Behringer TRUTH B2031P - Manual (Page 4)

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TRUTH B2030P/B2031P
1. INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
welcome to the team of
BEHRINGER users, and
thank you very much for
expressing your confi-
dence in us by pur-
chasing this studio
monitor.
Writing this foreword
for you gives me great
pleasure, because it
represents the culmi-
nation of many months
of hard work delivered
by our engineering team
to achieve a very ambi-
tious goal: to present
two outstanding near-
field monitors, whose
neutral sound makes
them ideal for studio use. The task of designing our new B2030P
and B2031P certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which
we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and
musician. Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work
and night shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually
brings a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it is
when all who participated in such a project can be proud of
what they’ve achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because
you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team.
With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve
made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making
it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality
as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely
reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to
your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we manage to produce such high-
quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is
quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers
mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing
terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on
to you? Because we know that your success is our success
too!
I would like to thank all of you who have made the TRUTHs
possible. You have all made your own personal contributions,
from the developers to the many other employees at this company,
and to you, the BEHRINGER user.
My friends, it’s been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 4
1.1 Before you get started ................................................... 5
1.1.1 Shipment ............................................................... 5
1.1.2 Initial operation ...................................................... 5
1.1.3 Warranty .............................................................. 5
2. CONTROL ELEMENTS ............................................... 5
3. APPLICATION ............................................................ 5
3.1 Connection ...................................................................... 5
3.1.1 The truth about speaker cables ........................... 6
3.1.2 Power amp ........................................................... 6
3.1.3 Protecting your TRUTH ......................................... 6
3.2 Speaker placement suggestions .................................... 6
3.3 Adapting the TRUTH to the room acoustics ................... 7
4. SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 7
5. WARRANTY ................................................................ 8
1. INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! With our new BEHRINGER TRUTH you have
purchased one of the best high-resolution passive studio
monitors available. It is a tool that reproduces your program
material with highest fidelity and balance, positioning sound
sources accurately on the stereo basis.
The TRUTH speakers stand out thanks to their toughness and
extremely neutral and authentic sound rendition. In the bass
range, they operate with polypropylene membranes and smooth
suspension. Their scope is broadened downward by using a
special bass reflex system. In the upper frequency range, a
specially developed ferrofluid-cooled aluminum tweeter provides
for subtle signal reproduction. The TRUTH is magnetically shielded,
so you can use it near computer monitors or TV sets. The audio
signal is separated using a low-distortion crossover that creates
a phase-optimized frequency separation.
We recommend that you experiment with your TRUTH away
from the pressures of a recording session, in order to get a feel
for it. It will be a good idea to listen to your favorite CD’s over the
TRUTH, so that you can get an impression of the neutral sound
this speaker produces—which might be somewhat unusual at
first!
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The following user’s manual is intended to
familiarize you with the unit’s control elements,
so that you can master all the functions. After having
thoroughly read the user’s manual, store it at a safe
place for future reference.
ATTENTION!
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The TRUTH is capable of producing extreme
volumes. Please bear in mind, that high sound
pressures do not only temporarily damage your
sense of hearing, but can also cause permanent
damage. Be careful to select a suitable volume.