User Manual
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Connecting your speakers
Connecting your speakers to your amplier must only be performed with the amplier turned o. Otherwise damage may occur. Connect
the red speaker terminal (+) to the positive speaker output on your amplier. Now connect the white speaker terminal (-) to the negative
speaker output terminal on your amplier.
Bi-wiring and bi-amping
The PM speakers features a double set of high-quality gold plated copper
binding posts that can accommodate separate cables and/or ampliers for
high and low frequency reproduction respectively.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Permanent damage may occur to your audio system if the copper
shorting plates are not removed before connecting more than one
amplier to your speakers!
There are many theories about bi-wiring and bi-amping. Our best
advice is to experiment with dierent cables, ampliers and methods
of connection. Whatever performs best in your system might not work
equally well in another setup or in a dierent room. In general, our advice
would be to use the same kind of cable both for bi-wiring and bi-amping,
and also to use identical ampliers when bi-amping. This is simply due
to the fact that both methods will add more headroom and clarity to
the sound reproduction. The introduction of dierent ampliers and/or
dierent cables may cause issues with sound integration and cohesive
performance.
Placing the speakers
Just like with real estate, location is the most important factor when setting up a high-end audio system. It is impossible to give you an
exact instruction via this manual to set up your specic system perfectly in your listening room. However, we can oer you some thumb
rules:
• Place your speakers at least 0.5 m from the rear and side walls. Placing
a speaker close to the rear wall will provide an extension in level of
bass and coloration of the midrange.
• Basic setup should be an even-sided triangle with equal distance
between each speaker as well as the listening position.
• All PM speakers are developed to play facing directly into the listening
room, so no toe-in should be needed. However, if the room is very
small and the speakers must be placed closely to the side walls, then
some degree of toe-in may be useful.
• Hard surfaces like glass, stone and wooden oors create many
reections which can make midrange reproduction sound harsh and
with a blurry soundstage. These reections can be dampened with
curtains and carpets.
• Many soft surfaces, thick carpets and furniture may on the other
hand provide too much dampening. This may cause the midrange
reproduction to become“thin”and lacking in musical timing and
energy. In such cases, it is advised to remove some of the dampening
items.
In any case, time spent setting up your speakers is by far the most important adjustment parameter for your system. Room acoustics is a
complex eld with an almost innite number of variables. Please note that while a setup might work well in your listening room, it may not
be the perfect solution in other locations.
High-frequency terminals
Low-frequency terminals
