English Reference Series
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General Tips
Depending on the size and weight of your loudspeaker, it is a good idea for two people to unpack it. Take
out the accessory pack and follow the instrucons in the chapter “Unpacking, Assembly and Set-up“ to
ensure the safe and correct installaon of your loudspeaker.
Loudspeakers should reach a temperature that is approximately equivalent to room temperature before
you connect them to the HiFi system and/or operate them. This instrucon predominately refers to the
winter months in case the loudspeakers were previously stored in a cold room.
Maintenance
Our loudspeakers are coated in high-quality veneers or high-gloss lacquers. You should avoid using
chemical cleaning agents because these can aack the loudspeaker surfaces and make them go ma.
As a rule, a ne, so and damp cloth is all that you need to clean the surfaces. If a cleaning agent is
required, use this to dampen the cloth and do not directly apply it to the surface. It is best if you test the
suitability of the cleaning agent on a less visible part of the cabinet. The drivers do not normally need to
be cleaned. Dust parcles fall o quickly when the loudspeakers are operated. You can, however, use a
so brush to lightly brush over the surfaces of the drivers . When doing so, make sure you do not put any
pressure on it. Please never use any cleaning agents on the drivers. Do not expose the loudspeakers to
direct sunlight. Anodised surfaces are sensive to acids and alkalis and to ultraviolet light and may fade.
The drivers in this range of AUDIO PHYSIC loudspeakers use a unique mounng technique. Rather than
directly mounng the drivers onto the cabinet of the loudspeaker, the drill holes of the OREA contain
special neoprene plugs. These neoprene plugs ghten in the mounng hole when the screws are ed,
creang a permanently elasc connecon between the driver and the cabinet that reduces resonance.
You do not need to ghten these screws. Re-ghtening the screws may damage the plugs and have a
negave eect on the sound.
Burning in the Loudspeakers
The loudspeaker rst reach its full sound potenal aer a specic burn-in period. We burn in the drivers
of the OREA at our factory prior to assembly, meaning that they normally only need a burn-in period of
a few hours at a normal room volume and with music that has a range of frequencies that is as wide as
possible, for example orchestral pieces. Recordings containing ’white or pink noise’ such as those
available on many so-called Test CDs are also ideal. For safety reasons, these pieces should never be
played at high volumes.
Stray Magnec Fields
The magnec eld created by the individual driver magnets may to some extent have an eect outside
of the loudspeaker. This stray magnec eld may interfere with other devices, parcularly televisions
and monitors with cathode ray tubes (not LCD or plasma televisions), for example by causing changes in
colour in the picture. We recommend that you place the loudspeaker approximately half a metre away
from such devices (and also from magnet tapes, video cassees, credit cards with magnec stripes, etc.).
Where possible, please retain the loudspeaker packaging. You can then securely transport your
loudspeaker if you move house.
