TriangleTube MAGELLAN CELLO, Owner'S Manual & Warranty

Page 1: ...TRIANGLE DISTRIBUTION FRANCE 44 rue Barreyre CS40099 33300 Bordeaux FRANCE Owner s manual Warranty ...

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Page 3: ...the finest possible raw materials and resulting in a perfect marriage of technology and aesthetics An absolute labor of live with an entire team of men and women putting all their energy into one single ambitious goal to provide future owners of this product with the sensation of witnessing a unique moment in time time and time again Marc Le Bihan Marc Le Bihan ...

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Page 5: ...NT 16 AND INSTALLATION 17 Assembly of the 3 driver enclosures of the Magellan Grand Concert 17 Installation on carpet 17 BEFORE THE INITIAL START UP OF YOUR SYSTEM 18 POSITIONING 18 AMPLIFIER 19 CONNECTIONS 19 Single wiring 19 Bi amplification 20 LOUDSPEAKER CARE 20 TECHNICAL FEATURES 21 Magellan Grand Concert 21 Magellan Concerto 22 Quatuor 23 Cello 24 Duetto 25 Voce 26 SUMMARY ...

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Page 7: ...tinually exceed our own extremely stringent requirements and it is this ambition that paves the way for the continual evolution of our products It has already been a few years since the introduction of our first MAGELLAN line A quest for the absolute making it possible for TRIANGLE to hone in on acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena and thus enabling us to continually go beyond our own limitations...

Page 8: ... measuring over 500 square meters The research center was constructed to lay the foundations for what would be essential steps in the development of all future TRIANGLE products The center needed to provide an ultramodern work area in order for our team of technicians and engineers to be able to express the creativity and passion essential for them to develop and innovative our TRIANGLE products ...

Page 9: ...rstand how they handled various vibratory phenomena One result of this research was that the enclosure itself needed to be made rigid enough to withstand the powerful vibrations generated by the subwoofers at high volume levels It is essential that the drivers diaphragms themselves and not the walls of the enclosures generate the desired frequencies as the walls need to remain stable and not add a...

Page 10: ...teristics This new horn affords the new TZ2900 tweeter an extremely reduced directivity above 15 kHz We also added a counter cap to the motor in order to limit the distortion at the low end of the tweeter s tonal spectrum This cap contains a duct lined with damping material that reduces reflections in the back waves This duct is made of titanium a metal that provides an excellent rigidity to weigh...

Page 11: ...the best possible linearity a frequency band from 70 Hz to 40 kHz For the T16GM F100 our R D efforts focused primarily on the suspension design as well as the profile and component parts of its diaphragm This diaphragm uses a new exponential profile and contains cellulose fiber material in the established TRIANGLE tradition In our long experience with this material we have found it by far the best...

Page 12: ...y the profile of the pole pieces was undertaken to render the smoothest and most symmetrical lines of force possible in the magnetic field around the voice coil Lastly we focused our attention on reducing the midrange s general distortion level while maximizing the thermal dissipation capacity We worked on the power handling capacity in a unique manner by developing a heat transmission ring locate...

Page 13: ...netic motor and basket of the bass woofer THE DIAPHRAGM For the T21GM we designed and developed a brand new type of diaphragm the SVA Sandwich Verre Alvéolaire Green Sandwiched Foam This cone shaped diaphragm is characterized by a sandwich structure with two glass layers containing a cellular material that provides an optimum a combination of mass damping and rigidity to the moving coil THE MOTOR ...

Page 14: ... unique design allows for a maximum clearance of the radiating rear surface of the diaphragm Its side vents improve the damping of the voice coil The T16GM F100 and T21GM models are also equipped with specific connector blocks that were designed in order to ensure that the cables coming from the filter are uniformly clamped THE CONNECTOR BLOCK The connector blocks unique to theT16GM F100 and T21GM...

Page 15: ... 12dB octave between the midrange and the woofer The filters used on the new MAGELLAN line make the loudspeakers less susceptible to gaps in the sonic spectrum The loudspeakers natural frequency responses were modified digitally for a perfect match with its filter s transfer function Furthermore the drivers impedances were linearized for more efficient performance between the amplifier and speaker...

Page 16: ...zed by the difference between the speakers frequency response in the mid high range of the centerline and 30 off The wider the difference the greater the speaker directivity A speaker equipped with the TRIANGLE DPS system has front back sound emission The principle of the DPS system following the example of live music whether it is a symphony orchestra a jazz or string quartet will send out almost...

Page 17: ...sive and the reproduction becomes more natural Conventional speakers Speakers using the DPS system OPTIMIZING THE SYSTEM As shown in the two diagrams above the mids are much less directive than the tweeters As a consequence the rear midrange driver needs to be filtered differently so that it does not obstruct the one in front Its sound waves have to fill in the gap in the polar response in order t...

Page 18: ...lined below GRAND CONCERT There are 3 boxes Woofer 1 Woofer 2 and Medium plus one case containing the accessories inside box of Woofer 2 CONCERTO There is 1 box with inside one case containing the accessories QUATUOR ET CELLO There is 1 packaging with inside one case containing the accessories If despite all the care applied to the packaging of this product a part should be missing please contact ...

Page 19: ...es Caution assembly of Grand Concert and Concerto must be done by two people ASSEMBLY OF THE 3 DRIVERS ENCLOSURES OF THE MAGELLAN GRAND CONCERTS In order to assembly the three separate enclosures must be assembled by Fixocal system After this enclosure behaves like a one piece assembly Use T key inside accessory box to make this operation Through the Fixocal system each enclosure is assembled perf...

Page 20: ...ing walls However certain situations are to be avoided Avoid all rooms that are too reverberating such as rooms with tiled flooring without carpeting and windows without drapes or curtains Your listening zone must not be too close to the loudspeakers minimum 2m A minimum distance of 2m is also recommended between the loudspeakers to guarantee an optimum quality stereo effect If possible position t...

Page 21: ... shortening the life of your loudspeaker CONNECTIONS SINGLE WIRING The loudspeaker must be equipped with its connection plates The cable A linking the amplifier to the loudspeaker must be connected to the Main ln for Grand Concert Make sure your cable is of sufficient length and that it is specially designed for loudspeaker connection The TRIANGLE SILVER GHOST cable will provide the best results U...

Page 22: ... terminal and the other cable is connected to woofer 2 C A third cable must go from woofer 2 to woofer 1 A For Concerto there must be two cables that connect the two amplifiers to the loudspeaker one cable A is connected to the Main ln of the midrange treble terminal and the other cable is connected to woofer B LOUDSPEAKER CARE The cloth provided is sufficient to maintain the loudspeaker However i...

Page 23: ... 24 dB octave and 300 Hz with 12dB Global Dimensions H x W x D 84 6 x 23 6 x 17 7 inches Weight 220 lbs SPL Max 116 dB Connections Speaker terminals designed by TRIANGLE Tweeter 2 x TZ2900_PM 1 inch titanium dome tweeters with Ø3 9 ferrite Midrange 2 x T16GM F100 Ø6 3 copper coil and bushed magnet with Ø3 9 ferrite Bass 4 x T21GM_MT10 Ø8 3 with voice coil and a Ø4 7 magnet Loudspeaker Braced MDF e...

Page 24: ...dB octave and 300 Hz with 12dB Global Dimensions H x W x D 63 x 23 6 x 17 7 inches Weight 143 lbs SPL Max 114 dB Connections Speaker terminals designed by TRIANGLE Tweeter 2 x TZ2900_PM 1 inch titanium dome tweeters with Ø3 9 ferrite Midrange 2 x T16GM F100 Ø6 3 copper coil and bushed magnet with Ø3 9 ferrite Bass 3 x T21GM_MT15 Ø8 3 with voice coil and a Ø4 7 magnet Loudspeaker Braced MDF enclosu...

Page 25: ...ctave and 400 Hz with 12dB Global Dimensions H x W x D 52 7 x 16 7 x 14 6 inches Weight 99 lbs SPL Max 113 dB Connections Speaker terminals designed by TRIANGLE Tweeter 2 x TZ2900_PM 1 inch titanium dome tweeters with Ø3 9 ferrite Midrange 2 x T16GM F100 Ø6 3 copper coil and bushed magnet with Ø3 9 ferrite Bass 3 x T16GM MT15_GC1 Ø6 3 with voice coil and a Ø4 7 magnet Loudspeaker Braced MDF enclos...

Page 26: ...ve and 400 Hz with 12dB Global Dimensions H x W x D 44 8 x 16 7 x 14 6 inches Weight 74 8 lbs SPL Max 112 dB Connections Speaker terminals designed by TRIANGLE Tweeter 2 x TZ2900_PM 1 inch titanium dome tweeters with Ø3 9 ferrite Midrange 2 x T16GM F100 Ø6 3 copper coil and bushed magnet with Ø3 9 ferrite Bass 3 x T16GM MT15_GC2 Ø6 3 with voice coil and a Ø4 7 magnet Loudspeaker Braced MDF enclosu...

Page 27: ...e 38 Hz 20 KHz Frequency Cut and Crossover Slope 2 8 kHz with 24 dB octave Global Dimensions H x W x D 18 1 x 10 x 13 8 inches Weight 35 2 lbs SPL Max 107 dB Connections Speaker terminals designed by TRIANGLE Tweeter 1 x TZ2900_PM Midrange Bass 1 x T16_MT_GC1 Ø6 3 with voice coil and a Ø4 7 magnet Loudspeaker Braced MDF enclosures TECHNICAL FEATURES ...

Page 28: ...e 50 Hz 20 KHz Frequency Cut and Crossover Slope 2 4 kHz with 24 dB octave Global Dimensions H x W x D 9 8 x 23 6 x 14 8 Weight 42 lbs SPL Max 109 dB Connections Speaker terminals designed by TRIANGLE Tweeter 1 x TZ2900_PM Midrange Bass 2 x T16GM_F72MS_MR1 Ø6 3 with voice coil and a Ø2 8 magnet Loudspeaker Braced MDF enclosures TECHNICAL FEATURES ...

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