Decware hdt 206 em owners manual

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HDT206EM OWNERS MANUAL CAUTION The Decware modified Fostex drivers installed in your new speakers feature a phase guide that replaces the dust cap similar to Lowther and other ex- pensive full range drivers. This means the voice coil gap is exposed to the eliminates since it no longer has a dust cap over it to protect it from dirt and contaminants. While this may be common practice amongst high end speaker enthusiast, it does require extra care in using them. A garage or area with high dirt is out of the question. The biggest fear is that metal shavings would get in the gap. Because of the tremendous magnetic flux in this gap there would be no hope of getting the shavings back out so the driver would be ruined. Our warranty does not cover contaminated voice coil gaps. We understand accidents do happen, and repair service is always available in or out of warranty. DRIVER REMOVAL If the driver is ever to be removed for any reason, extreme car should be taken to ensure no metal shavings from the mounting screws or other con- taminants enter the voice coil gap. The best way to prevent all chances of contamination is to cut a paper circle the diameter of the speaker and tape it to the black rubber trim piece on the metal frame. This would effectively seal the cone from all exterior debris. After you re-install the driver you can remove the paper and tape. PACKING Your HDT speakers are shipped with the Decware modified Fostex driver installed. There is also a top plate and grill (both removable) in each shipping carton. DAMAGE Please inspect your speakers for damage when you unpack them. Speakers are always insured when shipped from our factory. If you have shipping damage you must keep all packing materials in tact and contact us right away. UPS and most shippers in order to honor an insurance claim will have to come back to your address and either pick-up or inspect the package and its contents to determine if the damage was their fault. Congratulations on your purchase of our reference grade full-range single-driver loudspeakers!

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HDT206EM OWNERS MANUAL SETUP Once you have your new speakers unpacked and inspected for damage its time to set them up and start listening. Your speakers are shipped ready to play. GRILLS The removable grills may be left on during playback or taken off. Room acoustics can largely effect a persons preference as to what sounds better, grills on or off. The speakers on either side of the cabinet are passive radiators. They are fairly high mass and pretty tough so no grills are required for the sides. The main speaker is delicate so protection with the grills is advised. TOP PLATE Your speaker comes with a once inch top plate fitted with 4 rubber feet that locate on 4 holes in the top of the cabinet. This plate re-directs the sound that comes out of the long shaft (T-LINE) that comes up the rear of the cabinet in such a way that it is dis- persed radially into the listening space. If you remove it while the speakers are playing you will find quite a bit of sound coming from this large shaft. BOTTOM PLATE or SPIKES Your speaker can be fitted with your choice of bottom plate, or spikes. The bottom plate is cut 1 inch larger than the outside dimensions of the speaker and painted black. It screws onto the bottom of the cabinet. This adds a decorative touch to the speaker and allows the user to easily slide the speaker around on the carpet. If you have a typi- cal listening/family room area to set these speakers up (and of course want the best performance possible) consider this before buying spikes. In rooms like this speakers are often tucked out of the way and fairly close to walls. Spiking the speakers will make it impossible or at least very difficult to move the speaker. While in theory the spikes would improve the sound of the speaker - the reality is - only when the speaker is in the ideal location. In a room like this the ideal location is pulled out into the room right in everyone's way. Being able to slide them around makes it possible to listen them prop- erly and put them back out of the way when youre done. In other words, being able to pull them out into the listening space with no spikes will sound far better then placing them against the wall with spikes. AMPLIFICATION Your new speakers have an efficiency of 96 dB with 1 watt at a distance of 1 meter. They have a nominal impedance of 8 ohms. These speakers are ideal for SET (single ended triode) amps because they present the amplifier an easy load and are high in effi- ciency. Your favorite 2A3 or 300B and similar amplifiers are ideal. A good 2 watt am- plifier works nicely for normal listening levels. Whats nice about these speakers is that they will also play the higher power side of the fence without distortion or strain. Push pull amplifiers rated up to 30 watts RMS also work with these speakers and will achieve HUGE playback levels.