Thiel CS 3.5 User manual

THIEL
Model
CS3.5
Coherent
Source"
loudspeaker
system
OWNER
INFORMATION

Congratulations
on
yourpurchase
ofthe
THIELmodelCS3
5loudspeakersystemlt
is
the
resu
tofalonganddedlcated
effortto
provide
the
mostaccurate
music
reproduction
possible
Wehaveused
onlythe
hlghest
quality
components
andtaken
great
care
initsconstruction
Properlysetupand
used
with
good
associatedequipment,
the
CS35s
will
provideyou
with
a
great
dealof
musicalenjoyment
for
many
years.
Pleasesee
instructions
packed
wit'hthespeaker
forinformation
onunpacking
andinstalling
the
grille.
SDeaker
Placemenl
The
CS3.5s
are
r€latively
non_crlticatoroom
p
acement
and
wiI
provjde
good
resultsamostanywhere
However.
werecommend
theybe
placed
at easlone
iootlroma
waIandat
least
three
feetfromacorner'
They
Derform
besl
when
pos
tionedeven
tarther
lfom
all
wals,as
thsmin
mlzesear
yreflect
ons
and
r0orfresonances
andso
provides
lhe
mostopen,
uncoored
reproduclionas
welaslhe
moslaccuralebass
response
TheCS3.5s
provide
broad
dspersionot
energyata
Ilrequencies
andaredesigned
to
provide
good
resLr
ts
lhroughoul
a arge
isten
ng
area.
Best
magings
prov
ded
fora
I
stener
centered
nlronlolthespeakers
Opt;umphase
andtirne
aignmenls
provided
on
y
jo'a sealed
lstenerwho
ls
eighl
ormorefeelaway
lrori
the
speakers.
Opt
m!mrmagingsusualyacheved
whenthespeakers
andthe
lsleneflormanequiatera
triange
lilhesoeakers
areloo
lar
aparl
lora
given
env
fonment.there
wi lendtobe
a hoe"
in
the
m
ddle
ollhesound
stage;
ii
they
aretoocose
togelher,
ihelmage
wiI
be
compressed
andwil
not
ach
eveoptmum
wldthAlso,the
soeakers
should
notusuallybetoed
ntowardthe
IstenerbLllshould
be
poslt
oned
pointing
lorward,
parallel
to
each
other.
However,
ii
one
ofbothspeakers
mlstbe
coserthan
three
leet{romtheside
wai
aloed-in
posil
on
wilbebenelicia
to
reducetheslrenglh
ofthe
wallreilectionand
provide
better
irnag
ng
sinceevery
listeningenv
ronTnent
is
d
ffefent,weencoLrlage
yoLl
to
experiment
wilh
your
speaker
placemenl
to
obta
nthebest
resuts.
Connecting
theSpeakers
The
CS3.5
sinoutterminalsare
locatedonthe
bottomofthespeaker.
To
gain
accesstotlrem
thespeaker
shoud
belaidontsback.
Ils essent
alfor
properperformance
lhat
bolhspeakers
n
aslereo
sysleTnDe
wreoln
thesame
po
arily The
input
terminals
arecolor
codedlolaciitateths Thewireconnected
tolhe
red npul
termlnal
oieachspeaker
should
connecttoihe
respect
ve
pos
tiveoutput
term
na
S
ofthearnplfier
Thespeakels
should
beconnecied
tothe
amp
it
er
withh
gh
q!a
lty
cable
to
ins!reminimaloss
of
power
and
proper
controby
the
ampliller.
Lf
the
speakers
areconnected
toatube
ampllier
withseveraloutput
taps,the
4ohmtapshoudbe
lsed. [,lakesure
thatal connect
onsare,ght.
Connecling
the
Equalizer
The
prelerred
nTelhodof nstaIingthe
equa
izer
slo
connecl
it
between
the
preamp
iierandlhe
power
amp
ii
er.
ToimPemeni
thrs:
.connect
asetol
patch
cords
iromthe
preampll
eroutpuls
tothe
equa
lzernpuls
.connect
another
selot
patch
cords
lromtheoltputs
ofiheequal
zertothe
inputsoithe
power
ampiiler
Anothermethod
ofconnecting
theequal
zeristhrough
thetape
montor
lacilitiesoitheamplilieT
orrece
vef.
To mplementlhis:
.connect
aset
of
patch
cords
irom
jacks
ontheamplitier
labe
ed
'lape
oul"lolhe
npltsoltheeqlalzer
.connect
anolherset
of
oatch
cords
tiofilthe
outpllsolthe
equalizerto
iacks
ontheamplilier
abeled
"laoe
in'
'turn
the
taoe
monilorswrtch
to
"on
or
"lape
.
llthetapernonilorswlchisnotturnedon,theequaizerwll
notfunctonasaparloflhesysiernevenifts
correclly
w
red.
Sncethe
equalzer
requiresa
verysmallamount
ol
power,
werecommend
thatitbe
left
on
c0ntinu0!slyby
plugglng
it nto a
walloLlllel
oranunswilched
oul
etonthe
preamplilier'

Bass
Limit
Switch
--it
" CS!.!
uqrurit",
incorporates
a
pLlsh-buttonswilch
onthe
fronl
panewhichallows
yo!
10
seect
either
a
2oHz
ora
4oHzbass
imit.The
4oHzbass
limit
isselected
by
pushing
the
button
tothe
"ln"
posilionPushlng
the
[rfton-"& nrtlo*t tnt twtch
toreturn
tothe
20Hz
(out)
position'Se
ecting
the
40lz option
imts
thebass
i*p"""J "f ,f'" ap".t"r' enab
ingittop
ay
louderwhen
reproducing
mLrsc thatconlains
exaggerated
levelsol
d"ep
bass
energy.
The
40Hz
posilion
can
also
be!sed
to
reducethe
level
of
verydeepbass
energy
llil
causes
asonicotoblem
rnasmail
roorn
Stabilizer
Pins
- speiters pos
tioneo
onasottslriace
such
ascarpeting
oranuneven
sLrrlace
aTeable
torockbackand
lorth
s
ighiyand
wiIvibrate
inreacton
tothose
lorcesthespeaker
generateslomove
thedr
verdiaphragms
This
mo-tionof
thespeaker
causes
a
lossofmusical
inlormatior
and
reducesthe
carityof
ihemLrsc'
lnorder
to; iminateth
seffect
THIELspeakers
canbe
used
withstab
lizer
plns.
Thestabillzer
pins,
either
ol
lwo
types
are
pushedntothree
pre_driledhoes n the
baseoleach
speaker'
The
po
nted
plns
aretorspeakers
that;ll be
p
aced
onacafpeled
surlace
The
po
nt
penetrates
the
carpet
anda
lowsthespeaker
t00e
connected
;lrectly
tothe
foor Theroundedstabll
zer
pins
are
for
speakers
ihatare
placed
ona
hard,!neven
suriace.
There
aresome
applcations
wherethestabiizer
p
nswi nol bring
an rnprovement
in
sound
bulmayaclually
makeil
worse.
Thsstuationoccurswhenlhellooritsel
snolofrgidconstructionandvibrateswhenconnected
to
thespeakers
viathestabilzer
pins.
weencourage
you
toexperimeni
todelerm
ne
{or
yourse
I
whelherornol
ihs sthecase
DUeiothedi|ficu|iyofmovingthespeakerWthpontedpinsoncarpetWerecommendthatyo!deterTnInethe
pos1ton
of
yo!r
speaiers
before
insenngthe
pointed
stab
izer
pins
and
removethe
pins
before
reposrtionlngthe
Toinsenthepns,tltthespeakeriorwardandplshthetwobackpinsntothel"deepholesateachback
corner.
Thenrockthespeaker
backward
and
nsertthecentered
front
pn. ltisdesrable
todoths
with
two
peop|e'Finay,plessVeryfirrn]yonthelopofthespeakeruntilhepnsare'ulyseatedinthespeakerbaseand
'nave
penetratedihe
carpet
complete
y. To
check
thatthe
pins
are
firmlysealed,
ighllytapthe
backandsideoi
the
soeaker.
Theresho!ld
be
nomovemenlandthe
speakershou
d
feel
so
id
please
be
cautioned
thatthe
paintedpins
can
bedangeraus
ifnotused
wilhcarc. Theycancausesmall
dents
tnhardwoad
floarsand
itis
passlble
tadamagecarpets
ifthespeakers
arc
mavedwiththe
pins
in
place'
Power
Requlrements
Whenselecllngyourampliier,themostmpo.lanlthngtokeepnmindsthatsoundqla/llylsuslallymuch
rnoreimoortanllhan
sornd
quanlity
Amosteveryonewi
behappier
witha50
wattampllfier
ofhighsonic
quallty
than
wilha200
wall
amplfier
oi
rnediocresonic
q!a ty
Fora
given
loudspeaker,
theTearetwo
lactorsthatdetermine
howmLlch
power
isneeded
Theyarelhe
volume
Leveldesiredand
theszeofthe
room.Itboth
lactorsateavarage,
(avo
ume
evelol88dB
SPLanda
roomoi3000
cuft)aboul
50watlslch
rs11eedediortheCS3
5
The
lirstlactorsthe
mostdflcuittoanalyze
oroblectrve
y
deterrnine.
Therearedifferenl
ideas
about
what
rs
"
oud".
Usualy,
peop
e
who
'don't
ikemls
c oud"candecrease
the
r
power
bya
lactor
ol
2and
people
whollke
musicoLrd
shoud ncleasethe
r
power
by2or
rnore
times lMost
peop
e
tallw
thin
anormal
range'
Asrnalroomwll
needess
power
foragivenloudness
evelthana
largeroomAverysma
lroomot1000cu
It
(11tI
x11lt
wthan8Jlcelling)
wilusualy
reqlire
only
hallthe
power
olanaverage
roomA large
roomof
6000c!ft(20ftx30{twthaloftceiing)wil
usually
requketwcetheaverage
power'
lltheislenngroomls
connecled
1oanother
roombyalargeopenarea,the
requ
red
power
wil ncrease,
butnotbythe
amoLrntottfre
comorned
room
v0
urne.
Withalthisn
mind,a
person
who
doesnt
lketo
play
musc
veryloldlyandhasasmal
roorncan
gel
high
quality
sound
wth
only
20watls
whereasa
personwhosometimes
lkes
lo
playloudly
and
hasalarge
roommay
reedJ00
wahs.
Itisimpo.tant
tohave
enough
power
10
play
at
th4level
yo!
desire
wlthoutdistorlion
ll
youp
ay
thespeakers
moreoudlythanthe
voumethearr]pl
liercancleanly
produce,
theampliier
will
produce
overload
(clipping)
distorllon.
Thesound
wllbecomecompressed,
straned,
andinextremecases,
obvious
y
distorted.
This
disto.tion
saclua
lynon
-nlrsical
additional
erergyandsnceit isconcenlrated
inthe
highfrequencyregion
wherethesoeaker
sleastab
etohande it.tweeters
canbeburnedoul
inextremecases llyour
systemdoes

not
play
as
loud
yas
you
wou
dlike
wlihout
becoming
distorted
you
needa
bigger
ampl
fier'
Aememberthat
howloudly
yo!
can
p
ay hasnoth-ing
to
do
w
th
the
posltionol yourvolumeknob
When
.oa" hlgh
gu
n
pr"u-p
and
high
oulput
caatrjdge
combinations
are
used
wth ower
power
ampliliers'
clipplng
can
bereachled-wlth
avolume
knobsetting
as owas
4on ascale
o{10
Associated
EquiPmenl
TheC53.5
i;a
veryhigh
qualitysound
reproducer
and
iherelore
wiIbenefit
komuse
wilhthe
verybest
associated
equipment.
Si;ceilisexlremely
accuraie,
twil revealsources
oldistortion
generatedelsewlrere
rn
ihe
system.
Forexample,
disto.tion
res!lting
from
ca.t|dge
mtsatgnment
ornfenorelectronics
wilbe
ieoroluced
accuratety.
Also,the
qualiy
oi
palch
cords
and
speaher
cables
wrllsignilcant
y
aifect
the
oerlormance
ofthe
sYslem.
Cabinel
FinishCare
ThecabinetspossessahighqUal]ly]acqUerlinishthatsbolhbeauliluanddUlabe'However'anywoodlinish
canbedamagedbyexcessivemoisture,dryness.ordtectsun]|ght'ThelInishcanbecleanedandrenewedwit|]
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oualilv
r- _il.re
ools-.We'econreno
aool'! whic\does
_oJ
co'llarn
s
lco_p
service
ll
yo!r
syslem
requires
servce,
contact
your
dealer
whols
qual
tiedtoservice
THIEL
producls
Bemoving
the
Grille
Inorde;
toremove
lhe
gril
e,
llrslunmount
lhe
trimslrlp
by
femov
ng
the
2screws
that
secure
il
tolhe
lront0l
tf'r"
.p"uk"."uOln"l.
Unla"sten
lhe
grile
frameby
pullng
the
bottom
forward
abolt
one
nch Then
ifttupt"a/dlo
remove
itlromthe
cablnet.
WARRANTY
THIELwarrantseveryTHIELrnodeIcs3,5systemaganstdefectsinmaterasandworkrnanshiptolhe
orginalownerloraper;dollOyearsfromthedateofpurchase
We
wil
'atnocharge
replace
anydefective
pai and makeany
reparsnecessary
to
ensure
tts
proper
pedormancewhenthedelective
unilis
relurnedt0us
oostDa
d This
warrantydoes
not
cover
accidenl
orabuse
and
isvoidiltheunlt
hasbeen
tampered
with This
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is
artomat.
indnoreqistrat
on
isrequired
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warranly
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yoll
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ghtsYoumayaLso
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ngton,
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