Stabilize.
Pins
Spea-kers
posilioned
onasoftsurfacesuchascarpetingoran
unevensu.faceareabletorockbackandforth
slightlyand
willvibrateinreaction
tothoseforcesihespeaker
generates
tomove
thedriverdiaphragms.
(Every
actionhas
anequaland
opposite
reaction.)
Thismotionofthespeakercausesaloss
ofmusicalinfonnationandreducesrheclarity
ofthemusic.
Inordertoeliminatethiseffect,theTHIELCSI.2
canbeusedwiththeincludedstabilizer
pins.
The
srabilizer
pins,
either
oftwotyp€s,are
pushed
intothr€e
pre-dr;lled
holesinthebaseofeachspeakerThe
poiniedpins
are
forspeakerstharwill be
placed
oncarpet.The
pointpenetrates
rhecarpet
andallowsthespeakertor€sifirmlyonthefloor.
Theroundedslabilizer
pins
areforspeakersihatare
placed
onahard,
unevensurface.Thethree
pinsprovide
astable
foundationwhichel;minares
someobscuringofinlbrmalionand
produces
acleane.,
morearticulatesound.
Th€rearesomeapplicationswhere
thestabilizer
pins
willnotbringanirnprovement
insoundbutmayactuallymake
it
worse.Thissiruation
occurs
when
iheflooritselfisnorrigidandthereforevibrateswhen
connededtoihespeakersvia
the
slabilizerpins.Weencourageyou
toexperimenttoderermineforyourselfwhelher
ornotthisisihecase.
Werecommend
lhat
you
determinethe
position
ofyourspeakers
beforeinseningihe
pointed
srabilizerpins.Toinsertthe
pins,
rihthespeakerforward
and
push
theiwoback
pins
fullyintothe1
'deep
holes
locatedineachbackcornerofthe
plinth.
Thenrockthesperler
backwafdandinsertthefionipin.
Finally.
press
fimly onthetopofthespeakerwithaslightrocking
motionuntilthepinspenet.ate
lbecarpetcomplerely.Tocheckthatlhepins
arcfirmlyseated,lighilyiapthe
backandsideof
thespeaker.Thereshouldbenomovem€ntandthespeaker
shouldf€elsolidlyinplace.
lfthe speakerismovedwith
the
p;ns
inplace,
careshouldbeialentolifl thespeakersstraightupwarduntilallthe
pins
haveclearedthe
carpel.Also,tiltingthespeakersoitsweightisresring
onanysingle
pin
candamageihewood
base.
Please
becautionedthatthe
pointedpins canbedangero sif ot usedwithcarc.TheJcanca sesma dentsin ha |'ood
tloon andit ispossible
to damaqecarye^ if thespeikersarcnovedincoftectlJ withthepi sin place.
AssociatedEquipment
The
CSI.2isa
very
high
quality
soundreproducerandwill benefit
from
usewiththebestassociated
equipment.Sinceiris
extremelyaccurate.it will revealsourcesofdistoniongenerared
elsewhereinihesystem.For
example.distortionresulring
fromcartridgemisalignrneniorinferior
electronics
willbereproducedaccurarely.Also,the
quality
oftheinterconnecrcables
and
spealercables
will significandyeffectthe
performance
oftbesysrem.
PowerRequirements
It isimponanttohave
enough
power
to
play
atthelevel
you
desirewithout
distortion.Ifhighsoundl€velsare
desired.the
CSl.2saredes;gnedtobeusedwithamplifi€rsratedupto 150watts
per
channel.If youplay
ihespeakersmoreloudly
rhan
thevolumetheamplifiercancleanly
produce,
thearnplifiefwillproduce
overload
(clipping)
distonion.
Thesoundwitl
becomecomprcssed,slrained,andin
extremecases.obviouslydisrorr€d.Thisdislonionis
actuallynon,musicalu.hlititrt
€nery)andsince
it isconcentmtedinthebighfiequencyregionwhere
thespeakerisleastableiohandleir,rweeters
canbe
damagedinextremecases.
Keepinmindthatsound
qraliry
isusuallymuchmoreimponant
thansound
qrdrriry.
Therecanbelargedifferences
inrhe
sonic
perfonnance
oftwoamplifiersofequal
power
which
are
moreimportant
thanalargedifferenceinpower.
Almosr
everybodywill be
happierwith
a50
watt
amplitierofhighsonic
quality
rhan
with
a200
watt
amplifierofmediocre
sonic
quality.
Forthisreason,we
feelthereisnosubsiitureforlisteningtomakeyour
amplifierdecision.
The
question
"how
much
power
doI need?"doesnothavethe
simpleanswermost
people
expecrbecauseir;! not
determinedonlybytheloudspeaker'sefficiency,but
alsobythe
volume
desiredandthesizeoftheroom.Ifall tbreelactors
areaverage.aboui50watts
per
channelisrequired.
Eachfactorcanraiseorlowerthisamount
byaboutthreerimes.
1)A spealerwithalowefficiency
of84dB,AV,m
willrequire
twicethe
powerofan
average
87dBA-mspeakerandonc
with
ahighmtingofgodB,Aff'm
willrequneonlyhallthe
power
ofanaveragespeaker.Usually,highefficiency
caDbe
obtainedonlybytradingoffsonic
quality-there
areveryfew
spealersthat
prcvide
a
very
highlevelofboth.The
CSI.2is
ofaverageefficiency
(87dB)
andthereforerequiresanormal
amounrofpower.
2)Usually,
people
who"don'tlikemusicloud"
candecrcasetheir
power
ioaboutone-half.Also,
people
who
likemusic
loudshouldincreasetheir
power
by2times
ormore.
Most
people
fallwithinanormalrange.
3)A smallroomwillneedless
power
fora
g;ven
loudness
levelthanalargeroom.A verysrnallroom
of 1000cufr(l1 x
l1
'withan8'ceiling)will usuallyrequ;re
onlyhalfthe
power
ofanaveragesizeroom.A large
roomof6000cuft (20x30
witha l0'ceiling)will usually
require
twicetheaverage
power.
lf thelisteningroomis
connectedtoanotherroombyalarge
openarea,therequired
power
will increase,butnotbytbeamountofthecombinedroomvolume.lfrhe
roomhasa
"dropped"
ceiling
w;thI;ghtpanels,
theceilingwill bealmosttransparentacoustically
andthespaceabovethece;ling
should
beadded.lfthe
panels
areheavytheywill actasamorenormalceiling.
With
allthisinmind.a
p€rson
whodoesn'tlikero
play
rnusic
very
loudlyandhasasmallroomcan
get
highquality
sound
with
only20wattswhereasa
person
whosometimeslikes
to
play
loudlyandhasalargeroommayneed
150
wans.
