ACI Essence 5, Essence V Owners manual

Essence V

Shielded Reference

Owner's Manual

Table of Contents:

Guarantee/Warranty …2
Specifications …4
Design Philosophy …4
Using your Speakers …6
Avoiding Damage …7
Hookup …8
Positioning the Essence V ...8
Adding Subwoofers ….9
Break-In …9
Troubleshooting …10
Warranty Registration …11

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 5 Year Standard Warranty and 1 Year Total Assurance Guarantee
For 5 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 1st year of ownership, ACI also provides a unique Total Assurance Guarantee, (TAG). TAG
from ACI not only covers everything included in our standard 5 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 5 Year Standard Warranty and 1 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 Essence V

Thank you for your order and congratulations on becoming the owner of an Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI)
speaker system. The Essence V 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 either by mail or on-line at

www.audioc.com.

Home theater aficionados have often been less than pleased with the musicality of many high-end
home-theater speakers. The Essence V successfully bridges the gap between high-end stereo and high-end
home-theater. Besides precisely matching the awesome Veritas or Essence centers, the Essence V was
designed to be even more. The Essence V has what it takes to function as a front or rear channel speaker, or
even as a main monitor. At ACI, we will never quit trying to achieve more than we have achieved before. Our
customers are the happy recipients of our obsession. For a quarter of a century we have sought to bring our
customers excellence beyond expectation. Audition the Essence series today!

As in all ACI products, the finest drivers are used with extensively engineered and tested precision
crossover networks. The cabinets are built to be extremely inert with internal bracing. The midrange chamber
is specially shaped and damped. All design and quality aspects combine to yield absolute state-of-the-art
sound. The use of the finest lacquers and hardwoods results in a cabinet of exceptional beauty and durability.

Specifications

Frequency response: 75-20kHz ±3db, 100-10kHz ±1.5db
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Sensitivity: 87db 1 watt/1 meter
Bass-loading: Second order sealed system
Recommended RMS Power: 50-250 watts
Tweeter: 1” silk dome, ferro-fluid cooled, shielded
Bass-mid: 5 ¼” cast-frame, rubber surround, double magnet, long-throw, shielded
Woofers: Dual 6 ½” cast-frame, rubber surround, double magnet, shielded
Dimensions: 31 1/2” tall, 9” wide and 10 1/2” deep
Weight: 55 lbs
Recommended accessories: Force or Titan Subwoofer, Atlantis or Sanus Systems Stands, DH Labs

Speaker Cable

Design philosophy for the Essence V

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

Our design goals for the Essence V were to produce a speaker that would set the standard for multi­channel use. The Essence V had to be an exceptional performer for all channels in a multi-channel system.
The Essence V had to be an attractively proportioned and constructed speaker with smooth, uncolored, wide­range response, three-dimensional stereo imaging, good sensitivity, high power handling and dynamics,
crystal clear dialog and effects, and the ability to convey the "soul" of the musical score. The Essence V had to
be extremely linear in the midrange with controlled dispersion to provide optimum speech intelligibility for video
dialog. We also set a goal that the Essence V must be able to achieve optimum performance in your system