INTRODUCTION
Dear Music
Friend
congratu at ons on
your purchase of the new REVOX
hl-fl
loudspeakers, and thank
you
for
your
trust in our
high-quality
products. Your REVOX loudspeakers
have been deve
oped
according to state oJ-the-art
electroacoust:c
iechnology
and
built with utn'rost
care.
To enjoy an excellent
sound
quality
in
your home, carefully
read
the fo owifg
instrucUons before
first-time operation.
Positioning the Loudspeakers
Your
speakers
are set up
correctly if
your
favourte
llstening
position
and the speakers
form an approximately
equilateral
triangle. The
speakers should
rad
ate
from an acoLlstically
hard
environrnent
with
good reverberation character sUcs
lnto the more
darnped
part
of the
listening area. Please
note ihat posiuoning
the
speakers oppos
te to large and
snrooth wal s can cause !npleasant
reflections. The sound
rad ation ls not to be
impeded; no objeci
whatsoever
shou d be
p
aced
I front of or too near
to the
speakers. You need a clear
lne of slght to
your
speakeß.
Putung
your
speakeß
up agaifst a wall or
n
a
corner wi
probably
reinforce the bass too much.
This effect w I be increased
ln light
y
furn shed rooms as they
can hardly absorb bass
frequencies.
The low frequency
behav or may be controlled
by the disiance
of
ihe speakers to the
walls. According to the acoustic actualities
of
your
living
room very serious changes of the
bass volume
can occur
between the
posslbilities
"larger
distance
(s
lm bass)
and
"ln
the angle of
the room
(beefy
bass)". Nence
it ls to be
recommended
to ocate the best tonal balance
by shifting the
stand speakers lnch by
inch.
Front covet
The front cover is rnounted
flexlbly
on
rlbber parts at several
polnis
to avoid any vibrations
being ab e to spread over it.
Please
ensure that the
protruding
metal
pins
and the lower edge
wili not
damage the front of the case
when
be
ng put on and removed.
Starl
putung
on with the
upper two pins. Detach ng the front
is
stafted best
wiih the ower
pins.
Connecting the Loudspeakers
Before cabling, disconnect
your
hi-fi system
(amplifiet
recelver,
power
an
plifier
eic.)
from ihe mainsl
Connect the loudspeaker outputs A or
B
on
the back of
your
arnplifier to the correspondifg
terrnirlal
screws
on the speakers
using oudspeaker cabes
with bared ends. Watch the
polarity:
connect
ihe positive pole of
your
amplifier to the
positve
poe
of
your
oudspeaker.
cable Length and Cross Section
REVOX oudspeakers
have consistent electrical
phase and
impedance
characteristics and are an uncritical
load for the
power
amplifier
and the loudspeaker cab es.
Your specialist deaer offers
loudspeaker cables
n diverse styles
and
with varlous cross secuons. He
will be
glad
to advise
you
according
to
your
lndividual
needs.
ln order
io keep llne loss as ow as
possible, we suggest the
fo owing
cable cross section dimensionlng
schemei
up to 5
m
(16
feei): O1.5mmr(AWC18)
up
to 10 m
(33
feet)i
A 2.5
.r,ml
(AWQ
16)
longerthan
10 m
(33
feet): Z 4.0 mmz(AWC
14)
We advise agalnst using
long cables
(more
than
20 n/ 65 Ieet)
because
oJ inevtable oss.
Power Handling Capacity
The
power
handling capacity staied
on the type
pate of
your
REVOX loudspeakers
refers to an amplifier
with tone control set
to linear
lt is
possibie
to use these
loudspeakers wth amp
lfiers
rated for a higher
power
output.
However, ensure
that the
vo ume
is only increased unt
your
ear
'
in
rnosi cases reliab
y
detects an
overload. Flrst slgns of overload are
a heavy increase
in distoriions.
Your REVOX
loudspeakers wlil noi be damaged by a
short-time
overload.
Damage of loudspeaker drivers due to overload
can easily be
determined by the servlce
personnel. n such cases,
you are not
entltled to
any warranty work.
Maintenance
The case surface may be molstened
with
a
mild window c eaner
and subsequent
y rubbed dry with a soft p aid
Do not
use any scourlng powder.
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