Operation Manual

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Hooking Up Your Mythos Loudspeakers
Your Mythos loudspeakers each have one pair of gold 5-way
binding posts. Normally, you will hook up the left main/front channel
red(+) terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the red(+) terminal of
your left Mythos loudspeaker and the left main/front channel black(-)
terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the black(-) terminal of your
left Mythos loudspeaker. Connect the right channel main/front chan-
nel red(+) terminal of your amplifier or receiver to the red(+)
terminal of your right Mythos loudspeaker and the black(-) terminal
of the right main/front channel of your receiver or amplifier to the
black(-) terminal of your right Mythos loudspeaker.
If you are using the Mythos as side/rear surround speakers, hook
up the left surround red(+) terminal of your receiver or amplifier to
the red(+) terminal of your Mythos left surround speaker and the left
surround black(-) terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the black(-)
terminal of your Mythos left surround speaker. Connect the right
surround red(+) terminal of your amplifier or receiver to the red(+)
terminal of your Mythos right surround loudspeaker and the black(-)
terminal of the right surround channel of your receiver or amplifier
to the black(-) terminal of your Mythos right surround loudspeaker.
If your receiver/ decoder has a bass management system and you
are using a separate subwoofer, set bass management to “Small
” left
and right main speakers, “Small
” center channel, “Small” surround
speakers and “Y
es” subwoofer. If your receiver/decoder has a choice
of crossover frequencies, set the crossover to 80 Hz. If you are not
using a separate subwoofer, set bass management to “Lar
ge” left
and right main speakers, “Lar
ge” center channel and “Large”surround
speakers, and “No
” subwoofer.
Connecting Your Mythos Loudspeakers
Setting Bass and Treble Controls on Your
Receiver or Amplifier
Normally we recommend that you set the Bass and Treble controls
on flat or 0 dB. This will give you the most linear and natural sound.
Also, if your amplifier or receiver has a graphic equalizer, we recom-
mend that you leave it flat. The reason for this is that we have spoken
with many consumers about what they thought were improperly
sounding speakers when, in fact, the problem was misadjusted tone
controls.
When in doubt, leave them flat; this almost always
sounds the best.
Usually if distortion is heard when the speakers are being driven
at loud levels, it is caused by driving (turning up) the amplifier too
loud and not driving the speakers with more power than they can
handle. Remember, most amplifiers put out their full-rated power
well before the volume control is turned all the way up! If your
speakers distort when you play them loud, turn down the amplifi-
er or get a bigger one.