The centre, front and rear loudspeakers are marked on the back. The satellite connected
to the centre output should be positioned on top of or beneath your TV set. The Front
Towers are placed to the left and the right at equal distance of the TV set. The satellites
connected to the rear/surround outputs should be located to the left and right behind the
listening position and slightly above ear-height. Placement of the subwoofer is generally
not critical. It should, if possible, be located near the Front Towers.
THE SUBWOOFER MAGNAT ALPHA SUB 20A
The active subwoofer Alpha Sub 20A visually and acoustically ideally matches the other
loudspeakers in the Needle Alu series. Please refer to the separate operating instructions
supplied with this product.
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.
Higher settings of the tone controls increase the amount of energy supplied to the
loudspeakers. This may lead to speaker damage, at high volumes.
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.
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.
THE SOUND YOU CAN’T HEAR...
Amplifiers, tuners and CD players can all produce inaudible high-frequency signals – and
this doesn’t only apply to cheap products. If your tweeters fail at low or medium volumes
you should have a qualified technician check your system components for dangerous
inaudible signals.
