User manual

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.