Strip 10 – 15 mm of insulation from the ends of the cables. Twist the ends – this is much
better than tinning them with solder – insert them in the terminals and tighten the terminal
screws firmly.
IMPORTANT: For good sound the cables must be connected so that the speakers are
“in phase”. This means that the black negative terminals on the speakers (-) must be
connected to the negative (-) terminals on the amplifier, the positive (+) speaker terminals
to the positive (+) amplifier terminals. To make this easier one wire of most speaker cables
is marked with a coloured strip or a ridge in the insulation.
Before switching on the system double-check all your connections and make sure that
the terminal screws are tight and that there are no short circuits caused by stray wire
filaments – this could cause serious damage to your amplifier!
HOW TO AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR VALUABLE SPEAKERS
All MAGNAT loudspeakers are designed and built for optimum sound reproduction with
the tone controls in the central position – i.e. with unaltered or “linear” amplifier output. If
you usually turn up the treble and bass controls try setting them to the middle position
with your new loudspeakers. You will soon get used to the better, more natural sound.
Turning up the bass and treble controls too far delivers more power to the woofers and/or
tweeters, and at high volumes this can actually destroy the speaker units!
USE THE VOLUME CONTROL WITH CARE!
If the output of your amplifier is significantly higher than the rated power handling capacity
of your speakers extremely high volumes can physically destroy your speakers. This
doesn’t actually happen often but you should be aware that it is possible.
Weak amplifiers with low output ratings can actually be more dangerous for your
speakers at medium volumes. This sounds strange but the reason is quite simple: Weak
amplifiers get overloaded much faster than powerful ones and this causes measurable
and audible distortion, which is more dangerous for loudspeakers than anything else.
The rated power-handling limits for your speakers are for undistorted music signals only;
the limits for distorted signals are much lower! Always turn the volume down immediately
as soon as you hear distortion!
If you like listening to loud music make sure that your amplifier can deliver at least as
much power as the speakers’ power-handling rating.
