KONUS Essence Installation guide

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Thank you for purchasing Konus Audio “Essence” Loudspeakers We hope you
will enjoy your loudspeakers for a long time and that time will only bring your
new loudspeakers to gradually sound better and better
The occurrence of the aging process is well known in the craft of the quality
musical instrument making unfortunately hard to find in the profit driven
junk food era we live in
Konus Audio systems is taking a great pride into making loudspeakers that
resemble somewhat primitive yet authentic craftsmanship of the old
instrument making When we say our “Essence” Loudspeakers are handcrafted
we mean it for real
After all our strong belief is that loudspeakers as music transducers are musical
instruments and as such they must be capable of delivering the musical
emotion of the piece they are delivering for your musical enjoyment
We believe in the simplistic approach resulting in the complex synergies rather
than the other way round In this sense our basic approach is proudly drained
from the philosophy boldly introduced to the wide audience by Laboratory
Inc from Japan as a natural ever present metaphoric concept which was
withheld as a consequence of the materialistic misconceptions widely accepted
as axiomatic truth yet nothing more than technophile hankypanky
Getting together the bold thinking and profound understanding of the vital
elements of the emotionally involving musical reproduction the mixture of
Japanese exotica UK knowhow and hightech in Jordan JXS speaker driver
design and the traditional Bosnian craftsmanship results in the “Essence”
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Like with any other precious thing in life your new “Essence” Loudspeakers
require certain care and attention in order to give you many years of trouble
free operation and to improve the sonic quality and visual appeal rather than
to degrade over time
Upon unpacking you should rest the loudspeakers aside and screw in the
provided cones at the bottom plate There is no need to tighten the cones for
the bottom plate at this stage You should tighten them once you have your
loudspeakers placed in the position and levelled Make sure both loudspeakers
are firmly resting on all four cones without tilting to any side
The second step is the placement “Essence” can be placed either directly
against the wall or free standing toed in We encourage you to try placing
your loudspeakers both ways but our general preference is to place them free
standing
Of course one can’t expect your “Essence” Loudspeakers to play before
connecting some cables to it “Essence” will accept loudspeaker cables with
either bare wire or spade connectors Ideally the loudspeaker cable should be
very thin solid core copper of very high purity “Essence” is internally wired
with Laboratory Storatos cable Our custom made binding posts although
one can hardly associate their looks with traditional looks of a binding post are
made out of pure brass and they can be replaced with plastic screws (M) for
further improvement in the sound quality If not your brass screws can be
cleaned every few months in order to always sound the best You can use
sodium bicarbonate usually known as baking soda
You may wish you got some fancy gold plated binding posts but we can assure
you that gold should be left where it looks the best – on women
You may find the loudspeaker frequency extension somewhat better if placed
against the wall “Essence” does not show the usual side effects of the boomy
bass when placed this way due to the downward firing port This arrangement
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with lots of back wall diffraction Just make sure there is enough (at least
cm) space from the side walls
Free standing placement requires some careful testing and adjustments but we
think that this effort is well worth the time spent
Ideally for the free space placement loudspeakers should be at least cm
from the back and side walls Due to the specific design of the driver’s high
frequency response curve it is recommended to toe in the brand new
loudspeakers inwards the listening position initially for  degrees As the
loudspeakers burn in and the sound opens up this toe in should be adjusted
and ideally it should get to  degrees for the most linear frequency
response in a typical listening room
Coming to the mention of the burn in process although there are discussions
as to whether this is some sort of placebo effect or a real change we stand at
the position that “Essence” needs some  hours for the initial burn in after
which the burn in process continues with decreased intensity for a number of
years
With some careful listening you will notice that the quality of the music from
your audio setup varies from time to time Without getting into complex
scientific explanations we need to warn you to effects of the room
temperature and the air humidity as some of the factors of importance not just
for the loudspeakers and how they act mechanically and acoustically but also
they are of importance in the mechanics of fluids thus affecting the behaviour
of the sound waves in your room
Fortunately enough the “Essence” loudspeaker drivers and the cabinets are
temperature and humidity much more stable than the most of the
loudspeakers in the market however not  immune to this occurrence
In order to have your loudspeakers both sounding and looking better over time
and not other way round a proper care should be taken in the maintenance
and the environment they are kept in

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Your loudspeakers should not be kept in the very humid places nor should they
be exposed to high temperatures (keeping close to sources of heat) They
should never be exposed to any kind of liquid including modern furniture
polishes or cleaners
Your “Essence” Loudspeakers are lacquered six times It takes months for these
layers of lacquer to reach their ideal dryness and stiffness For the first two
months your loudspeakers should only be dusted with a dry light cotton cloth
After that time they can be polished always with a dry soft cotton cloth
never with liquid polishers and avoiding pressing the cloth too much as the
friction could release undesirable heat
Whenever possible try not to touch “Essence” Loudspeakers with your hands
If you need to do so always first wash and thoroughly dry your hands
One of our finishes the white Bosnian pine changes it’s colour over time
getting from the initially yellowish note to the golden note with more
dramatic texture than when new This process can be even further enhanced
by taking your loudspeakers to sun for two hours over period of several weeks
always taking care to avoid exposing the loudspeaker to rain
We could write more but then you wouldn’t read it
We wish you as much pleasure with your Konus Audio “Essence” Loudspeakers
as we had making them and still that we have listening to them!
Sead Lejlic
Konus Audio Systems