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Summary of Contents for Connoisseur C-2

Page 1: ... L O U D S P E A K E R S o w n e r s m a n u a l c o n n o i s s e u r s e r i e s p r o s e r i e s PRINTED IN CANADA 7AIE PRO ...

Page 2: ... your home Extensive research along with great care at every design stage has enabled Energy to produce loudspeakers with extraordinary performance characteristics a performance level that is equal or superior to other speakers costing many times their price The finest components and materials made with sophisticated manufacturing and quality control ensure that you will enjoy this exceptional per...

Page 3: ...eaker enclosure to minimize cabinet resonances and reduce cabinet induced colorations Bi Amp Capable allow use of separate amplifiers for the woofer and tweeter Increases transient response and dynamics refer to Page 7 for Bi Amp hook up Bi Wire Capable allow connection of the bass midrange driver and the mid high frequency driver separately to enhance detail timbre and sound stage refer to Page 6...

Page 4: ...room Reflective surfaces have individual sound absorption characteristics and it is important for good stereo perception that frequency response be the same from both left and right channels It is therefore important that consideration be paid to the left and right reflecting walls First they should be symmetrical equally spaced from the speakers and the listeners Secondly they should have the sam...

Page 5: ...are the better the sonic performance will be Amplifier Requirements Energy loudspeakers have been designed to be driven to high listening levels with moderate power while at the same time being capable of handling the power output of large amplifiers NOTE The Energy Connoisseur and Pro series speakers are 8 ohms and will function well with most amplifiers If using more than one set of speakers pow...

Page 6: ... frequencies and one cable for high frequencies Separate connections are made between the power amplifier to the low frequencies binding posts on the speaker and from the power amplifier to the high frequency binding posts This allows you to choose separate wires that are best suited for the low or high frequencies see figure 3 3 Combination Bi Amp Bi Wire Hook up This method uses separate amplifi...

Page 7: ...LEFT SPEAKER CONNECT TO RIGHT SPEAKER AS SHOWN ABOVE FOR LEFT SPEAKER IMPORTANT REMOVE GOLD SHORTING BARS WHICH HAVE BEEN FACTORY INSTALLED BETWEEN BOTH RED INPUT TERMINALS AND BOTH BLACK INPUT TERMINALS NOTE ENSURE THAT ONE GOLD SHORTING BAR IS CONNECTED AS SHOWN BETWEEN THE TWO RED INPUT TERMINALS AND ONE BETWEEN BLACK INPUT TERMINALS LEFT SPEAKER LEFT SPEAKER CONVENTIONAL HOOKUP FIGURE 2 BI WIR...

Page 8: ...NEL AMPLIFIER 1 TWO CHANNEL AMPLIFIER 2 OUTPUT CHANNEL A CHANNEL B INPUT OUTPUT CHANNEL A CHANNEL B INPUT RIGHT SPEAKER IMPORTANT REMOVE GOLD SHORTING BARS WHICH HAVE BEEN FACTORY INSTALLED BETWEEN BOTH RED INPUT TERMINALS AND BOTH BLACK INPUT TERMINALS COMBINATION BI AMP BI WIRE HOOKUP Figure 4 THIS METHOD USES TWO IDENTICAL CHANNEL AMPLIFIERS FOR IMPROVED SYSTEM PERFORMANCE LEFT SPEAKER ...

Page 9: ...jection Molded Diaphram Rubber Diaphram Rubber Diaphram Rubber Diaphram Rubber Suspension Suspension Suspension Suspension Frequency response dB 40Hz 25kHz 35Hz 25kHz 30Hz 25kHz 28Hz 25kHz Crossover points 1800Hz 1800Hz 1800Hz 1800Hz Sensitivity 88dB 88 dB 89 dB 90 dB Impedance 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal Recommended Amplifier Power 50 130 Watts RMS Chnl 50 175 Watt...

Page 10: ...lded Diaphram rubber suspension rubber suspension Frequency response dB 60 Hz 20 kHz 52 Hz 20kHz 48 Hz 20 kHz 45 Hz 20 kHz 39 Hz 20 khz Crossover points 3000 Hz 2300 Hz 2300Hz 2000 Hz 2000 Hz Sensitivity 86 5dB 87 dB 88dB 88 dB 89dB Impedance 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal 8 ohms nominal Recommended Amplifier Power 30 8O Watts RMS Chnl 30 lOO Watts RMS Chnl 30 1lO Watt...

Page 11: ... 14215 Tel 716 896 9801 or 3 Energy Loudspeakers a division of Audio Products International Corp 3641 McNicoll Avenue Scarborough Ontario Canada M1X 1G5 Tel 416 321 1800 You will be responsible for transporting the speakers in adequate packaging to protect them from damage in transit and for the shipping costs to an authorized Energy service center or to Energy Loudspeakers If the product is retur...

Page 12: ...levels AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE FACTORS A 30 WATT AMPLIFIER CAN PRODUCE OUTPUT LEVELS OF OVER 100 WATTS AND MAY DAMAGE YOUR LOUDSPEAKER CLIPPING Clipping refers to the power level at which an amplifier begins to distort a waveform by flattening its top and bottom into a square wave shape When fed to tweeters and or midrange speakers this may result in exceeding their maximum power handling capacit...

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