Sonus Faber ELECTA AMATOR III, Owner'S Manual

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As well as the pair of speakers, the packaging also includes:
• 1 Manual
• 1 Cleaning kit
• 2 Magnetic grilles
• 2 Fabric dust guards
• 4 Jumpers
• 4 Decoupling silicone feet
The following accessories are contained in the package dedicated to the stand:
• 8 Tips and 8 nuts
• 8 Undertips
• 4 Locking screws
If one or more of these items is missing, notify the retailer from whom the product was purchased.
Refer to the images contained in Chapter 7, Figure 2, 3 and 4.
The Electa Amator III Speakers are designed to be easily inserted within the listening environment.
In order to obtain excellent performance, refer to the images in Chapter 7, Figure 5 and 6.
The conformation of the listening environment and the loudspeakers’ positioning can affect the entire
audio system’s performance.
For example, basically, a room with irregular shape can improve the response within the listening
environment, since they limit the formation of standing waves, while a room with a parallelepiped shape
is potentially more suitable to generate balanced sound images.
The presence of carpets and curtains positively affect the acoustics of the environment, contributing to
the absorption of the first reflections and the lowering of reverberation.
There are no fixed and universally-applicable rules for every environment. Nevertheless, one good
approach to positioning the loudspeakers within the listening environment is to start by dividing the
listening environment’s floor plan, assuming a rectangular shape, into three areas with equal surface, as
indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 5.
Position the loudspeakers on the first line (A), at an adequate distance from the lateral walls, and position
the listening point on the second line (B).
In this way, undesired acoustic effects, deriving from intense first reflections, which would be generated
with loudspeakers positioned in proximity of the walls and corners of the room, are minimised.
Figure 6 shows how the loudspeakers’ axis should converge toward the listening position by crossing
over top of it, thus creating the classic “isosceles triangle” stereophonic configuration. This measure,
which consists in positioning the loudspeakers in such a way as to literally point them towards the
listener’s ears, allows significant improvement in the focus of the stereophonic image.
Given that the illustrated procedure, which is aimed at creating quasi-ideal listening conditions, cannot
be applied by all of our customers due to objective problems linked to the organization of the living
environment, it is recommended to position the two loudspeakers away from the corners of the room,
and at a distance of at least 1 m from the end walls. The two loudspeakers should be at least 1.8 metres
apart from each other.
The listening point should be at a height of approximately 1.1 metres off the ground.
The distance between the loudspeakers themselves, and between the loudspeakers and the listening
point, can be subsequently adjusted as desired.
3.1.1 CONTENT OF THE PACKAGING
3.2 ASSEMBLY
3.3 SPEAKERS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
3.3.1 POSITIONING THE SPEAKERS