OWNERS MANUAL OONTFNI'S -2 PAGE Introduction Basic Setup Setup Detail Fine Points Technical Specifications Warranty 3 4 8 11 11 r-wmAL ORGANIZATION Assuning you are anxious to start listening to music through your new Angelus speakers right away, this manual has been organized to help you get your system up and running quickly (Basic Setup), and then perfonn some of the fine-ttming procedures that are necessary for optimun performance (Setup Detail).
INTRODUCITON Thanks for choosing the SPICA Angelus speaker system. The Angelus is among the most sophisticated dynamic speakers available, featuring exceptional spatial resolution, neutral tonal balance, and a unique and attractive shape. The Angelus is dedicated to the memory of Richard C. Heyser, inventor of Time Delay Spectranetry. It is upon the fruits of his wrk that our own wrk rests.
Getting it Up BASIC SFIUP <> 1\o:n off your power amplifier or receiver. <> Move each Angelus near to where the¥ will be set up. Place the unit whose serial nunber ends with the letter A' on the left side of your system (as you face it). Carefully lay the Angelus down on its back. <> Find the parts bag.
Breaking it In Every mechanico-electrical device has a 'break-in' period, during which the moving parts becane more supple and the electrical parts becane more stable. For the Angelus, the most significant portion of this takes place over the first ten hours of use. During this period, you will notice that the sound becanes sweeter, more natural, and more spacious.
Placement Within the Room '!he methodology behind room placement is basically simple geometry - finding the line between two points, measuring how long the line is, comparing it to the length of other related lines, and so on. These lines, or paths as we will call them, all originate at one of the speakers, and eventually arrive at your ears, that is, your listening seat.
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A coomon question is whether the speakers should be set up along a long or short wall in the room. In smaller rooms, where the longest distance between opposing walls is 14 feet or less, setup along the long wall will probably give the best results. In larger rooms, setup along a short wall is preferable. Placement Relative to the Listening Position In phase-coherent systems (as in life in general), TIMING IS OF 'lHE ESSmCE.
Now, tmless you floor is absolutely perfectly flat, you will need to make slight adjustments to the spikes so that the Angelus doesn't wobble on them. Push back and forth diagonally (and gently) on the top of the SPeaker, and you'll see what I mean. Adjust one or other of the spikes that are lined up in the direction in which the wobble hapPens, tmtil it stops. Now you can lock the spikes in place.
where the dnmner smacks a cymbal and kicks his bass drun at the same time that everyone else in the band is caning down hard on a note. 70 watts would be needed to reproduce it cleanly, rot only 50 are there. The result is something that not only sounds gnmdgy, bJt it also bJilds up heat in the woofer and tweeter of the Angelus. If that happens a few times a minute, well, everything starts sounding fuzzy, and your speakers need repairing.
In order to determine the polarity of your system, you IJI1St find out which pieces in your system invert the signal, and wch ones do not. This information is sanetimes given in owners manuals. Othemse, you can contact your dealer or the manufacturer, or look in AUDIO Magazine's Annual Equipnent Directory (in each year's October issue), which lists the inversion status of sane units.
TEQlNICAL SPECIFICATIONS System Type : Enclosure Volune : : System Resonance / Q Frequency Response (-JdB): Woofer : Tweeter : Woofer Crossover : Tweeter Crossover : Crossover Frequency : Input Impedance : Polarity : Sensitivity : Recoomended Power : Size in inches(cm) : : Net Weight in lbs(kg) Sealed box 2.5 ft. 3 34 Hz, Qe .51 45 Hz - 17.5 kHz 8" plastic cone 1" impregnated cloth dane 4th order Bessel response Computer derived, approx. 1st order response 3.4 kHz (-GdB) 8 obns nominal, minioun 5.
