Mordaunt Short Alumni Alumni 9 User manual

Introducing Alumni
Introducing Alumni, the little home cinema speaker package that
thinks big! Belying incredibly compact dimensions, Alumni is the
latest in a long line of elegant Mordaunt-Short surround sound
speaker systems. These stunning high-gloss designs utilise the
company’s forty year research and development expertise and
truly make your movies and music come alive.
Alumni brings your home theatre to life!
The little speaker with big ideas
Mordaunt-Short’s policy is one of continuous improvement. Design and specifications are therefore subject to change without prior notice.
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Alumni is designed so that each speaker
integrates perfectly with the next to
provide an expansive and inspiring
sound.
The satellites, centre and subwoofer
all work in harmony with each other to
produce an awesome sonic experience.
Alumni is available à la carte to cater for
every type of room and configuration –
whether it be standard 5.1, LCR or full
7.2 set-up. An extra centre channel can
be employed at the rear for movie
dialogue. Or, for the bass-hungry a
second subwoofer can be specified.
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Mordaunt-Short’s passion for innovative
design and advanced voicing techniques
means nothing takes the shine off
Alumni’s performance.
Alumni’s small but perfectly formed
cabinets blend seamlessly into any
listening environment and come in two
striking finishes – piano black and white
high gloss. Alumni is designed so that
each speaker integrates with the next to
provide an expansive and truly engaging
soundstage. Indeed, Alumni thrives on
Mordaunt-Short’s stereo speaker
pedigree and is equally at home as a 2.1
set-up*. Alumni is an accessible way into
high quality hi-fi and home cinema sound
reproduction at an incredibly affordable
price.
* 2.1 set-up comprises (2) Alumni
satellites and (1) Alumni 9 subwoofer.
Alumni 2 satellites
Alumni’s incredible little satellites use
Mordaunt-Short’s latest generation 89mm
CPC™ mid/bass driver for superior sound
reproduction and extremely low distortion.
Combined with our renowned 25mm
aluminium dome tweeter for razor sharp
resolution, you’re sure of awesome
performance. The curved shape of the
cabinet discourages the build up of
standing waves for a cleaner and more
realistic all round sound, while its simple
connection plate features easy fit
terminals.
Alumni 5 centre
Mordaunt-Short is an advocate of the
need for a dedicated centre speaker
design and Alumni 5 is perfectly voiced
for the demands of dialogue in films
which require crisp clean treble and high
levels of detail for precise reproduction.
But the centre is also adept at recreating
a broad and openly natural soundstage
when playing music in surround mode. It
is also magnetically shielded and can be
placed close to screens without
interference and comes with an infinitely
adjustable plinth.
Alumni 9 subwoofer
If you want substantial bass in your
movies and music, then the remarkably
compact Alumni 9 subwoofer provides
all the bottom end you could possibly
need. Using a totally new 203mm ultra
long throw woofer, the sub outputs
a whopping 120W of power for the
cleanest response and reproduction of
the lowest frequencies. Action scenes
have never sounded so good! Low and
high level inputs, phase control and
volume/frequency filter complete this
impressive sub.
Alumni 2 specifications
Recommended amplifier power 15-80 Watts
Drivers (1) 89mm/3.5" aluminium CPC mid/bass
(1) 25mm/1" aluminium dome tweeter
Impedance (ohms) 4-8
Frequency response 100Hz - 20kHz
Dimensions (mm/inches) 176 x 108 x 145
(hxwxd) 6.9 x 4.2 x 5.7
Alumni 5 specifications
Recommended amplifier power 15-80 Watts
Drivers (2) 89mm/3.5" aluminium CPC mid/bass
(1) 25mm/1" aluminium dome tweeter
Impedance (ohms) 4-8
Frequency response 100Hz - 20kHz
Dimensions (mm/inches) 108 x 274 x 145
(hxwxd) 4.2 x 10.7 x 5.7
Alumni 9 specifications
Bulit in amplifier 120 Watts
Drivers 203mm/8" Long throw CPC woofer
Frequency response 35Hz - 200Hz
Dimensions (mm/inches) 376 x 260 x 354
(hxwxd) 14.8 x 10.2 x 13.9
Alumni 3 LCR
Encapsulating the needs of style
conscious audiophiles is Alumni’s
dedicated home cinema LCR.
Combining the left, centre and right
(LCR) channels, this ultra low-profile
design sits tightly against walls
underneath your latest flat screen.
Alumni’s LCR adds a new dimension to
your video and music collection and
offers a huge advance over integrated
flat screen speakers.
Alumni 3 LCR specifications
Recommended amplifier power 15-80 Watts
Drivers (4) 89mm/3.5" aluminium CPC mid/bass
(3) 25mm/1" aluminium dome tweeter
Impedance (ohms) 4-8
Frequency response 100Hz - 20kHz
Dimensions (mm/inches) 800 x 128 x 110
(hxwxd) 31.5 x 5.0 x 4.3
Piano black White high gloss
The perfect fusion of
form and function
Accessories
Alumni speakers have the
option of dedicated speaker
stands with integrated cable
management which cleverly
channel wires away. The
Alumni 2 is also Omnimount
Ready™ and prepared to
industry standards with pre-
fitted mountings so they can
be fitted neatly to walls.
Shown with supplied grilles
attached/removed
Finishes
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