User manual KLIPSCH P-39F

[. . . ] Palladium® P-39F Owner's Manual Important Safety Instructions READ these instructions. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. DO NOT install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. ONLY USE attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. [. . . ] Now run the collar up to the plinth and lock it finger tight. Spike Seat Collar Shaft Spike The P-39F has a phenomenal frequency response and superb dynamics, so playing large orchestral or rock music will be an awesome experience, but may not necessarily be the best guide in setting up the speakers. Your listening tests should be performed with a wide range of music, including unaccompanied vocal and solo instrumental recordings with as little processing on the source as possible. A natural solo cello recording will reveal much about the bass characteristics of your room and positioning. The best position will yield smooth, extended bass without boom or smear. The loudspeakers are "handed" - the recommended position is with the bass ports facing outward. The ports distribute a lot of air at high bass volumes, so if the speakers appear to boom even slightly re-positioning them with the ports facing inward may help significantly. Stridency in the upper section caused by underdamped rooms can be compensated for by hanging drapes or pictures on the walls to dampen reverberant walls; increasing the amount of soft furnishings will also help to eliminate high frequency "ringing". In such circumstances, good placement will minimize but not eliminate these resonances. The speakers have controlled directivity. In the P- 39F, phase response anomalies are kept to vanishingly low levels by reducing the distance between the midrange and tweeter horns to the absolute minimum; nevertheless, if you are in the wrong seat, it may happen that the sound stage is not perfectly integrated. One remedy is to tilt the speaker slightly (if necessary by using a combination of long and short spikes) to aim the midrange driver at the listener's ear to yield best driver integration. Take your time with this --the effects on some music may be small and quite startling on others. Hint: If you feel that you may have to move the speakers around a lot before you get them exactly right, it is advisable to start out with the spikes resting in their spike seats. This will allow you to easily slide the speakers on a hard floor surface. After finalizing the speaker position, you can then mark the position of the feet and remove the spike seats. Caution: Regardless which size spike is used make sure the textured collar is threaded on the spike. Failure to do so could result in damage to the plinth. Dressing the Cables If there are more than one cable to each loudspeaker, gather them and lay them side by side. Make sure you have identification on all the cables. Ensure the cables are connected the same way round with no loose or faulty connections. Leave a small amount of slack and then bring the cables out between the spikes. It may be helpful to tape bi- or tri- wired sets side by side to the underside of the plinth to stop them from interfering with the spikes. Phase Phase is not a matter of preference. Out-of-phase effects manifest themselves as poorly defined bass, poor stereo with very vague localization of instruments and voice, and generally fuzzy, ill-defined sound. [. . . ] To clean the grilles, remove them, brush them out by hand with a soft brush and replace them. Never touch the drive units either with your hands or with any tool or other object. This may damage the drive units irreparably. Warranty The Warranty below is valid only for sales to consumers in the United States and Canada. ("KLIPSCH") warrants this product to be free from defects in materials or workmanship (subject to the terms set forth below) for a period of five (5) years from the date of purchase. [. . . ]