DALI Loudspeakers AW 8 manual

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    w w w .dali.dk M agic M om e nts M A N U A L AW 8 & 10[...]

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    anish udiophil e ouds peak er nd ustries DALI is renowne d among musi c lovers througho ut the world for it s unique spea k e rs and cable s, all cons truc ted and build for uncompro - mising design and sound requirem ents . Our ultr a- mod ern factor y in Denmark is fully equip ped with faci lities for development and pro - duc tion of qualit y sp[...]

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    Congratulations o n the purchas e of your new D ALI AW 8 /10 subwoofer . This manual cont ains information on s etup and maintenance of DALI A W 8 /10. Manual Congratulations o n the purchas e of your new D ALI AW subwoofer . 3 Eng lis h Running -in Lik e any othe r mechanic al sy stem , a sp eak er nee ds to b e " run in " , s o you can [...]

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    Fig . 1 If supple menting your stereo or surrou nd sound sy stem with AW 8 /10, the subwoofer s with active crossover net work and am plier , y ou ha ve various connec tion o ptions . Y ou can choos e from four optio ns : Ampli er with sep arate subw oofer out put terminal ( Fig. 1 ) If you have an amplier with a separ -ate subwoofe r ou t[...]

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    Ampli er without pr eamplie r/subwoofer ou tput terminal ( Fig . 2) Y ou sh ould only employ the pas sive solu tion if you do not have a pream pli- er output terminal on your amplier . A W 8 / 1 0 is operate d by the speaker signal from your amplie r/ surrou nd sound re ceiver . Conne ct th e front spea k e rs to the sp eak er outpu [...]

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    T alk to your authorise d D ALI de aler about c ables - o r visit w w w. dali.dk 6 Eng lis h In ma ny cas es o ne AW 8 /10 in one of the lis ted s etups will provide a good solution , but the ab solute per fec t solu tion is two AW 8 /10 in ste reo setup. This solution sho uld b e c onne cte d in exa ctly the same way , b ut you o nly connec t the [...]

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    Larg e solid sur faces close to the s peaker may cause intr usive echo es . 7 Eng lis h Set ting level Adjus t th e volum e o n your AW 8 /1 0 s o the ba ss sound matche s the level from the fron t sp eak ers . Adju st it s o that you ca n hear the s ound contri- bution from A W 8 /10 - but without the bas s being too dominant . The bas s should be[...]

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    Even small change s in the listening roo m can af fec t the soun d. 8 Eng lis h Phase s ettin g In mos t c ase s you will a chieve the be st re sults with "Phase" set to 180 ° . However , this w il l de pend on the fron t sp eak e rs you are using. Once again , your ea rs mus t be the judge. Use the trial -and - error m ethod for b oth s[...]

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    Remem ber that the tone co ntrol ler is o nly intended fo r minor adjus tment s. 9 Eng lis h Impor tant cables The re is one area whe re you can signica ntly inue nce th e s ound quality - the cables bet ween amplier and speaker . T his is a cas e where the rule 'an y c hain is only as strong as it s weakes t link' denitely ap[...]

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    1 0 Eng lis h Correc t s etup is ex tremel y impor tant fo r your sound ex perience. D ALI - more t han meets the ey e Y our D ALI sp eak er s have be en design ed on the basi s of a long su ccessio n of technic al s olutions ba sed o n many years' intensive develo pment work . Mos t of this is not s een - bu t it can be hea rd and expe rience[...]

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    1 1 Eng lis h T ak e your time over tuning the subwoofe r - it's well wor thwhile ! CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELRCTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE BACK PANEL. NO USER- SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. 1. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is oper[...]

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    Enjoy your D A LI A W 8 /1 0 ! 1 2 Eng lis h Specications The re are countle ss me thods for evaluating sp eak ers . However , n one of them ac tual ly represe nt how a sp eak e r really s ounds . I t is up to the indi - vidual to decide whe ther one sp eak er sound s bet ter than anothe r . So we only give you the s pecic ations that are of [...]