ACI Panorama Owners manual

Panorama

Reference Monitor

Owner's Manual

Table of Contents:

Guarantee/Warranty …2
Specifications …4
Design Philosophy …4
Using your Speakers …6
Avoiding Damage …6
Hookup …7
Positioning the Panoramas …8
Adding Subwoofers …9
Troubleshooting …10
Warranty Registration …12

Audio Concepts, Inc.

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

Website: www.audioc.com Ema il: [e-mail]

All Rights Reserved 2004

Sound that Satisfies…

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:

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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
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 first 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]

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.

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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!

The Panorama

Thank you for your order and congratulations on becoming the owner of an ACI speaker
system. ACI speakers are designed to be the most cost-effective systems available. By purchasing
directly from the factory you eliminate costly markups. You will find that your Panoramas will compare
favorably with systems costing far more! These fine speakers will provide you with many years of
listening pleasure!

The potential of Home Theater has inspired us to move further beyond convention and to rise
above the status quo. The Panorama is an outstanding example of this perspective. It is at once
powerful yet flexible, elegant yet bold. The Panorama is equally adept at recreating the visceral
dynamics of home theater and the essential musical purity usually attained only by speakers that lack its
potency.

The Panorama makes an absolutely superb two-channel monitor. Even without a sub, the bass
is clean, tight, powerful and surprisingly deep. Add an ACI sub(s) and you have true full-range
performance. For home-theater, you have many options including Veritas or Essence for center
channel. For surrounds you can use additional Panoramas or other ACI models. The Panorama is the
essential building block of your ultimate system.

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 extensive 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.

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Specifications

Frequency response: 42-20kHz ±3db, 100-10kHz ±1.5db
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms, minimum impedance 4 ohms, low reactance
Sensitivity: 87db 1 watt/1 meter
Bass-loading: Fourth order vented system
Recommended RMS Power: 50 to 250 watts per channel
Tweeter: Hand-damped silk 1” dome with aperiodic rear chamber, cast face plate and ferro-fluid
Bass-mid: 5 ¼" cast-frame, rubber surround, double magnet, long-throw shielded
Woofer: 6 1/2" cast-frame, rubber surround, long throw, shielded
Cabinet: MDF Construction: 1” Front Panel, 3/4” Top, Bottom and Rear. Multiple density sides include

3/4” MDF with added 3/4” solid hardwood sides. Internally damped with 2” convoluted foam.
Finishes: Hardwood sides available in clear lacquer on American oak or black oak. (Optional cherry,
maple, walnut and rose walnut finishes also available).

Inputs: Gold plated binding posts
Dimensions: 23 1/4" tall, 9 1/2" wide, 15 1/2" deep
Weight: 53 lbs each
Recommended accessories: Atlantis or Sanus Systems stands, Force, Titan, or Maestro Powered

Subwoofers, DH Labs Cables

Design Philosophy for the Panorama

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

Our design goals for the Panorama were to produce a speaker that would set standards both for
two-channel and multi-channel use. The Panorama had to be the ultimate monitor with nearly full-range
response. The Panorama had to be an attractively proportioned and constructed speaker with smooth,
uncolored, wide-range response, three-dimensional stereo imaging, good sensitivity, high power