Einstein The Thrill User manual

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THE THRILL
Balanced Loudspeaker Cable
Einstein Audio Components GmbH Prinz- Regent- Str. 50-60 D - 44795 Bochum
Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
[e-mail] www.einstein-audio.de

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Dear EINSTEIN customer!
With the EINSTEIN The Thrill speaker cable, you have acquired that rarest of Hifi
cables –one that conforms to the most stringent standards. To get the most
from it, please take a few leisurely moments and peruse the following instruc-
tions.
The Thrill is a cable that deliberately eschews frilly features to focus instead on
the core essentials:
Realistic reproduction with the utmost fidelity
Rock-solid reliability for years of worry-free service
Extended market value to protect your investment
The EINSTEIN The Thrill does not sound beautiful, soft or energetic. Our goal is to
design devices that integrate into existing systems with the absolute minimum of
signal degradation or “artistic license“. A cable’s job is simple (though by no
means easy): pass the signal from the source to the amplifier. Even the “world’s
best“ Hifi system cannot correct for losses or errors incurred by the cable. Quite
the contrary. A superior system will ruthlessly reveal any shortcomings in the ca-
ble. Hence your decision to incorporate the EINSTEIN The Thrill into your system
was a truly informed one. Congratulations.
We extend our regards from Bochum and wish you much musical satisfaction
from your new EINSTEIN The Thrill.
Volker Bohlmeier

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Before you start to connect the EINSTEIN The Thrill speaker cable to your High End
system please read the set up instruction carefully to achieve the best possible
sound with your new High End Interconnect cable.
If you feel too stressed to do the set up yourself, please ask your dealer for a profes-
sional EINSTEIN system cleaning and cable set up - it`s definitely worth the money
and effort.
1. Package content
EINSTEIN The Thrill Speaker Cable (complete set)
Manual
EINSTEIN non static anti resonant distance holders
2. IMPORTANT! Unpacking your cable
Please allow your cable some time (app. 3-4 hours) to achieve room temperature
before taking out of the box. The delicate materials used for this cable will sound
much better if treated carefully. It is most important that when you unpack the ca-
ble that you treat it carefully. The structure of this cable is as delicate as the materi-
al –a sandwich construction made of copper and silver. Bending it might cause
damage to the structure and therefore to the musical performance.
The better you treat your cable the better will be its performance.
3. Cleaning
To get the purest and best possible contact of the cable plugs to the equipment
sockets it helps to keep the plugs and sockets clean. The plugs of The Thrill have
been cleaned and coated with a protection liquid before leaving our company.
4. Cable Set Up
To avoid damaging the protection coating of the plugs we recommend putting the
provided cotton gloves on.
Then connect The Thrill to your system as required taking care not to bend the ca-
ble more than necessary.
Please use the provided distance holders to make sure that there is no contact be-
tween the cables for right and left channel. There should be no contact to any
other cable of your system if possible. Please note that it is most important that The
Thrill (as any other speaker cable) does not have any contact to the mains cables
in your system.
If you need more EINSTEIN distance holders than provided, please, contact your
dealer.
Before switching on the system we recommend to double check that all plugs are
perfectly tight in the sockets.

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5. Running In Time
Like any other component The Thrill will improve during the first period of use. There
is no need for a special running in record or CD. While listening to music you will
realize how your cable will increase in sound quality.
If you prefer to ‘burn in’ the cable Music with a high dynamic range will serve best.
For this purpose we suggest a running in period at room temperature of 12 hours
minimum, but you will notice that the sound will still be increasing after this time.
6. Protection
After a perfect set up (a good dealer will give you all support necessary) we rec-
ommend not touching the cable anymore. Please note that you have to set up the
cable again, if the materials of the cable are stressed too hard by bending or shak-
ing.
Once in a while you should clean all plugs and sockets to maintain the best sound.
In countries with a higher humidity, you should do that more often, about two to
three times a year. This is definitely worth the effort you will be surprised what this will
do to the sound after some time.
7. Sound Support
Additional advise –check points
Cable set up as described above
Cleaning - don`t forget to clean the mains plugs and sockets too.
Cleaning fuses and fuse-holders –this is more important and will have more ef-
fect than using any high end fuse! Please take care that the fuse holders have
tight contact to the fuses.
Room temperature shouldn`t change from very cold to very warm
Some places have heavy duty electrical power cables installed in their con-
crete, which will cause an electrical field. Here it`s important to place all signal
cables with some distance to the floor.
Please make sure that all contacts are clean and tight (loose contacts will kill
your sound)
Star earthing - this can be very important –please, contact your dealer or dis-
tributor they have authorized staff to do this properly.
Einstein Audio Components GmbH Prinz- Regent- Str. 50-60 D - 44795 Bochum
Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
[e-mail] www.einstein-audio.de