Room Placement

Inspecting For Shipping Damage:
When you unpack your ModellO, inspect it for shipping damage. Each unit
leaves
our plant after thorough inspection and in perfect condition. There-
fore, any visible or concealed damage must of necessity have occurred in
handling after it left the plant. If you obtained delivery of the speaker directly
from a
Po lk Audio dealer, it sho uld be returned to him for i nspect ion. If you
received your speakers via publi c transportation, rep ort the damage at once
to the shi pping company and foll ow the directions for retu rning the sys tem to
the factory.
Connecting Th e Sp eakers To Your Amplifier or Receiver
Proper phasing of the speakers is essential if yo u are to realize the full
potential of your system. Note that one of th e terminals on the bottom of yo ur
speake r is colored red (+)and one is black ( - ). Make ce rtain that
you con nect the red ( +) termina l to the 8 ohm terminal on yo ur amplifier,
and the negative (-)terminal to the negati ve or ground (common) te rmina l
on your amplifier. It is essent i al th at bot h speake rs be connected in the same
manner, that is, in phase. If you notice a great loss of l ow frequency (bass)
so und fr om your system, it is quite likely that yo ur speakers are out of phase.
We recommend thilt you minimally usc #16 gauge lampcord, to con n ect
the speakers to your amplifier. This will ensure that the full power and
damping capabilities of yo ur amplifier will be available to the speakers. Use of
lighter than #I6 gauge line , such as the thin clear coated line often sold as
speake r h ooku p wire , will result in line losses and an attendant drop in
performance.
For the best performance we recommend the u se of special speaker cables
particularly
those of the low -i nd u ctance transmission line type s uch as Polk
Audio Sound Cables.
Take special
care to ensure a cl ea n, positive connection between the
speaker cabl es and the terminals on both the speakers and your amplifier.
When connecting the cables, first twist the loose copper stra nd s into a st iff
wire, th
en wrap it clockwi se around the terminal post , then tighten the screw,
making s ur e the connections are not s horted against one anot her .
Room Placement:
The decision on where to place the speake rs is a matter of personal
preference as well as a matter of acou st ics. Although the Model 10 is unusually
free
of room dependent acoustical effects, proper po sitioning of the speake rs
will, nevert heless, enhance th eir performance.
The best three dimensional imagery will be obtained with the speake rs
placed far from the walls and corne rs. However, bass response will be
increased by placement against or nearer the back wall. Th e PolkStand I's or
II 's s hou ld be used whenever possible to elevate the speakers to the opt i mum
height. In addit ion, in most cases imaging will be optimized by mounting the
s peak ers vertically. S peaker s usually will perform b est when oriented so that (
the listener faces the long wall of the room. Corner placement s hould be
avoided.