Audio Concepts Sapphire XLs manual

Sapphire XL Refere nce Monitor Ow ner's M anual Audio Concep ts, Inc. 571 W est A venue N. West Salem, WI 546 69 Phone: (60 8) 786 -4729 Fax: (608) 786 -4710 Website: w ww .au dioc.com Emai l : se rvice@aud i oc.co m Forum: w ww.a udiocircl e .com All Ri g hts Re s erved 2008 Sound that S atisfi es… Si nce 19 77 Table of Contents : Guaran te[...]

2 Audio Conc e pts, Inc. Our Guar antee an d W ar ranty Satisfa ction Guar anteed : We’re sure you’re going to l o ve your new Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI) products ! In the u nlikely event that you are no t satis f ied, please contac t us wi thin 30 day s of receipt of your ACI products for a hassle- f ree return . Simply f ollow the se procedu [...]

3 IMPORTANT NO TICE All new speaker s require a m i ni m u m of 60 h ours break-in-time before they soun d the w ay they are supposed to. A speaker's perform ance i mproves sig nificant l y o nce broken in . It is critical that you have at least 60 hours on your speakers befor e you evaluate them . Don't worry if your speaker s do not sou[...]

4 The Sapphire XL Thank you for your ord er and congratu l ations on becoming t he ow ner of an AC I s peake r system. Thes e f ine spe akers will provide you with many years of li stening p l eas ure! ACI sp eakers are designed to o ff er e xtreme ly high va l ue and pe rf ormance . Read the ra v e re v iew s of the Sapph ire s eries g oing all th[...]

5 us ed with su bwoo f ers . And, as an ACI prod uct it ha d to s el l for far l ess t han the s tate-of -the-a rt monitors it w ould com pete w it h . W e are pleas ed to ha v e ach i eved and in some areas e xceeded ou r goals by sys tem atically enginee ring an d refining the Sap phire XL to optimize per f orman ce. Pleas e note the fol l owing [...]

6 Using Y our Speakers If the res t of your s ystem does not wo rk properly or i s n ot correctly connected you w il l not get the bes t performance from you r sys tem . T o eli mi nate proble ms we recommend the fol lowing: I. Us e t he finest as sociated componen ts you can a fford. T urntab le, car tridges , pre-a m p s, amplifiers , (recei v e [...]

7 clipping? V o l ume kn ob place m ent do es NOT indica te much. So m e recei vers reach f ull output w ell before 12:00 on the dial. Us e of the loudne ss button, bass boost and treble boo st can a ll driv e the receiver and then the sp eaker into d istortion a t f airly low l e v e l s. • Many o f today’ s record ings including DVDs and CDs [...]

8 Speaker Grills Y ou r Sapphire X Ls are s up pli ed w i th cloth co v ered gr i lls which enha nce the appea rance of you r sp eakers and pro v ide some protect ion for the dr iv e unit s. T o protect the d ri v e rs w e recomm end lea v i ng the grills in place most o f the ti m e. How ev er , f or the m ost critica l listen ing we su gge st re [...]

9 • Place sp eakers as f ar as poss i ble f ro m other fu rniture a nd room bou nda ries. Keeping the mi ds and twe eters awa y f rom the floor is pa rticularly i m por tant. For s t ereo us e the Sapphire X Ls are des igned to so un d bes t when the op t ional Soun d Ancho rs or At lantis 24-26” s t ands are u se d. Thes e stan ds can be sa nd[...]

10 • S te reo su bwo o f e rs w ill u s ua lly yi e ld the s moo the s t b ass res po nse whe n th ey a r e p lac ed asy mmet ri ca lly in th e ro om. A g o od wa y to s ta rt is w ith one in or ver y n e ar a ro o m c orn er and th e o the r su bw oofe r abo u t 1 / 3 o f t h e w ay al on g a w a ll. • Exp e rime nt w ith t he phas e o f yo u [...]

11 Speaker Break-In ******Im por tan t!!! Allow at l eas t 60 to 70 hours of playing tim e be f ore you r new ACI speake r s w il l sou nd their bes t. The adh es iv es and m ater ial s us ed in manu f ac turi ng mu st stretch and fl ex pro perly be f ore a spe aker will so un d it s be st. After bre ak- in the bas s will be tighter an d go lowe r,[...]

12 reprod ucti on. W e be li eve you m us t audition s peake rs in your ow n home and in your ow n sys tem . Pleas e se e t he w arra nty statemen t for detai ls. After liste ning, pleas e fill out and return the w arranty registra ti on or quickly register on line. This w arranty registration is im por t ant. It allow s us to reach you in the e v [...]

13 Warrant y Registr a tion, Ple ase Retu rn A C I div . Audio Co ncepts, In c. 571 W est A v enue N. W es t Sale m , W I 54669 se rv i ce@au dioc.co m (608) 786 -4729 Cong ratul ations on beco m i ng an ACI sp eaker o wner. Comp leting this registrat i on enab les us t o contact you reg arding f uture upgra des . Your informa ti on he lps us provi[...]