Aaron SAT-60 Manuals

INSTRUCTIONS Congratulations on choosing “Aaron" loudspeakers. We at Aaron have gone to the upmost trouble to ensure your continuing satisfaction for many years to come. Every individual speaker must meet our exacting specifications with regards to performance and craftsmanship before it is allowed to leave our factory. The single biggest bone of contention that customers have with speaker manufacturers is caused when a speaker is damaged by too much power input or by amplifier distortion. This is not covered by warranty as it is deemed to be customer abuse, often the customer feels this problem should not arise. So in an effort to further improve our relationship with you, (our valued customer), there is something we will try to help you understand in an effort to circumvent this potential problem. As a manufacturer it is impossible to protect or prevent you the consumer from damaging the speaker when one of the two following things happen: 1: Using an amplifier that has too much output for the speakers capacity. 2: Causing the amplifier to distort by turning up the volume too high. The first problem is easy to avoid. When you purchase an amplifier you must take note of its` power output. This will tell you the minimum size speaker to purchase. For instance if you purchase a 100W speaker then the amplifier must be rated at 100W or less. By the way, it is perfectly alright to use a 400W speaker with a 10W amplifier there is no limit in that direction but as a general rule an amplifier closer to the rating of the speaker will sound a little better. If the speaker is very efficient the improvement will be less obvious. The second problem is far harder to understand and avoid. You see, even if the amplifier power is smaller than the speaker it is still possible to damage the speaker. This is caused by what is known as distortion. An amplifier distorts when the volume control is turned up too high forcing the amplifier past its rated power output. So an amplifier rated at 100W can be forced to put out 120W. But 20W of that power is distortion and this is what damages your speaker. The hard part is to know when your amplifier has passed its limit and is distorting. The position of your volume control will not tell you, if the source output, (the source is a DVD player, CD player or Tape deck etc.) is high then the amplifier may distort with the volume control at 12 o`clock but on the other hand if the source has a low output the amplifier may not distort until 3 o`clock. The only way to tell is by listening carefully to the music quality. Don`t turn the volume control any more if the sound becomes harsher, less tight and a bit blaring. That holds even if the volume control is less than half way. IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL YOU READ THIS NEXT SECTION! OTHERWISE IT COULD CAUSE YOU A LOT OF NEEDLESS EXPENSE.