User`s manual

CoNNECTION
WARNING!
Turn
your amplifier
Lh
off before making or breaking
any
I
signal connections!
•
Use
the best speaker cables you can.
The
length
and type
of
speaker cable
used
in
your
system
will
have
an
audible
effect. Under no circumstance
should a
wire
of
gauge
higher (thinner) than #
16
be used.
In
general/
the
longer
the
length used/
the
greater the necessity
of
a
lower
gauge/ and the
lower the gauge/ the better
the
sound/ with dimin-
ishing
returns
setting
in
around
#8
to#
12.
A variety
of
cables are available whose manufactur-
ers
claim better performance than standard heavy
gauge wire.
We
have verified
this
in
many cases/
and
the improvements
available
are often more
noticeable
than
the
differences between wires of dif-
ferent gauge.
The
effects of cables may be masked
if equipment
is
not
of
the
highest quality.
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Fig.
1:
Single-wire
connection.
One
channel
shown.
Jumper
clips
installed
+
Connections are
done
at the signal input section
on the rear electronics panel
of
the speaker.
Use
spade
connectors for optimum contact
and
ease
of
installation. Hand tighten
the
binding posts/ but
do
not
overtighten-do
not
use
a tool to tighten the
binding
posts.
Be
consistent when connecting the speaker cables
to the signal input terminals. Take care to assign
the same color
cable
lead to the
(+)
terminal on
both the left and right channel speakers.
If
bass
is
nonexistent and you cannot discern a tight/ coher-
ent image/ you may need to reverse the
(+)
and
(-) leads on one speaker to bring the
system
into
proper polarity.
JUMPER
CLIPS
In
some
countries
federal
law
prohibits
Martinlogan
from supplying jumper clips.
If
none
are found installed under your speakers
binding
posts/ please refer to /Bi-Wire Connection/ for con-
nection instructions.
Fig.
2:
Bi-wire connection.
One
channel shown.
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+
Jumper
High
clips
Frequency
removed
-«.
Low
iiJ
'-""
+
Frequency