The Speaker Company bookshelf/center channel/surround s user manual

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USER’S
ManUaL
BookShELf
CEntER ChannEL
SURRoUnd SoUnd
SpEakERS

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Thank you. And congratulations! pLC a ing YoUR SpEakERS pRopERLY Our thanks for buying your new speakers from TSC. We sincerely appreciate your Main Speakers confidence in us and our products. Please read this Owner’s Manual! It contains Try to put the main speakers (Left and Right for stereo, Left, Center, and Right for home theater) along many tips on getting your new speakers set up, connected, and sounding as good as the same wall of your listening/viewing room. If you can place your

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Reflections from side walls have a major impact on your sound so try not to place your main speakers Surround Speakers close to them. Try not to place your main speakers so they’re exactly the same distance from the closest Surround speaker placement is challenging. If you’re using a pair of TSC bookshelf speakers, you side wall. A bit of asymmetry here is actually preferable. have two options. When you take the time to properly place your Main speakers, you’ll enjoy better “imaging” (th

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Polarity and Proper Phasing ConnECting YoUR SpEakERS Don’t let these words scare you. They both refer to making sure you get all the sound your speakers are Now that you’ve got your speaker placed properly, it’s time to connect them. capable of giving you. Before you begin connecting your speakers, turn your system components OFF. That way, you won’t Here are step-by-step instructions for connecting the Left front output from your receiver or amplifier to run any chance of “shorting” yo

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Bi-WiRing If you’re making “home-brew” bi-wire cables, As we’ve already mentioned, some of our speakers are “bi-wire capable.” This means the speaker measure two identical lengths of dual conductor system is designed to allow two runs of speaker wire from the amplifier. wire. At the amplifier end of each pair, strip about ¾” of insulation from each conductor. The rear panel of these speakers includes two sets of connections, each with a “+” and a “-“ terminal. Then connect the “+” co

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Do this for both speakers. Although you can use two separate lengths of speaker wire to make this connection, most audiophiles prefer special “bi-wire” speaker cables. This is both easier (albeit more costly) and less likely to cause phasing problems as the conductors are already joined at the amplifier end and are plainly marked at the speaker end. However, it’s your choice. Some people believe that bi-wiring’s chief benefit is clearer sound. They posit that bi-wiring effec- tively se