Linn AKURATE Loudspeaker System manual

English Fr ançais Deuts ch Italiano Español Nederlands AK UR A TE L oudspeak er S y s t em Owner’ s Manual[...]

Important Saf ety In f ormation English Impor t ant Saf et y In f ormation Explanation of s ymbols used in this manual and on the pr oduct: T his s ymbol is int ended to alert the user t o the pr esenc e of uninsulat ed dangerous v oltage s within the enclosur e of suf ficient magnitude t o caus e electric shock. T his s ymbol is int ended to alert[...]

UK USERS PLEA SE READ THIS IMPOR T ANT S AFETY INF ORMA TION Fu se r eplac ement T his applianc e is fitt ed with a non-r ewir eable 13 Amp mains plug. T he plug cont ains a 5 Amp fuse . If the fuse has blo wn it can be r eplaced as f ollo ws: a) Pull out the red fus e co ver / carrier . b) R emove and dispo se of the blo wn fuse . c) Fit a new 5 A[...]

Co p yright and A ckno wledgement s Cop yright © 2003 Linn Pr oducts L t d. Firs t edition July 2003 . Linn Product s Limited, Glas gow R oad, W aterfoot , Eagle sham, Glasgow , G7 6 OE Q , Sc otland, United Kingdom All rights r eserv ed. No part of this public ation may be r epr oduced, s tor ed in a r etrie v al sy st em, or tr ansmitt ed, in an[...]

Co n te n t s Introduction 1 T he AK URA TE sy s t em 1 Fe a t u r e s 2 AK URA TE 2 4 2, 2 2 5 and 2 12 3 Unpacking 3 F abric grilles 3 Cleaning 3 Po sitioning and lev elling 4 C onnecting 6 Gener al 6 Single-wiring 7 Bi -wiring or bi-amping 7 T ri-wiring or tri-amping 7 Important note s on using the link strips 7 Quad-amping and be y ond 7 Bass B[...]

Intr oduction At Linn, we rec ognise that the w ay people acc ess s ound is changing. Entertainment s y st ems ar e bec oming ev er mor e int egr ated and the line betw een music and mo vie s ys tems is no longer cle ar . As the popularit y of ne w and impro v ed hi-r esolution music f ormats incr e ases , multi-channel s ys tems ar e no longer for[...]

AK UR A TE 2 21 N N e e w w 5 5 0 0 0 0 S S A A m m p p l l i i f f i i e e r r M M o o d d u u l l e e T he AK URA TE 221 bass e xt ension loudspeak er utilises 500 w atts of s ervo- assist ed Linn silent po wer . The bass driv e unit is c ons tantly monit or ed and r egulated t o maintain ac cur at e , e xtended b ass in an y list ening en vironm[...]

T T h h e e A A K K U U R R A A T T E E 2 2 1 1 2 2 b b o o o o k k s s h h e e l l f f s s p p e e a a k k e e r r s s a a r r e e s s u u p p p p l l i i e e d d w w i i t t h h t t h h e e f f o o l l l l o o w w i i n n g g a a c c c c e e s s s s o o r r i i e e s s : : ● 12 terminal link s trips ( f our of which ar e f act ory fitt ed t o t[...]

Po sitioning and lev elling To get the best fr om y our Linn AK UR A TE spe aker s , it is important that they ar e positioned and le velled c orr ectly . T he acous tics of a r oom ar e dependent on many f actors including siz e , shape and e ven furnitur e. The in formation belo w will assist in helping y ou find the be st position in y our r oom[...]

Level l ing All components in the AK URA TE speak er s y st em benefit fr om le velling, which produc es dis tinct impr ov ements in sounds tage and ac cur ac y . A pr operly lev elled loudspeak er will alw ays perf orm mor e eff ectiv ely than an unstable one . T he actual loudspe ak er cabinet c an r emain fix ed whilst the driv e units ar e allo[...]

C onnecting Gener al IMPORT ANT : Be fo re making any c onnections, s wit ch o ff y our po wer amplifier( s). Ensure the po sitive (+) or r ed coloured c onnect ors fr om y our amplifier( s ), c onnect t o the positiv e (+) c onnector s on y our loudspeak er( s ). And that the negative (-) or black c olour ed connect or s fr om y our amplifier( s )[...]

7 AK UR A TE Loudspe ak er S yst em Owner’ s Manual AK UR A TE 2 4 2, 2 2 5 and 212 English T ri-wiring or tri-amping S ugges ted po sition of link s trips if tri-wiring (i. e . using three p airs o f cable s from one po w er amplifier ) or tri- amping (i.e . using one pair o f c ables fr om each of three pow er amplifier channels ). Important no[...]

AK TIV operation T he AK URA TE 2 42, 2 2 5 and 212 speak er s can be either p assiv ely or actively driven. In a p assiv e sy st em, the output fr om a po wer amplifier is p assed through the cr ossovers hous ed in the loudspeak er s. This r e sults in a certain loss o f audio signal as some o f the ener gy in the signal is absorbed b y the cr oss[...]

AK URA TE 2 21 Unpacking T he AK URA TE 2 21 bass r ein for c ement speak er is hea vy: tak e c ar e when r emo ving it fr om its p ackaging. T T h h e e A A K K U U R R A A T T E E 2 2 2 2 1 1 s s p p e e a a k k e e r r i i s s s s u u p p p p l l i i e e d d w w i i t t h h t t h h e e f f o o l l l l o o w w i i n n g g a a c c c c e e s s s s [...]

10 AK UR A TE Loudspe ak er S yst em Owner’ s Manual AK UR A TE 221 English FROM LINN SYSTEM CONTROLLER OR OTHER A V PROCESSOR HP OUT AL OUT A IN FROM STEREO PRE-AMP HP OUT AL OUT A IN FROM STEREO PRE-AMP TO POWER AMPLIFIER HP OUT AL OUT A IN FROM LINN SYSTEM CONTROLLER OR OTHER AV PROCESSOR AKURA TE 221 - ONE AKURA TE 221 - TWO HP OUT AL OUT A I[...]

11 AK UR A TE Loudspe ak er S yst em Owner’ s Manual AK UR A TE 221 English Pa r amet er s T he AK URA TE 2 21 speak er is equipped with se ven adjus table p ar amet er s ( see ne xt page ) that enable y ou t o alt er its perf ormance t o suit y our tas te . Note: T he par ameter s can only be adjus ted when the AK URA TE 2 21 speak er is not in [...]

12 AK UR A TE Loudspe ak er S yst em Owner’ s Manual AK UR A TE 221 English PA R AMETER S YMBOL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50 7 5 100 115 13 5 160 190 2 3 5 18 22 2 5 30 34 40 55 8 5 13 0 Des cription and a v ailable set tings f or par ameter s Def ault set tings ar e shown in gr ey . * Only for use when the AKURA TE 221 speak er is connect ed to a p[...]

13 AK UR A TE Loudspe ak er S yst em Owner’ s Manual T echnical Specifications English A A K K U U R R A A T T E E 2 2 4 4 2 2 A A K K U U R R A A T T E E 2 2 2 2 5 5 A A K K U U R R A A T T E E 2 2 1 1 2 2 T ype 5-w ay floor stander 5-w ay c entre 4-w a y bookshelf Drive units 13 mm / 25 mm / 13 mm / 25 mm / 13 mm / 25 mm / 75 mm domes, 7 5 mm d[...]

14 AK UR A TE Loudspe ak er S yst em Owner’ s Manual Guar ant ee and S ervic e English Guar ant ee and Service T his pr oduct is guar ant eed under the c onditions which apply in the country of purchase and y our st atut ory rights ar e not limit ed. In addition to an y st atut ory rights y ou may ha v e, Linn undert ake t o r eplac e any p arts [...]