TIMES WHEN YOUR SPEAKERS ARE AT MOST RISK FROM YOU.
1: Parties are the most common cause of speakers being damaged by too much power or by distortion, it often
happens because of a desire to have the music loud. Distortion is harder to detect because it is masked by lots
of other noise.
2: After you have been listening to the music for a while there is a natural temptation to turn up the volume. This
is because your ears lose their sensitivity.
3: Turning up the volume so you can hear the music in another part of the house or outside. Instead either
install extension speakers or have long speaker leads.
4: Your children, (if you have them), when you are not present often have the stereo distorting. Either fix it so
they can’t turn the stereo on or educate them about the expensive damage caused by having the volume too
high.
5: After you have been to a loud concert or live gig. Once again your ears have become less sensitive.
6: When you are in a state of intoxication is another time when there is a temptation to turn the volume up with-
out care.
The best way to avoid the above potential problems is at a time when you are fresh, turn the volume control
up until the quality of the sound changes as described previously. Take note of that position and make sure, no
matter what the circumstances, the volume control is not turned above that point. If at that point the volume is not
loud enough there is only one solution, it means you have to purchase a larger amplifier and, if required, larger
speakers.
CONNECTING YOUR SPEAKERS
• Depending on the model you have purchased connection can be done either by using bared wire,
4mm banana plugs or with 8mm spades. If you choose to use bared wire for our three way terminals,
simply unscrew the nuts and you will find under the nut a hole to push the wire into.
• We do not supply speaker cable with the speakers because every installation is different. There
are though, some important points to note. Keep the speaker cable as short as practical and use
good quality cable. As a guide if the cable is more than 5M then the conductor diameter must be
greater than 1.5mm (18 Gauge) at no stage is it suitable to use wire diameter less than 1mm (22
Gauge). The longer the run of cable the thicker it needs to be.
• When connecting the speaker to the amplifier it is very important that the positive (+) terminal on
the amplifier is connected to the positive terminal on the speaker. In most cases this means that the
red terminal on the amplifier is connected to the red terminal on the speaker. Likewise the black ter-
minals are connected to each other. Failure to do this will result in a reduced bass performance and
loss of stereo image.
• Never allow the two conductors in the speaker cable to touch each other, this could cause damage
to your amplifier.
• In the case where cable is already wired through the house or the cable has no markings contact
your Hi Fi specialist for advice.
