Sony SS-M9ED - Manual (Page 3)

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SS-M9ED Features 4
Getting Started 5
Unpacking 5
Installation 6
Connections (Conventional Connection) 8
Connections (Biwired Connection) 9
After Installing the Speakers 10
Positioning the speakers 10
To obtain the best possible sound quality 12
Additional Information 13
Precautions 13
Troubleshooting 14
Specifications 14
Philosophy of design
The SS-M9ED was designed by a U.S.-Japan engineering
team driven primarily by a dedication to and love for
music. It is the first Sony loudspeaker that satisfies the
demands of very-high-end consumer audio applications
and professional studio monitoring applications.
We felt it was necessary to design a loudspeaker system
that uses today’s most advanced technology to allow
music to be reproduced in as natural and as realistic
manner as possible, with all of the emotion and intent of
the original performers intact. With emerging, high
resolution, digital audio formats on the horizon, we also
felt it was particularly important to advance the state-of-
the-art in loudspeaker design.
Much greater performance will be required from
loudspeakers in order to reproduce the audio quality
inherent in the formats destined to supersede the CD.
We therefore set a goal to design a loudspeaker that
balanced technology with an artistic sensitivity to
musicality and naturalness — a speaker firmly grounded
in science and engineering, and broaching no
compromise. We thus developed and designed the
SS-M9ED based on the following basic tenets:
• To exercise engineering that combines science
and art as equal parts.
• To emphasize a “Simplicity of Design” or “Less Is
More” philosophy.
• To apply an uncompromising, fanatical attention
to detail.
Although the design of the speaker relied on such
engineering tools as computer simulations and Computer
Aided Design (CAD), we depended primarily on our ears
when making definitive quality assessments and
decisions. About 60% of the design time was spent
listening and evaluating. And about half of that 60% was
given to critical listening using Sony’s extremely high
resolution, Direct Stream Digital (DSD) or Super Audio
CD (SACD) source material. By tackling areas heretofore
ignored, we were able to attain an unprecedented level of
acoustic evaluation and adjustment.
We are proud to present the SS-M9ED as the speaker
system for the next generation of audio systems, and it is
our hope that it will give you many long hours of DSD or
SACD listening pleasure.
Sony Electronics Inc.
Chief Engineer
Daniel P. Anagnos
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