Monitor Audio Gold 50 User manual

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Contents
Introduction 2
Main Features 2
Unpacking 3
Plinth Fixing 3
Spikes and Feet 4
For Wooden/Hard Floors  4
For Carpeted Floors  4
Grilles 4
Setting Up 5
2 Channel Positioning 5
AV Positioning 5
Setting up the Gold FX 6
Fixing the Gold FX to a wall 8
Connecting Speaker Cables 9
Bare Wire Connection 9
Banana Plugs 9
Wiring 9
Single Wiring 9
Bi-Wiring 10
Bi-Amping 10
TheEectsofBi-Wiring/Bi-Amping 10
Port bungs 11
Specications 12
OwnerInformation 13
ENGLISH

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Introduction
Born from the incredible success of the award winning GX Range, the new Gold Series furthar ne tunes its
distinguished qualities featuring new advanced driver technologies and materials amalgamated to form a
real world, yet truly esoteric speaker range. The Gold Series focuses on sonic clairty, detail and conveying
a truly honest expression of a recorded piece. Wether it be the epic cinematic soundscapes presented in a
movie, or the souring vocal melodies carried out by your favourite musical artist, the Gold Series will place
you in the moment as if you were there.
This astounding attention to detail is not only evident the sound of the new Gold but in every component part,
manufactured from only the nest materials and machined to exacting tolerances.
Main Features
• C-CAM® Ribbon transducer design – providing extension to a class leading 60kHz.
• New 5.5” and 6.5” bass drivers with C-CAM® cone – larger piston area oering higher eciency and
better dynamics.
• New 4” dedicated mid-range driver with C-CAM® cone and under-hung voice coil for very low distortion.
• New RST® Cone prole, for improved diaphragm rigidity and reduction in distortion.
• Die-cast Alloy chassis design for amazing rigidity and lower reection properties.
• HiVe® port technology oers for smoother air-ow for a superior transient response and tighter bass.
• Single bolt through driver systems, for increased overall bracing, rigidity and driver/bae de-coupling.
• Die-cast alloy terminal panel arrangement with high quality bi-wire terminals and high end spade type,
Pureow® Silver link cables.
• Pureow® Silver internal cabling.
• High quality crossovers with premium grade Polypropylene lm capacitors used throughout.
• Large radius cabinet edges provide low diraction and smoother overall frequency response.
• Curved cabinet prole for increased rigidity and reduced internal standing waves.
• Hand selected premium quality wood veneer (dark walnut) or high gloss piano nishes (black, white
or ebony).
• Rigid 20mm MDF construction throughout, employing both radial and cross-bracing techniques for high
rigidity and ensuring low cabinet colouration.
• Invisible magnetic grille xing oers clean visual styling when used without the grille.
• Full 3-way design (Gold 200, 300 & Gold C350).
• Die-cast alloy plinth structures and adjustable feet with provision for both hard and carpet oors (Gold
200 and 300 only).

Unpacking
Ensure there is plenty of clean oor area around where you are proposing to unpack the loudspeakers.
Remove any lose components from the packaging (feet, bolts, plinths, grilles etc) and invert the carton. Lift
the carton up and remove the packaging end cap. Remove the tape from the bag(s)revealing the bottom of
the cabinet(s).
With the Gold 50 and Gold 100, stand the cabinets upright and remove the remaining packaging end cap and
bag(s). Place the cabinets on the stands and position them according to instructions on page 5.
With the Gold 200 and Gold 300, t the plinths and feet before proceeding any further.
Plinth Fixing
(Gold 200 & 300 only)
Fit the plinths and spiked feet to the base of each speaker. Refer to page 4.
The plinths are provided for stability as well as improving the acoustic performance of the speakers. Due
to the tapered shape of the cabinets, it is not recommended to install them without the plinths tted as the
speakers are likely to be unstable.
Plinth Bolt
Spike
Foot
Plinth
Lock Nut
Washer
Locking nut
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