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Chapter 1: About the
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Chapter 2: Speaker

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Chapter 3: Troubleshooting.
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Contact:

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Alesis Corporation

3530 Holdrege Ave.
Los Angeles,
USA

Point Seven

EN55013:1990 Class B
EN55020:1988 sections

7.0 & 8.0 are under consideration

Sound Technology
17 Letchworth Point,
Hertfordshire, SG6 1ND,
England.
Phone:

+M;1.462.480800

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CA90016

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Lechworth,

+4.162.480ffi0

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Contents

About the Point

Unpacking and

Seven

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Spcaker Installatlon

Speaker Placement....

About Wire

Troubleshooting

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offers a frequency response

connection

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and humidity. Therefore,

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deep bass extension. The

woofer piston area

monitoring.

tips.

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after the initial

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cone,

the need for mirror-imaged

accurate studio sound of Alesis'

Point Seven's newly developed

to 27kHz, which has been tailored

with

twice the stiffness for quicker

and improved midrange

along

with the closed cell synthetic

impervious to ozone, direct

break-in

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