Aaron HCC-300 Instructions Manual

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caring for your speakers

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INSTRUCTIONSCongratulations on choosing a pair of “Aaron" loudspeakers. We at Aaron have gone to the upmosttrouble to ensure your continuing satisfaction for many years to come. Every individual speaker mustmeet our exacting specifications with regards to performance and craftsmanship before it is allowed toleave our factory.The single biggest bone of contention that customers have with speaker manufacturers iscaused when a speaker is damaged by too much power input or by amplifier distortion. This is notcovered by warranty as it is deemed to be customer abuse, often the customer feels this problemshould not arise. So in an effort to further improve our relationship with you, (our valuedcustomer), there is something we will try to help you understand in an effort to circumvent thispotential problem.As a manufacturer it is impossible to protect or prevent you the consumer from damaging thespeaker 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 youpurchase a 100W speaker then the amplifier must be rated at 100W or less. By the way, it isperfectly alright to use a 400W speaker with a 10W amplifier there is no limit in that direction but asa general rule an amplifier closer to the rating of the speaker will sound a little better. If the speakeris very efficient the improvement will be less obvious.The second problem is far harder to understand and avoid. You see, even if the amplifier poweris smaller than the speaker it is still possible to damage the speaker. This is caused by what isknown as distortion. An amplifier distorts when the volume control is turned up too high forcing theamplifier 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 toknow when your amplifier has passed its limit and is distorting. The position of your volume controlwill not tell you, if the source output, (the source is a DVD player, CD player or Tape deck etc.) ishigh then the amplifier may distort with the volume control at 12 o`clock but on the other hand ifthe source has a low output the amplifier may not distort until 3 o`clock. The only way to tell is bylistening carefully to the music quality. Don`t turn the volume control any more if the soundbecomes harsher, less tight and a bit blaring. That holds even if the volume control is less than halfway.IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL YOU READTHIS NEXT SECTION!OTHERWISE IT COULD CAUSE YOU ALOT OF NEEDLESS EXPENSE