Verity Audio Leonore - Manual (Page 5)

LEONORE OWNER’S MANUAL
R.1.0 January 2009
VERITY AUDIO
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crossover used in your LEONORE is a mix of 1 st . order
between the woofer and midrange units and 3 rd . order
between the mids and high frequency units.
Just like all Verity Audio loudspeakers, The LEONORE works
with the room reinforcement characteristics to produce quick
and solid bass performances. Despite its small size, the
LEONORE loudspeaker provides a low frequency extension
down to 35 Hz.
The midrange woofer unit has been optimized for maximum
cone rigidity without breakup resonance. This special unit is
offering a low level of distortion, extended dynamics range,
high-power handling, and simple dividing network.
The tweeter has been specifically designed to give extended,
natural and resonance free reproduction of the harmonic
content of all musical instruments. These units have been
integrated with a very carefully designed crossover that
allows each driver to deliver its full potential. Moreover, all
components used are carefully computer-matched and
indexed to enable optimum sound staging performance.
Packing and Unpacking
Before they left the factory, your LEONORE cabinets passed
an exhaustive quality control procedure to guaranty their
genuine state. Please observe carefully the following
unpacking instructions for maximum product safety. Once
your LEONORE cabinets will be unpacked, inspect them
carefully for any physical damage. If any transit damage can
be noticed, please notify your dealer immediately and
request the carrier‟s name so a written claim can be initiated.
Your LEONORE comes packed in a double cardboard box
complete with all the necessary protection accessories. For
transportation purposes, we strongly recommend you to
keep and store all your packaging
hardware.
Unless the carrier is notified promptly and all the shipping
cases are available for inspection, the right to claim can be
forfeited.
Installation
This section depicts how to assemble and connect the
LEONORE loudspeaker.
To identify a proper location for the installation of your
LEONORE, please refer to the Room Placement section of this
manual or follow the recommendations of your dealer.
Once the speakers are properly installed, connect them to
the amplifier using quality speaker cables. Make sure that the
polarities are respected at both ends and that your cables are
installed in the proper direction. The positive input is
identified by a red dot located on the connector plate.
For vacuum tube equipment that has multiple output
impedance taps, the eight-ohm taps should provide the best
interface with the LEONORE.
Room Placement
Indoors, acoustic intelligibility is of great concern for a variety
of reasons. It requires low background noise levels and
“good” acoustical design. In any room, the reverberant sound
pressure level increases as the acoustic power increases and
decreases as sound absorption in the room increases and /
or sound power flows from the room. The sound field in a
room is composed of two parts, the direct field and the
reverberant field.
The complex theories of physical acoustics, the uncertainties
in predicting the property variations of both natural and
manufactured room materials, and the none negligible
effects of painting, sealing, bracing, furring, and draping all
keep the specification and prediction of room acoustics from
being an exact science. Adding together, loudspeaker
characteristics, the auditory personal taste and ergonomics
make, by practical means, the equation impossible to solve.
The frequent need to evaluate the final result by listening
rather than by purely quantitative methods gives acoustical
tuning a somewhat subjective aspect.
Nevertheless, knowing what the LEONORE is capable to do
will be your major asset in establishing the best setup for
your loudspeaker. Here are a few simple rules that will guide
you. A good setup will give you fast transients from bottom-
end to top-end, proper image height and a wide and deep
soundstage.
Having that in mind, the following guidelines are based on
our own experience with the LEONORE. We recommend you
to start with these and later on (after getting familiar with
your LEONORE) bring your own modifications that will
optimize your setup.
First, the distance from the rear wall to the speaker front
baffle of your speaker (midrange center) should be equaled
to the height of your room times 0.62. Then follow the
following instructions according to your own room
characteristics:
Over tightening the connectors could cause
permanent damage.