Operation Manual

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Owner ’s manual
Introduction
Thank you for choosing Argon Audio loudspeakers, we hope
they will bring you many years of enjoyment.
Please read this manual fully before unpacking and installing
the product.
Carton contents
We have during production and packing carefully checked and
inspected these loudspeakers.
After unpacking please check for any damage from transport.
We recommend that you keep the original carton box and
packing material for any future shipping.
Loudspeaker installation
The speakers are best used with the tweeters approximately
at ear level when seated.
Loudspeaker positioning
Variations in placement of your loudspeakers can produce
dramatic differences in the way music sounds. No listening
rooms are the same and therefore we encourage you to spend
some time experimenting with which placements work best in
your listening room. Trust your ears and be willing to experiment
freely. You can start with our basic recommendations.
Please try to ensure that the rooms surroundings of each
loudspeaker left and right are similar in acoustic character.
For example, if one loudspeaker is placed on bare walls while
the other is placed close to soft furniture’s and curtains, both
the overall sound quality and the stereo image are likely to be
compromised.
Because bookshelves are usually located close to the wall,
placement on bookshelves will often provide a richer, more
full-bodied sound. In other words; you will get more Bass.
On the other hand, if you place the speakers free-standing
You will get less Bass but a clearer sound.
T o begin with, the speakers should be positioned between
1.5 m and 3 m apart at two corners of an equilateral triangle
completed by the listening area at the third corner. See fig. 1
The Argon Octave is designed to play single-standing, if the room
is not too big.
In bigger rooms a subwoofer will need to be added in order to get
optimal sound.
Home Theatre Systems
Argon Octave can be used as front channels in a surround
sound home theatre system.
Positioning the front loudspeakers within approximately 1metre
of the sides of your TV will create the best sound image in scale
with the visual image. The loudspeakers’ height should ideally
be between the centre and top of the screen.
If Argon Octave are to be used for reproducing the surround
channels in a multi channel home theatre system, we suggest
you place them as illustrated in Figures 2 to 4 depending on the
number of channels.
Connecting your loudspeakers
We recommend that you read the manual of your amplifier or
av-receiver carefully before connecting your loudspeakers.
Please switch off all equipment when connecting your
loudspeakers.
The binding posts on the terminal accepts wire up to Ø 4mm or
cables with banana plugs.
Make sure that positive terminal binding posts on the speaker
(marked + and colored red) are connected to the positive
output terminal binding posts on the amplifier and that the
negative terminals on the speaker (marked – and colored
black) are connected to the negative output terminal on the
amplifier. See fig 5.
You are now ready to enjoy your Argon Octave loudspeakers...!