Mistral Bow A2
Floor Standing Speaker User Guide
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Mistral!Bow!A2!Florrstanding!Loudspeaker! ! !
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Introduction!
Thank! you! for! purchasing! your! Mistral! Audio! loudsp e ak er ! syst em.! We!are!confident!that! you! will!
experience!many!years!of!enjoyment!from!this!system.! Please!take!the!time!to!read!this!instruction!
manual!carefully!–!it!contains!imp o rt an t !information!about!your!system !and!will!allow!you!to!get!the!
maximum! enjoyment! from! it.! In! particular! make! sure! that! yo u ! read! the! D o s! and! Don’ts! overleaf!
before!getting!started.!
Placement!of!Your!Loudspeakers.!
The! two! most! significant! factors! influencing! the! sound! o f! your! loudspeakers! are! the! source! and!
amplification!components! you! use! them!with! and! the! positioning!of!the! loudspeakers! within!your!
listening!environment .!
Getting!the!best!sound!from!your!listening!environment!will!usually!involve!compromises!due!to!the!
placement! of! sofas,! tables! and! other! furnishings! in! your! listening! room.! ! However! the! following!
describes!the!ideal!location!of!your!loudspeakers.!!
For!stereo!systems,!you!are!likely!to!achieve!the! best!soun d! from! your! loudspeakers!by! placing!them !
2.0! –! 3.0! m! apart! and! approximately!0.25! m! from! your!chosen! rear! wall.! Your! listening! position!
should!ideally!be!2.5!–!3.0!m!away!from!each!speaker.!!
For! surround!sound!systems! the! fronts!should!be!placed! in! the! same!position!as! described! above!
and! with! the!centre! speaker!placed!directly!between!them.!The! rears!shou ld! be! p lace d! behind!you!
and!ideally!in!similar!positions!relative!to!the!wall!behind!you.!!!
Typically,! if! loudspeakers! are! placed! too! close! to! wa lls! the ! bass! will! increase! but! ma y! become!
‘boomy’.!If!the!loudspeakers !are!placed!further!away!from!walls,!the!bass!will!be!less!prominent.!You!
can! experiment! with! your! loudspeakers! in! different! positions! and! with! different! mu sic! until! you!
achieve!your!favoured!sound.!
Choosing!Cables!
Specialist!audio!cable!usually!offers!better!performance!than!general!purpose!‘bell’!or!‘zip’!wire.!!
Wiring!Your!Loudspeakers!
Your!loudspeakers! are!bi!wire!models!which!means!that! there!are!four!terminals!on!the!back!of! the!
speakers,! t wo! c o d e d!r e d ! (+)! an d ! tw o ! cod ed! black! (U).!Your! speaker! cables! will! be! coded ! positive ! (+)!
and!negative!(U)!and!should!be!connected!to!the!corresponding!terminals!on!your!loudspeakers.!!!
Using!Spikes!
Your! flo or! standing! speakers! are! supplied! with! spikes! which! can! b e! attached ! to! the ! und erside! of!
them.!The se!spikes!should!be!use d!to!achieve!the!best!sound.!The!spikes!can !be!screwed!into!place !
by!hand.!!
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