Audio Physic OREA User manual

Owner´s Manual
OREA
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English
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Contents
Included in the Delivery page 3
Welcome page 11
General Tips page 12
Unpacking, Assembly and Set-up page 13
Connecng the Loudspeakers / Bi-Wiring Operaon page 14
Modes of Operaon and Possible Combinaons page 15-16
Technical Specicaons page 17
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Included in the Delivery
Your new loudspeakers is delivered in one box. This box contains the OREA loudspeaker and an
accessory pack, as well as your “Welcome to the Audio Physic Family“ package containing this
Owner‘s Manual and the Final Inspecon Cercate.
–“Welcome to the Family“ with spirit level to opmise setup
–Accessory Pack: 3 x front grilles
4 x felt pads
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Welcome
Dear music lover,
We would like to thank you for pung your trust in our products and welcome you to the family of
audiophile friends of AUDIO PHYSIC.
You have chosen a top-class product that has been developed in Germany. We would like to
congratulate you on this choice and wish you a lot of fun and enjoyment with your product.
In order to earn your trust, we only use the latest technical experse and top-quality components when
manufacturing our loudspeakers and we produce them in accordance with strict quality criteria. These
criteria enable us to provide original owners with a 10 year warranty for our loudspeakers (2 years for the
subwoofer electronics and 10 years for the drivers), starng on the date of purchase of the product by the
original owner, which is far longer than the legally prescribed warranty periods. In order to secure this
addional service, please ll out the warranty card enclosed with your loudspeaker and send this and a
copy of your proof of purchase to your AUDIO PHYSIC distributor.
Only aer several electronic and acousc test runs, which our quality assurance sta conrm by signing
the enclosed cercate, are our loudspeakers allowed to leave the factory in secure packaging. These
measures help to ensure that you can enjoy the full experience of the high-quality materials, producon
and sound of AUDIO PHYSIC loudspeakers in the comfort of your own home.
As a rule, your competent AUDIO PHYSIC dealer will deliver and install your loudspeaker. If you would
rather install your product yourself, the following pages provide you with detailed ps and steps to follow
in order to safely set up your loudspeakers. Have fun with your OREA!
No loss of ne detail: If you want a close-up
rst-hand experience of exactly what your
new AUDIO PHYSIC loudspeakers can do,
we recommend that you try out our
Anniversary Sampler CD. These 16 pieces of
classical music with awless quality are
bound to put a smile on your face.

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General Tips
Depending on the size and weight of your loudspeaker, it is a good idea for two people to unpack it. Take
out the accessory pack and follow the instrucons in the chapter “Unpacking, Assembly and Set-up“ to
ensure the safe and correct installaon of your loudspeaker.
Loudspeakers should reach a temperature that is approximately equivalent to room temperature before
you connect them to the HiFi system and/or operate them. This instrucon predominately refers to the
winter months in case the loudspeakers were previously stored in a cold room.
Maintenance
Our loudspeakers are coated in high-quality veneers or high-gloss lacquers. You should avoid using
chemical cleaning agents because these can aack the loudspeaker surfaces and make them go ma.
As a rule, a ne, so and damp cloth is all that you need to clean the surfaces. If a cleaning agent is
required, use this to dampen the cloth and do not directly apply it to the surface. It is best if you test the
suitability of the cleaning agent on a less visible part of the cabinet. The drivers do not normally need to
be cleaned. Dust parcles fall o quickly when the loudspeakers are operated. You can, however, use a
so brush to lightly brush over the surfaces of the drivers . When doing so, make sure you do not put any
pressure on it. Please never use any cleaning agents on the drivers. Do not expose the loudspeakers to
direct sunlight. Anodised surfaces are sensive to acids and alkalis and to ultraviolet light and may fade.
The drivers in this range of AUDIO PHYSIC loudspeakers use a unique mounng technique. Rather than
directly mounng the drivers onto the cabinet of the loudspeaker, the drill holes of the OREA contain
special neoprene plugs. These neoprene plugs ghten in the mounng hole when the screws are ed,
creang a permanently elasc connecon between the driver and the cabinet that reduces resonance.
You do not need to ghten these screws. Re-ghtening the screws may damage the plugs and have a
negave eect on the sound.
Burning in the Loudspeakers
The loudspeaker rst reach its full sound potenal aer a specic burn-in period. We burn in the drivers
of the OREA at our factory prior to assembly, meaning that they normally only need a burn-in period of
a few hours at a normal room volume and with music that has a range of frequencies that is as wide as
possible, for example orchestral pieces. Recordings containing ’white or pink noise’ such as those
available on many so-called Test CDs are also ideal. For safety reasons, these pieces should never be
played at high volumes.
Stray Magnec Fields
The magnec eld created by the individual driver magnets may to some extent have an eect outside
of the loudspeaker. This stray magnec eld may interfere with other devices, parcularly televisions
and monitors with cathode ray tubes (not LCD or plasma televisions), for example by causing changes in
colour in the picture. We recommend that you place the loudspeaker approximately half a metre away
from such devices (and also from magnet tapes, video cassees, credit cards with magnec stripes, etc.).
Where possible, please retain the loudspeaker packaging. You can then securely transport your
loudspeaker if you move house.

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Unpacking, Assembly and Set-up
1. Place the box on the oor and carefully open the packaging on the long side where it has been
taped up, preferably using a pocket knife or kitchen knife.
2. Remove the accessory pack from the box.
3. Carefully remove the loudspeaker from the box. It is ideal if two people carry out this step.
Make sure that you do not touch the drivers when removing and handling the loudspeaker
as this may cause irreparable damage to the drivers.
4. Now remove the foam cover from the top and carefully pull down the foil.
5. Carefully stand the loudspeaker upside down on a so surface so that you can easily aach the
felt pads that come with the loudspeaker to its base.
6. Remove the protecve foil from the felt pads and sck them in the corners of the loudspeaker
base, at a distance of approximately ve cenmetres away from the edges.
7. Now turn the loudspeaker the right way up and place it in its intended posion. When in posion,
the loudspeaker should not wobble at all and should stand level and upright. The enclosed spirit
level will help you to nely adjust the loudspeaker (it is level when the bubble remains in the
inner circle).
8. The back of the loudspeaker should be a good hand‘s width away from the back wall so that you
do not bend the connected cables. Placing the loudspeaker even closer to a wall may also be
disadvantageous in terms of sound.
9. When used as a centre speaker, the OREA should be posioned as centrally as possible between
the main loudspeakers. It should denitely be placed directly under your atscreen television or
screen. For an opmal and homogenous sound reproducon, please programme the distances
between the individual loudspeakers and the listening posion as exactly as possible in the setup
menu of your surround receiver. This is the only way of achieving sound reproducon with precise
phases.
10. When used in stereo operaon, the OREA can be placed close to the wall without any problems.
If you increase the distance between the loudspeaker and the back wall, the sound will tend to
become ghter, but also leaner. Two OREA loudspeakers can also be placed in a low posion that
is slightly below the ear height in a seated listening posion when used in stereo operaon. The
radiaon characteriscs of the OREA model are opmised to suit this posion.
A spatially correct voice
reproduction is only guaranteed
when the OREA, used as a centre
speaker, is placed in a central
position below the screen or the
television set.

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Connecng the Loudspeaker
1. Please switch o all equipment in your Hi system before you begin to connect your loudspeaker.
2. Aach the loudspeaker cable to the connectors on the loudspeaker. When doing so, please make
sure that you have the right polarity. As a rule, loudspeaker cables are accordingly labelled,
either by a permanent marking on one of the two conductors of the cable by “+“ and “-“
markings on the cable ends.
3. Now connect the cable to your receiver and make sure that you have the right polarity here.
4. The OREA`s connectors accept both spades and banana plugs. Loose cable strands oxidise easily
and are not suitable for a permanently high-quality listening experience.
“Bi Wiring“ Operaon
If your OREA is ed with a bi-wiring terminal and you would like to use this opon, please
connect the loudspeaker cable from the amplier to the upper two connectors on the loudspeaker in
order to control its midrange area and tweeter system and a further cable to the connectors underneath
in order to control the woofer system. Please remove and retain the respecve bi-wire bridges on the
loudspeaker terminal before connecng the cables.
Our Tip for Even More Precise Details
If you want to increase the sound quality even more in terms of precision and bass response,
try out our high-quality VC feet (for example VCF II Component in the image on the
right) on your loudspeakers. The “Vibraon Control“ feet are ideal for sensive
ooring and also reduce the transmission of vibraons between the loudspeaker
and the surface on which it is placed. This results in an audible improvement
to the level of detail and realisc sound reproducon. For more informaon and
advice, please contact your dealer.
Top-quality parts down to the nest detail:
The OREA is tted with high-quality connectors
from the “nextgen” range made by the specialist
manufacturer WBT.
The connectors are additionally mechanically
decoupled from the actual terminal by a vibration
damper made of modern functional materials.
This is what we call “no loss of ne detail”.

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Modes of Operaon and Possible Combinaons
The OREA as a Centre Speaker in a 5.1 Conguraon
When used as a high-quality centre speaker in a surround combinaon, the OREA should be posioned
below the image centre of the screen or television set. In this posion, there are also no problems if the
OREA is placed slightly under the ear height in a seated posion because the loudspeaker’s radiaon
characteriscs are opmised to suit this listening posion.
The OREA in Other 5.0 and 5.1 Conguraons for Smaller Rooms
When it comes to choosing main loudspeakers, oor-standing loudspeakers are somemes out of the
queson. It is oen the case that the amount of space at the sides of the room is insucient for opmally
posioning the loudspeakers or that the furniture in the room requires other soluons. In such cases,
three OREA loudspeakers may well be the perfect soluon. They could, for example, be combined with
the STEP 25, the SKY HIGH or our oor-standing models for the rear sound channels. The loudspeakers
are congured in terms of tonality, acng in concert with each other and meaning that the sound
produced is always consistent. In larger rooms or for the ulmate kick when it comes to the deep bass
region, we recommend that you combine the OREA with our subwoofer RHEA II.
Thanks to its high performance and the fact that the centre speaker is responsible for around 70% of the
sound reproducon in the case of classic lms and concerts, the OREA can be easily combined with smaller
main loudspeakers. This is a parcularly good opon for smaller rooms and cases in which the system will
be predominantly or solely used for surround sound. In combinaon with the STEP 25, for example, this
results in a full high-end surround system.

The OREA in a Virtual Surround System
The algorithms for the reproducon of lms or music in virtual surround sound are increasingly improving
and have already reached such a high level that it may well make more sense to choose an ulmate 3.0 or
3.1 conguraon than a 5.1 set. This is parcularly the case when rear speakers cannot be placed in an
opmal posion and cannot be harmoniously integrated into the surround system.
If you want an enthralling lm experience despite such circumstances and place high value on stereo
reproducon without compromise, then three OREAs, according to your needs and with or without a
subwoofer, are the ideal choice for you.
The OREA in Stereo Operaon
The OREA, which was developed based on the VIRGO 25, is a complete high-quality loudspeaker that is
able to reproduce low frequencies without limitaons or loss of sound details. The OREA also stands out
due to its extremely homogenous radiaon characteriscs. If you use a large screen and/or your furniture
enables it, you can also use two OREA loudspeakers as a stereo system. The loudspeakers can then be
placed on a lowboard or on loudspeaker feet. The loudspeaker’s radiaon characteriscs are designed in
such a way that the lobe-shaped sound beam is directed slightly upwards. It is therefore unproblemac
if the OREA is posioned slightly below the ear height in a seated posion.
You can nd a multude of further ps and tricks concerning seng up your speakers and background
informaon on the topic of listening in the technical area of our website at: www.audiophysic.de.
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Technical Specicaons OREA
Height 13“
Width 25“
Depth 13.3“
Weight 18.5 kg
Recommended amplier power 25 - 180 was
Impedance 4 Ohm
Frequency range 40 Hz - 40 kHz
Sensivity 90 dB
Loudspeaker systems
Woofer 2 x 7“
Midrange 1 x 5.9“ / HHCM
Tweeter 1 x 1.75“ / HHCT-II
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