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Important Safety Information

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General Care of Your System

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Contents

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Introduction

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Overview of Common Features

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Model 207/2

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Model 205/2

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Model 203/2

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Model 201/2

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Model 206/2ds

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Model 202/2c

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Model 204/2c

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Installation and Operation

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Unpacking, Handling and Aftercare

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Adjusting the Feet and/or Spikes

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Loudspeaker Placement and Room Acoustics

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Loudspeaker Positioning

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Amplifier to Loudspeaker Connections

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Amplifier Requirements and Power Handling

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Uni Balance Adjustment Models 201/2, 203/2, 205/2, 207/2, 206/2ds

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Placement Adjustment Models 202/2c, 204/2c

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Single, Bi and Tri-wire Connections

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Loudspeaker Cables

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Grilles

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Warranty

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Service Information

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Specifications

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KEF Heritage 

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Wrong

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Contents

Summary of Contents for 202/2

Page 1: ...ray if however this is compromised and the dome itself is dented it will permanently impair performance 1 Avoid temperature extremes 2 Avoid damp 3 Avoid direct sunlight 4 Clean with the KEF cloth pro...

Page 2: ...es 10 Loudspeaker Placement and Room Acoustics 11 Loudspeaker Positioning 12 Amplifier to Loudspeaker Connections 14 Amplifier Requirements and Power Handling 14 Uni Balance Adjustment Models 201 2 20...

Page 3: ...st possible focus With properly recorded material and as part of a good quality system well set up loudspeakers with KEF Uni Q can reveal the location of each musical voice in the stereo image with pi...

Page 4: ...has the advantage of maintaining a slim profile for the cabinet and subsequently wide and even sound dispersion Internally however a tall slim enclosure suffers from strong top to bottom acoustic stan...

Page 5: ...c is timbre matched to the other Reference Series loudspeakers thereby allowing a seamlessly integrated 3D soundstage to be set up in the listening room The size has been chosen to allow it to be moun...

Page 6: ...site to the direction of lean should be made Adjusting the Feet and or Spikes Only supplied with Model 207 2 The listening room is one of the most variable elements in the hi fi chain and its effect c...

Page 7: ...13 12 2m 6 8 2m 6 8 Loudspeaker Positioning...

Page 8: ...ition tweeter level setting Three gold plated screw caps are supplied with each loudspeaker one for the LF and two for the HF adjustment LF Adjustment With the supplied cap screwed into the LF Adjust...

Page 9: ...adjusts the bass level depending on whether the loudspeaker is mounted freestanding or close to a TV or wall boundary In the Model 202 2c the television setting corrects the bass response for when th...

Page 10: ...n from one amplifier known as tri wiring or to separate power amplifiers driven from the same pre amplifier tri amping Further adjustment of this cable will allow connection of just two pairs of adjac...

Page 11: ...gle wire connections Centre loudspeaker bi wire connections Centre loudspeaker tri wire connections x8 x4 Loudspeaker bi amplification connections Loudspeaker tri amplification connections Loudspeaker...

Page 12: ...re guaranteed against manufacturing defects in both materials and workmanship For further details of how this guarantee affects you please read the enclosed Warranty leaflet It should be noted however...

Page 13: ...433 mm 43 5 x 11 2 x 17 in Finishes Piano Black High Gloss Cherry High Gloss American Walnut Satin Sycamore MODEL 205 2 Design Bass reflex three way floorstanding loudspeaker magnetically shielded Dri...

Page 14: ...esponse 15 horizontally off axis 3dB 53Hz 60kHz Crossover frequencies 400Hz 2 3kHz Amplifier Requirements 50 300W Sensitivity 2 83V 1m 90dB Maximum Output 115dB Impedance 8 3 2 min Bass Extension 40Hz...

Page 15: ...und quality in the mid band by using it as the surround to the loudspeaker diaphragm while using new materials for the diaphragm itself Cooke was always looking for new materials and settled on Bextre...

Page 16: ...ity an evolution of the 105 2 but with KEF s coupled cavity bass loading a system which positions the drivers internal to the enclosure each separately loaded and firing into a third common chamber wh...

Page 17: ...ed during 1996 but with the knowledge that all of his original and noble principles remained intact and would always do so Recognition that year for the Reference Series Model Four had reached a peak...

Page 18: ...ecular process known as adsorption the presence of the granules makes each enclosure sound twice as big as it actually is Yet more KEF innovations soon followed The KIT KEF Instant Theatre concept for...

Page 19: ...ber Lane Marlboro New Jersey 07746 U S A Telephone 1 732 683 2356 Fax 1 732 683 2358 GP Acoustics GmbH Heinrichstra e 51 D 44536 L nen Deutschland Telephone 49 0 231 9860 320 Fax 49 0 231 9860 330 GP...

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