ACI Emerald On Wall Owners manual

Emerald On-Wall

Shielded Reference

Owner's Manual

Tab of Contents:

Guarantee/Warranty …2
Specifications …4
Design Philosophy …4
Using your Speakers …6
Avoiding Damage …7
Hookup …8
Hanging the Emerald On-Wall …8

Positioning ...8
Break-In …10
Troubleshooting …10
Warranty Registration …12

Audio Concepts, Inc.

901 South 4th Street, La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Website: www.audioc.com Email: [e-mail]

All Rights Reserved 2003

Sound that Satisfies…

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Audio Concepts, Inc.

Our Guarantee and Warranty

Satisfaction Guaranteed:

We’re sure you’re going to love your new Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI) products! In the unlikely event that you
are not satisfied, please contact us within 30 days of receipt of your ACI products for a hassle-free return.

Simply follow these procedures:

1. Return Authorization: Call us at [phone] or email [e-mail], within 30 days of receipt of your

ACI products for a return authorization number. Boldly mark the return authorization number on the outside of the
box. Include a brief note stating your name, address and daytime telephone number, along with a short description
why the products are being returned.

2. Returning: We request that you return the ACI products to us in their original packaging and include packaging

materials, manuals, etc. Ship by the most economical means (preferably UPS) and insure the products for the
invoice purchase price. The customer is responsible for return shipping. Please note: ACI can not accept C.O.D.

returns.

3. Credit: Upon receipt and inspection, we will issue a refund for the invoice purchase price and invoiced UPS Ground

service only. Please note this return policy is in effect only if the ACI products are in new condition, in their original
packaging, without drilled holes, disassembled or any other modifications.

Speaker Manufacture’s Warranty:

ACI’s Five Year Standard Warranty and One Year Total Assurance Guarantee
For five years from receipt, Audio Concepts, Inc. will, at its option, repair or replace factory defective

components. This warranty excludes products that have been abused, modified, or disassembled in any
way. This warranty does not apply to products, which have been damaged in shipping. Audio Concepts, Inc.
liability is limited only to the replacement of defective parts. No other liabilities or obligations are expressed
or implied.

For the first year of ownership, ACI also provides a unique Total Assurance Guarantee, (TAG). TAG from
ACI not only covers everything included in our standard five year warranty, but we will also pay for shipping
to ACI and back to your front door. TAG is limited to shipping destinations in the Continental U.S.

The ACI Five Year Standard Warranty and One Year Total Assurance Guarantee are fully transferable from
the original owner to a secondary owner provided that the original owner notifies ACI, by phone call or by
filling out the on-line form: www.audioc.com/order/warranty_transfer.htm

No warranty will be transferred absent this notification.

Simply follow these procedures:

1. Return Authorization: Call us at [phone] or email [e-mail] for a return authorization number. If

the warranty repair is during the first year of ownership, additional instructions will be given to you at that time.
Boldly mark the return authorization number on the outside of the box. Include a brief note with your name, address
and a daytime telephone number, along with a short description why the products are being returned.

2. Returning: Carefully repack defective ACI merchandise in their original packaging. Ship by the most economical

means (preferably UPS) and insure the products for their full retail value. The customer is responsible for return
shipping (unless the 1st year TAG applies). Please note: ACI can not accept COD or Freight Collect returns.

3. Replacement: Audio Concepts, Inc. will inspect and determine the cause of failure and will pay return shipping on

the defective goods replaced or repaired.

Please ship any returns to the following address:

Audio Concepts, Inc., 901 So. 4

th

Street, La Crosse, WI 54601 [phone]

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

All new speakers require a minimum of 60 hours break-in-time before
they sound the way they are supposed to. A speaker's performance improves significantly
once broken in. It is critical that you have at least 60 hours on your speakers before you
evaluate them. Don't worry if your speakers do not sound perfect the first time you play
them. This is normal until they are broken in. If you are having difficulty getting enough
hours on your speakers and your 30 day return privilege is getting near, call us. We will
work with you. Please give us the courtesy of breaking the speakers in before you
determine they don't sound right.

Many of our customers break their speakers in by:
A) Leaving them on at moderate listening levels when they are not home.

B) Leaving them on at moderate listening levels while they sleep.
C) Running pink noise through them.

These methods are not convenient for everyone and we understand this. But
please know that you are not giving yourself, your speakers or us a fair chance if you do
not break them in before critical evaluation.

THANK YOU!

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The Emerald On-Wall

Thank you for your order and congratulations on becoming the owner of an Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI)
speaker system. The Emerald On-Wall is an audiophile quality system that will provide you with many years
of listening pleasure! Be sure and take a moment to register your warranty later in this manual.

The Emerald On-Wall is one of the first of its kind: a high-end speaker model specifically designed to be
mounted on-wall or on-ceiling. The Emerald On-Wall not only features superb sonic performance, it is built
to ACI's high standards and features a variety of "looks" to match virtually any decor. The base model is
architectural black. Add any of ACI’s optional solid hardwood side panels to complete your "look". Use the
Emerald On-Wall anywhere you demand high-end sound performance but need or prefer a speaker that
takes up almost no room. For years, audiophiles and videophiles have given the Emerald the highest marks
for musical reality. With the Emerald On-Wall, we've adjusted the tuning of the speaker to take advantage of
the on-wall placement.

Specifications

Frequency response: 60-20kHz ±3db
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Sensitivity: 88db 1 watt/1 meter
Bass-loading: Fourth order, computer aligned dual bottom firing vents
Recommended RMS Power: 30 to 150 watts per channel (up to 200 watts when used with subwoofers)
Tweeter: 1” silk, shielded dome
Bass-mid: 5 ¼” cast-frame, double magnet, long-throw shielded
Dimensions: 11 ¾” tall, 16” wide and 5 ½” deep
Weight: 16 lbs
Recommended accessories: Titan or Force powered subwoofers, DH-Labs wires

Design philosophy for the Emerald On-Wall

Modern speaker design is a combination of science, art and sweat. A successful design such as the
Emerald On-Wall requires thousands of hours utilizing computer modeling, several generations of
prototypes, precision testing, critical listening and many "fine tunings".

Our design goals for the Emerald On-Wall were to take the excellent musical characteristics of the
Emerald and configure them in a cabinet designed for on-wall or on-ceiling mounting. We wanted to produce
the Emerald On-Wall as a model that will be equally at home in two-channel stereo or five or seven channel
HT applications. The Emerald On-Wall had to maintain the musicality of the Emerald while improving
dynamic range and bass output to meet the demands of HT. Our sonic requirements were for smooth,
uncolored, wide-range response, three-dimensional stereo imaging, good sensitivity, high power handling,
and the ability to convey the "soul" of the music. The Emerald On-Wall also had to use specially developed,
fully shielded drive units to allow placement right next to, above or below a television set or video monitor.
The Emerald On-Wall had to be extremely linear in the midrange with controlled dispersion to provide
optimum speech intelligibility for video dialog, (center channel) applications. Although designed for excellent
bass response, the Emerald On-Wall had to be easily adaptable for use with subwoofers. We are pleased to