Vienna Acoustics Speaker 101267 User Manual

4. March 2004  
OWNER´S MANUAL  
Now, as always, speakers form the most  
important link in a stereo and home theater  
system. There-fore, they should be positioned  
and connected with care. It is our hope that the  
information contained within this manual will help  
you in setting up your new speakers so that they  
may provide you with many years of listening  
pleasure.  
Your Vienna Acoustics Team  
ATTENTION:  
Please read these instructions carefully and com-  
pletely, since they are very important to ensure  
the best performance and the long-term  
problem-free operation.  
Make sure you have received with BERG or  
WEBERN your choice of the wall-mounting  
bracket or stand for free-standing positioning,  
which are both packed separately. A spike stand  
for free-standing positioning is included with  
SCHÖNBERG.  
 
It is also recommended, that the area around  
your speakers remain uncluttered, allowing for  
unob-structed dispersion of the audio signal.  
Please give the speakers around 30 hours of  
initial playing time prior to critical listening. As  
with any loudspeaker, playing time is required to  
allow both mechanical and electrical devices in  
the loudspeaker to break-in.  
POSITIONING SCHÖNBERG  
Room acoustics and positioning of a speaker  
within the room have an important effect on  
sound quality.  
SCHÖNBERG features an adjustable spike stand  
for perfect decoupling and stability. It was  
developed for optimum sonic results at  
a
distance of 0 – 40 cm (0 – 15 inches) from the  
wall.  
POSITIONING WEBERN & BERG  
A. On wall application:  
Wall mounting is allowed by an ingenious  
aluminium  
 
mounting device, unrivalled in its ability to  
provide the best environment for superior sound  
quality.  
Three positions are afforded by this bracket,  
enabling the speaker to be angled toward the  
listening positioning for best performance.  
The bolts that fix the angled position presses the  
cabinet against  
a
rubber decoupling device,  
there-fore damping and silencing the interface  
point between wall and speaker.  
This prevents detrimental resonance from being  
transferred between wall and speaker.  
Additionally, this wall-mounting device allows not  
only for vertical but also for horizontal  
positioning, allowing WEBERN & BERG to be used  
as a center speaker with a plasma-television or  
under a screen used with a video projector.  
B. Stand alone application:  
Alternatively, for those who do not wish to mount  
the speaker to the wall, an ultra-rigid aluminium  
stand is offered, which was developed for  
optimum sound when place on a surface such as  
a bookshelf or desktop. The bottom of the stand  
is coated with a layer of isolation material  
designed to both protect the surface on which the  
speaker is placed and to provide a superior  
interface between speaker and mounting surface  
for improved performance. The stand serves  
both tweeter left and tweeter right positions.  
 
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MOUNTING WEBERN & BERG  
A. On wall application:  
To prepare the speakers for wall mounting:  
1. Please put on the enclosed gloves to avoid  
fingerprints.  
2. Remove the aluminium inlays on the top and  
bottom of the speakers. As they are attached  
with magnets, they simply lift off.  
3. Put the matching wall-mounting inlay on each  
speaker, so that the two holes for the two bolt  
sockets line up.  
ATTENTION:  
The two inlays are slightly different for use on  
each of the respective sides. In order to mount  
the inlays correctly the three conical milled points  
must be visible and the mounting bolts are able  
to be inserted.  
4. Now attach the appropriate inlay with the two  
bolts, by using the hexagon-tool (Allen wrench/  
key).  
5. Now turn the speaker over and execute the  
same procedure.  
 
 
To attach the wall-mounting device to the wall:  
ATTENTION:  
For best performance, it is recommended that  
the speakers be angled toward the listening  
position. This means that special attention must  
be paid when mounting the brackets.  
If you have chosen to mount a pair of speakers  
with the tweeters on the inside, mount the  
bracket with the thin flat profile to the inside. If  
mounting a pair of speakers with the tweeters on  
the outside, mount the bracket with the thin flat  
profile to the outside.  
If you have chosen to use a speaker as a center  
channel, two position options are allowed, either  
angled up or down. To angle up, the thin flat  
profile of the bracket should face up. To angle  
down, the thin flat profile of the bracket should  
face down.  
1. First mark the position on the wall using the  
holes of the wall-mounting bracket as a guide.  
2. After drilling the holes, put the included  
anchors (metal for sheetrock or other wall board,  
or plastic for plaster or concrete wall construction  
material) into the wall.  
3. Now fix the wall-mounting bracket to the wall,  
by using the provided screws.  
 
 
To attach the speaker to the wall-mounting  
device:  
ATTENTION:  
As both WEBERN or BERG are symmetrical in  
driver orientation (having not top or bottom)  
selecting an orientation position for the speakers  
so that the tweeters face in or out, as well as up  
or down, can be done to suit the nature of each  
installation.  
It  
is  
recommended  
that  
experimentation take place to determine which  
orientation of the tweeters results in optimal  
performance.  
1. Please put on the enclosed gloves to avoid  
fingerprints.  
2. Insert the lower conical tipped bolt inside the  
wall-mounting bracket completely with the hexa-  
gonal tool (Allen wrench/key). [For center posi-  
tioning simply start with whichever side is most  
convenient.]  
ATTENTION:  
The accessories box includes two plastic sockets,  
which you can put on the conical point of the  
bolts to avoid scratching the inlays. Once the  
preferred position is found, they can be  
removed.  
3. After you have chosen a position, place the  
speaker in away that the lower bolt fits into the  
chosen conically milled point on the cabinet inlay.  
4. Press the speaker against the rubber-pad  
and  
 
attach the speaker to the bracket by tightening  
completely the upper conical tipped bolt with the  
hexagonal tool (Allen wrench/ key). Please make  
sure that you use the same conically milled point  
on both, lower and upper, inlays.  
ATTENTION:  
For safety reasons it is recommended that all  
connection bolts be tightened every six months.  
B. Free-standing application:  
Connecting the speakers to the aluminium stands  
(please see drawing):  
ATTENTION:  
Usually, you want the tweeters to look in two  
different directions. In this case, you have to act  
as follows:  
1. Please put on the enclosed gloves to avoid  
fingerprints.  
2. Put your pair of speakers in front of you in a  
way that the tweeters are to the inside.  
3. Pull out the inlay of each speaker. Since they  
are attached with magnets, they simply pull off.  
 
4. Put the spacer bars on the two speakers, so  
that the holes (two in each bar and two in each  
speaker) for the two bolts match.  
5. Put the attached bases on the spacer bars, so  
that now all holes (two in each speaker, two in  
each spacer bar and two in each base) match.  
ATTENTION:  
The Vienna Acoustics logo on the base faces the  
front.  
6. Now attach the stand by completely tightening  
the two supplied bolts using the hexagonal tool  
(Allen wrench/key).  
 
 
ACCESSORIES FOR WEBERN & BERG FREE  
STANDING BRACKET:  
BRACKET: 1 pc.  
SPACER BAR: 1 pc., for connection between the  
speaker and the bracket.  
BOLTS: 2 pcs. M6 x 45 mm  
HEXAGONAL TOOL (Allen wrench/key): 1 pc.  
for adjusting the bolts.  
BANANA PLUGS: 2 pcs., silver plated, short  
version for convenient connection of speaker  
cables.  
GLOVES: 2 pcs.  
for protecting the speaker against fingerprints.  
ACCESSORIES FOR WEBERN & BERG WALL  
MOUNTING BRACKET:  
WALL MOUNTING DEVICE: 1 pc.  
for on-wall application.  
WALL-MOUNTING INLAY: 2 pcs., to place on the  
speaker for attaching wall-mounting bracket.  
 
BOLT: 2 pcs.  
for connecting the cabinet with the wall mounting  
bracket.  
PLASTIC SOCKETS: 2 pcs.  
to avoid scratches when inserting and adjusting  
bolts.  
BOLTS: 4 pcs. M6 x 20 mm  
for attaching the inlays to the cabinet.  
HEXAGONAL TOOL (Allen wrench/key): 2 pcs.  
for adjusting the screws and bolts.  
METAL  
WALL  
MOUNTING  
ANCHORS  
AND  
SCREWS (for mounting in sheetrock or other wall  
board wall construction material): 2 pcs.  
PLASTIC WALL MOUNTING ANCHORS AND  
SCREWS (for mounting in plaster or concrete  
wall construction material): 2 pcs.  
LOGO: 1 pc.  
for placing on the grill or speaker, depending on  
the orientation of the speaker in each application.  
BANANA PLUGS: 2 pcs.  
silver plated, short version for convenient  
connec-tion of speaker cables.  
GLOVES: 2 pcs.  
for protecting the speaker against fingerprints.  
 
CABINETS  
To ensure the best possible appearance, the  
surface of the aluminium line is treated with the  
highest grade of aluminium processing.  
After being precisely machined and CNC milled,  
all aluminium parts are bead blasted and  
transparently anodized.  
To maximize internal volume, we profited from  
the stiffness of aluminium to realize a slim walled  
cabinet. Furthermore, the aluminium panels are  
curved to optimize both stiffness and freedom  
from resonance, which is so crucial for natural  
sound. This curve means that while the average  
depth of the speaker is 50 mm (2 inches), it  
reaches a maximum point of 84 mm (3.3 inches)  
in the center of the arch.  
The extra available space in the middle of the  
cabinet allows for the use of physically deeper  
pure  
high-end mid-bass drivers. An additional benefit  
of the speakers´ shape is the lack of parallel  
walls,  
which avoids internal standing waves from  
adver-sely affecting performance.  
In extensive research we found out that it is vital  
not to use a single enclosed form in creating the  
box, but to break the cabinet into two separate  
elements connected by MDF, with additional dam-  
ping strips between the MDF and the aluminium,  
in  
order to completely eliminate deleterious cabinet  
resonance.  
 
CONNECTIONS  
All connections must be complete and secure,  
since poor contact between speaker cable and  
input connector can lead to degradation of sound  
quality.  
The speakers come with a set of two silver  
plated banana plugs in which the speaker wire is  
inserted and held in place by screwing down the  
insert post.  
For the aluminium line we use silver plated  
banana connectors that do not oxidize, but  
contaminants or surface oxidation build-up on  
your speaker cables and connectors may  
degrade sound quality.  
It is also a good idea to make a point of regularly  
cleaning all connections in your system since oxi-  
dation will build up on a regular basis that can  
lead to signal degradation.  
ATTENTION:  
Please pay special attention when handling the  
cables during hookup of the loudspeaker. It is  
recommended that the amplifier be turned off  
while connection to the speaker is made secure,  
with no stray wires contacting the cabinet.  
As with any metal, the aluminium that makes up  
much of the cabinet is a conductive material.  
Therefore, a short circuit could result if any bare  
wire or connector should come in contact with the  
cabinet.  
 
CABLING  
We encourage and recommend the use of high  
quality speaker cables and believe them to be an  
important tool for the enthusiast in obtaining  
maximum  
enjoyment  
from  
their  
music  
reproduction system. High quality cabling is a  
significant tool in the fine-tuning of any audio  
system.  
As with any purchase, listen carefully and allow  
your ears to guide you. It is beyond the scope of  
this manual to provide a useful compendium  
concerning cables, or to make specific brand or  
model recommendations.  
quality magazines do in fact list cable  
recommendations.  
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number of high  
AMPLIFICATION  
Our speakers demonstrate outstanding sonic  
results with a variety of amplifier types. They  
feature a cominaction of high efficiency and  
gentle impedance curves that allow them to be  
used with either solid state or tube electronics.  
However, it is still important to select an amplifier  
with care since the full potential of your system  
will only be revealed by quality electronics.  
Amplifier designs do have distinct and different  
sounds.  
 
It is important to listen carefully to the match of  
amplifier and loudspeaker to ensure that the  
com-bination works well sonically for you.  
Though rated amplifier wattage bears little  
correla-tion to either sound quality or drive  
capability, the user is cautioned that amplifiers of  
lower power ratings, more frequently than more  
powerful ampli-fiers, are particularly prone to  
producing danger-  
ously significant amounts of distortion as they  
are stressed beyond their limits.  
This distortion can and will damage loudspeaker  
components. This damage will not be covered  
under warranty.  
BREAKING IN NEW LOUDSPEAKERS  
Your loudspeakers contain a large number of  
pre-cision built moving parts. These parts require  
play-ing time initially to develop their maximum  
smooth-ness and extension.  
Very audible improvements can be observed  
during about 30 hours of playing. Additional  
improvements will be evident after 100 hours of  
playing time, at which point the speakers will  
have reached their full musical potential.  
 
MAINTENANCE  
Your  
speaker  
cabinets  
can  
be  
cleaned  
periodically with a soft, damp cloth. Do not use  
any chemical detergents. Should spots or stains  
appear, clear water can be used to gently  
remove them.  
Should the bass drivers become dusty, it is safe  
to use a soft brush to clean the woofers.  
 

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