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Released October 2007  

 

 

 

                                                      

Summary of Contents for ANNIVERSARY VR-5

Page 1: ...O OR RL LD D C CL LA AS SS S S SP PE EA AK KE ER R S SY YS ST TE EM MS S F FO OR R A AU UD DI IO O A AN ND D H HO OM ME E T TH HE EA AT TE ER R V VR R 5 5 A AN NN NI IV VE ER RS SA AR RY Y I IN NS ST TR RU UC CT TI IO ON N M MA AN NU UA AL L Released October 2007 ...

Page 2: ...r s intent In order to fully benefit from the VR 5 s powerful magic please read the following instructions thoroughly Although the VR series may appear to be conventional speakers they have been designed to work with the listening room Being a Room Interactive design there are certain setup procedures which must be followed The VR series are engineered to replicate the recording microphone s signa...

Page 3: ... the dynamic range of the speaker depends on free movement you may notice a slight brightness in the midrange treble area and mechanical heaviness or even perhaps lean bass for the first 100 hours The sound engineered into the VR s will take approximately 200 300 hours to achieve so we recommend that you not make a critical judgment of their sound until break in is accomplished Break in is best do...

Page 4: ...ese two considerations as both are necessary for realistic sound reproduction ROOM CONFIGURATIONS If you have a room with fairly rectangular dimensions you can place the speakers on either the long or short wall If your room is cubic you will have far better results placing the speakers diagonally See next section ON LONG WALL Placing the speakers on the long wall enables you to achieve a very lar...

Page 5: ...ure but may be necessary if you wish to achieve the ultimate in accurate frequency response Diagonal placement will prevent a portion of the standing wave energy from boosting certain frequencies since the reflection patterns are broken up in this configuration The distance to each side wall is critical and experimentation will be required with placement of not only the speakers themselves but als...

Page 6: ...le to hear a loss of clarity in the midrange and treble frequencies due to extra connections in the signal path and the effects of the jumper wire BI WIRING This is the recommended wiring mode and VSA now offers speaker cables designed expressly for bi wiring our speaker systems Please email for information and prices THEORY OF BI WIRING Using two separate pairs of speaker wires to deliver the sig...

Page 7: ... still continue to work Although it is true that louder treble output can be obtained byhigh pass filtering the tube amp the loss of transparency is usually not worth it The clean volume obtainable without a high pass crossover will be usually satisfying for anyone but a metal head You will need a preamp that has twin outputs but if you have only one set use high quality Y jacks available from you...

Page 8: ...ng to the distances involved from the speaker to the boundaries then back to the listener It is important for the reflected sound field to integrate properlywith the initial wave launch since out of phase reflections will interfere with both flat frequency response and image focus It is not difficult to determine where the best placement will be in any given room since you will be using a pink noi...

Page 9: ...s the center image will be strong this is the so called phantom center image The sound from the speakers themselves will seem slightly detached from the pink noise ball and slightly softer in volume level The center ball of sound will be very strong and you will be able to detect that the ball of sound is round with depth to the image This is a locked in image with correct focus 2 If you are not s...

Page 10: ...n Of course experimenting with several types of placement schemes is valuable for it will teach you how the speakers interact with your particular room Only by careful experimentation will you find that magic sweet spot for your new VR 5 Anniversary system REAR AMBIENCE DRIVER ADJUSTMENT The VR design has a rear firing ambience driver which adds depth enhancement and 360 degree timbre fill in When...

Page 11: ... and the cabinet tuning alignment All VR Series use custom designed drivers with very high magnetic damping low Qes and stiff suspensions high Qms The tuning ratio is derived from a proprietary over damped Theile Small alignment with a total Q of less than 0 6 while the woofers themselves have a total Q below 0 3 By using an over damped alignment maximum tightness is assured due to oversized magne...

Page 12: ...we recommend placing the speakers out into the room at least 12 from the back wall to start Then playing a repeating bass line walk around the room in the general vicinity of the intended listening position If you find that the smoothest bass response does not occur where you would like to place the listening seat you can use the Law of Reciprocity to find the optimum spot The physics of bass resp...

Page 13: ...arent bass It will be necessary in some cases to reposition the speakers in order to allow the room to boost the bass by using the natural gain of the boundary reflections Simply move the speakers closer to the rear wall or side wall in small increments until the bass sounds right ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT The VR 5 Anniversary is far more transparent than any other competing design including electrostat...

Page 14: ...dealer for cleaners 8 Cold Equipment The entire system must be left on excluding tube amplifiers continuously for best sound quality Cold equipment especially transistor preamps and DAC s sound thin sterile and lack depth and dimensionality Cold transistor amplifiers sound harsh lacking depth Most experts recommend leaving the equipment on to avoid the damage associated with cold turn on since the...

Page 15: ...n on room treatment If your budget allows contact us to design your listening room Our company designs recording studios concert halls and home listening rooms to professional standards Many audiophiles who continue to change components looking for that elusive sound of live music have not adequately addressed their listening rooms Please optimize your room before making a judgment call on the sou...

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