Solo User Manual - High Fidelity Loudspeaker engelholm audio manual.indd 2 2012-01-29 15.
About engelholm audio solo solo - more than just sensitive To re-live the full dynamics of good music you need a loudspeaker – like solo – with great efficiency. solo's outstanding 95 dB/W*m gives you both the dynamics that music deserves, as well as the freedom of choice when it comes to amplifier. During research and development, solid state amplifier have dominated the stage but low watt valve amplifiers have also taken an important part during voicing.
Table of Content About engelholm audio solo.........................................................................................1 Congratulations..........................................................................................................2 About this Owners Manual...........................................................................................3 Five steps to get solo playing.......................................................................................
About this Owners Manual At engelholm audio we share your enthusiasm for music and hifi equipment. We understand that you want to get started as soon as possible. That is why this manual have two different parts; one part with basic information allowing you to get started quickly. The other part is an in depth information, such as room effects, acoustics, tips as well as technical specifications. Five steps to get solo playing 1. Unpacking solo is best handled by two persons due to its weight ans size.
invert phase, others comply with different connections in XLR cables, etc. Consult the manual of your amplifier. First, connect your speaker cables with solos terminals. The terminals take fork, banana and raw cables. We recommend fork. Second, connect the speaker cables in your power amplifier. Make sure that all cables (interconnect, speaker, digital and power cables) are placed neatly. Avoid different cables being placed in parallel. If cables must cross each other, make it a 90 degrees crossing.
Room Acoustics The single most affecting component of the sound is the room your system is placed in. One could very well argue that the room is a part of the system. We believe so. Some say 50% of the sound quality lies in room properties. The next issue is that different speaker technologies (horn, bi-polar, di-polar, omnipolar, line array, etc.) require somewhat different room properties. But there are more similarities than differences.
sure you have the alternative to switch off any machines and/or mechanical ventilations. Consider this: how can you hear the finest musical details if your noise floor is high? Advanced Acoustics Books, shelves and paintings are much better than nothing, but they in turn are nothing compared to properly designed acoustical products.
Odd number rule You can place solo according to the odd number rule. Odd numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and so on. Let the length of your room be L. Odd number rule says that you should try these different distances from solo3 to the back wall: L/3 or L/5 or L/7, L/9... Example: your room measures 6 meters in length. We divide 6 by 3 we get 2. This means, place solo 2 meters from back wall. Listen. Then try 6/5 which puts solo 1.2 meters out from the back wall. The same methodology goes for listening position.
Care of solo solo is made out of wood, a natural material. Natural materials will always come to life when humidity and/or temperature changes. Therefore, solo must be placed in controlled environment (indoors) and out of direct sunlight. If solo is delivered at a time when temperature differences between outside and indoors is great, we propose that solo is kept in shipping boxes for a few hours in the room, so that temperature and humidity adjust slowly.
Impedance of solo Measured impedance response of solo 11002a/b. Quality checked ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Pär Engelholm Anders Andersson by engelholm audio Revision A www.engelholmaudio.
Appendix "How to unpack" Our goal has been to make it possible for ONE person to "get the solo playing". It is a 99% reality. We want solo to be easy for you to pack and unpack, so that this task is an easy task at fairs/exhibitions and demo’s. To unpack solo, the shipping box must be raised up, so that solo is in fact is standing up. The shipping boxes are marked which end is what (Feet, respective top of solo). Raising the box requires two persons due to weight.
The wheels makes it easier to try out positioning in the room, but do decrease the sound quality. The wheels are simply screed to the legs of solo and are easy to dismantle - but again we strongly recommend this as a two persons task. by engelholm audio Revision A www.engelholmaudio.
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