Sonance R1CAB User Manual

REFERENCE CABINET SPEAKERS

R1CAB QUICKSTART GUIDE

Box Contents

(1) Quickstart Guide

(1) Reference cabinet speaker (R1CAB)

(1) Cloth grille

(4) Self-adhesive rubber feet

Installing the Rubber Feet

Peel the adhesive backing from the included rubber feet.
Depending on orientation place the feet on a side or
bottom panel. The feet should be located approximately
1” (25mm) from the speaker’s edges (see Figure 1).

Attach

Rubber Feet

At Corners

Vertical

Orientation

Figure 1: Attaching the Rubber Feet

Horizontal

Orientation

CAUTION: ENSURE THE SPEAKER IS INSTALLED IN A
LOCATION THAT IT CANNOT FALL AND CAUSE DAMAGE
OR INJURY.

Installation

The R1CAB Cabinet Speaker’s binding post connectors
(see Figure 2) will accept single banana connectors,
spade lugs, pin connectors or bare wire.

CAUTION: BE SURE TO PREVENT THE ‘+’ CONNECTOR FROM
CONTACTING THE ‘–’ CONNECTOR. TOUCHING CONNECTORS
WILL CAUSE A SHORT-CIRCUIT THAT CAN DAMAGE YOUR
AMPLIFIER/RECEIVER.

IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE THAT THE SPEAKER WIRE
POLARITY IS CORRECT: SPEAKER ‘+’ TO AMPLIFIER ‘+’
AND SPEAKER ‘–’ TO AMPLIFIER ‘–’. PROPER POLARITY
IS CRITICAL FOR GOOD SPEAKER PERFORMANCE,
PARTICULARLY IN HOME THEATER INSTALLATIONS.

Tweeter Level Adjustments

In most rooms, R1CAB Cabinet speakers will sound
best with the tweeter adjustment in the FLAT position.
However, if the speakers sound too bright in your room,
set the TWEETER LEVEL switch to the –3dB position.
If the sound in your room is too dull, set the switch to the
+3dB position (see Figure 2).

Woofer Boundary
Compensation Adjustment

Placing the R1CAB cabinet speaker on top of a solid
surface or in a book case can increase the speaker’s
output by as much as 6dB in the 65Hz – 200Hz range.

This can aect the naturalness of music and make male

voices sound thick and heavy. You can check for this
by playing pink noise through the left, center and right

speakers and noting any tonal dierences between
them. If any of the speakers are aected this way, set its

WOOFER BOUNDARY COMPENSATION switch to the
ON position to reduce its output in the 65Hz – 200Hz
range (see Figure 2).

WOOFER BOUNDARY

COMPENSATION

ON +3dB

OFF

TWEETER

LEVEL

FLAT

– 3dB

Sonance Reference Series

R1CAB

Figure 2: Connector Panel

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