Talisman Reference Tower with AWS Owner's Manual Table of Contents: Guarantee/Warranty Quick Start Guide Specifications Design Philosophy Adaptive Woofer System Using your Speakers Avoiding Damage Hookup Positioning the Talisman Break-In Troubleshooting Warranty Registration …2 …4 …5 …5 …7 …9 …10 …11 ...11 …12 …13 …14 Audio Concepts, Inc. 901 South 4th Street, La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: (608) 784-4570 Fax: (608) 784-6367 Website: www.audioc.com Email: service@audioc.
Audio Concepts, Inc. Our Guarantee and Warranty Satisfaction Guaranteed: We’re sure you’re going to love your new Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI) products! In the unlikely event that you are not satisfied, please contact us within 30 days of receipt of your ACI products for a hassle-free return. Simply follow these procedures: 1. Return Authorization: Call us at (608) 784-4570 or email service@audioc.com , within 30 days of receipt of your ACI products for a return authorization number.
IMPORTANT NOTICE All new speakers require a minimum of 60 hours break-in-time before they sound the way they are supposed to. A speaker's performance improves significantly once broken in. It is critical that you have at least 60 hours on your speakers before you evaluate them. Don't worry if your speakers do not sound perfect the first time you play them. This is normal until they are broken in.
Talisman: Quick Setup Guide Please take the time to read the complete owner's manual. Reading the manual will insure your complete satisfaction. For those of you who must get it running now: • • • • • • The Talisman will not sound the best until it has 80-100 hours or more of running time. The Talisman has a powered woofer section. A power cord is supplied. A shorter or longer cord may be substituted as long as it is of equal or heavier wire gauge.
The Talisman Thank you for your order and congratulations on becoming the owner of an Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI) speaker system. The Talisman is an audiophile quality system that will provide you with many years of listening pleasure. Be sure and take a moment to register your warranty either by mail or on-line at www.audioc.com. ACI is all that you have grown to expect and demand. We are music lovers first. We only design and build speakers that we would desire to own ourselves.
transparency, and the ability to convey the "soul" of music. We also set a new goal that the Talisman must be user configurable to achieve optimum performance in their particular system and room placement, (AWS). We are pleased to have achieved and in some areas exceeded our goals by systematically engineering the Talisman to optimize performance.
Adaptive Woofer System (AWS) Audiophiles have known for a long time that the listening room has a huge impact on the quality of sound they hear. Put a set of great speakers in a room that is all flat hard surfaces and it will sound unbearably bright and harsh. Luckily, most living spaces aren't totally hard and flat but some are close.
output levels with relatively modest wattage. Secondly, you will be able to easily "dial in" the perfect balance of the system. A speaker that sounds a bit too full and warm when placed flush in the wall may well sound too lean when stand mounted. The speaker that sounds perfect to your friend might be just a bit too lean for your taste. Your associated components may be very pleasing overall, but perhaps not as full sounding as you'd like.
maintain the design standards. But the most important point is that the Talisman was designed by and for music lovers. You must hear the Talisman system reproduce your favorite music and or video soundtracks over a period of time to appreciate how fine these speakers are. Using your speakers Because of the size of the Talisman and its powered woofer section, there are several factors in setup that you should consider first. • The Talisman connects to your system just like any other speaker.
Avoiding Damage Audio Concepts, Inc. speakers are designed for the purpose of accurate reproduction of music in the home. We do our best to make our speakers rugged and reliable. However, ANY speaker or system may be damaged under certain conditions: • • • • Excessive power, particularly at certain frequencies or for prolonged periods of time. Excessive distortion often caused by under-powered amplifiers or receivers. Defective amplification. Excessive subsonic energy.
Hookup Your speakers are furnished with high quality five-way type binding posts. You may choose to utilize spade lugs, banana jacks, pins, or bare wire. It is important that the positive and negative leads do not touch. If you use bare leads, be sure to twist them tightly and insert through holes in such a manner that they do not fray or short out against each other. Good connections are important, so make sure any ends are tightly crimped and preferably soldered to the wire ends.
• In most rooms we find that the Talismans perform their best with the woofers firing out. However, in rooms where the Talisman may have to be placed too near a corner, the woofers will usually perform better firing toward each other. We recommend trying both options to find what gives the most balanced response in your room. • Use absorbent materials to help smooth upper-range response and improve transient response and clarity. Why? Let’s take the sound of a bell for example.
Troubleshooting Occasionally we get a call from someone who feels there is a problem with his or her ACI speaker. At least a couple of times a year we will get a call or email that goes something like this: “Speaker not working properly, can’t get enough sound even with the volume turned way up.” The problem may be different, but with this little information to go on it is almost impossible to trouble shoot the problem “long distance”.
Warranty Registration, Please Return ACI div. Audio Concepts, Inc. 901 S. 4th Street, La Crosse, WI 54601 service@audioc.com (608) 784-4570 Congratulations on becoming an ACI speaker owner. Completing this registration enables us to contact you regarding future upgrades. Your information helps us provide the best possible products and service. If you need additional room please continue on the back. You may also register your product electronically at our web site. http://www.audioc.
