Tag mclaren audio PROTEUS F1-CA AVANTGARDE LOUDSPEAKER User Manual

contents

02 welcome

04 features

08 installation

11 running in and warming up

12 care and maintenance

13 technical data

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Proteus F1-CAAvantGarde loudspeaker

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welcome

welcome

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Dr. Udo Zucker – Physicist, PhD in

Science, designer of award-winning

control electronics, dedicated audiophile

and Chief Executive Officer of TAG

McLaren Audio

Award-winning TAG McLaren technology

- the TAG2000 F1 powertrain control

system has been selected as a Millennium

Product by the British Design Council

welcome to

TAG McLaren Audio exists with one aim

in mind: to produce the very best high-end

audio equipment in the world.

Like many people, I often have my best

ideas when relaxing to a piece of music.

For years, knowing the technical

capabilities of TAG McLaren, I have

nurtured the ambition to push sound

reproduction to the absolute limit; that’s

why we formed TAG McLaren Audio.

At the core of our development team

are highly experienced electronics

engineers whose heritage of award-

winning hi-fi and world-beating electronic

control systems is envied by many and

equalled by few.

TAG McLaren Audio
Proteus F1-CA
AvantGarde loudspeaker
shown here with
matching F1 AvantGarde
loudspeakers

world of hi-fi we are able to utilise our

expertise in mechanical engineering,

composite material technology, multi-layer

printed circuit boards, fast digital signal

processing, electronic noise suppression,

radio frequency technology and software

design to name but a few.

in the toughest of all technical sports:

Formula One motor racing.We directly

apply them to enhance our high-end audio

products; for example composite material

technology is used to make resonant - free

loudspeaker cabinets, suspension

In addition to our experience in the

All these skills are sharpened to compete

technology decouples electronics from the

sound field and digital signal processing

makes better home cinema products.The list

is almost endless.

I have been an audiophile for more than

30 years, and have used and upgraded many,

many audio systems in that time. Our aim is

sonic perfection combined with aesthetic

delight and solid build quality – a rare

combination in hi-fi but one which TAG

McLaren Audio is delivering.

It is our audio engineers’ technical

capability which provides outstanding sound

quality and our stylists’ ability to look into

the future which makes the Proteus F1-CA

AvantGarde loudspeaker so desirable.

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features

features

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Thank you for purchasing the TAG McLaren Audio F1 Proteus

loudspeaker.

Proteus F1-CA AvantGarde Loudspeaker

Proteus is a magnetically shielded, high performance, 3 way,

fourth order reflex-loaded loudspeaker system capable of

reproducing both music and movie soundtracks with

outstanding clarity and transparency.The Proteus is ideal for

all room sizes, including larger rooms which require greater

sound pressure levels to recreate a performance with realistic

volume levels.The combination of a unique enclosure with

lowest distortion drive units and no-expense-spared crossovers

generates sound reproduction at a level of transparency and

clarity which is extremely rare to find.

'Composite Technology'

TAG McLaren pioneered the use of

Composite Technology in F1 motor racing

almost 20 years ago, at a time when only

the most advanced aerospace programmes

used carbon fibre composites exploiting

their extraordinary combination of strength

and weight.

The Proteus' cabinet is constructed using

an open mould system with multiple split

lines to allow the lamination of shapes with

complex curvature.The enclosure walls are

manufactured from a carefully chosen blend

of glass fibres and slate-loaded epoxy resin

to provide high stiffness with intrinsic

damping. The enclosure is subdivided into

two chambers.The midrange chamber is

formed by a sub-enclosure being bonded

directly onto the front baffle to provide

further structural re-enforcement to the

front baffle which holds the drive units.The

internal geometry also ensures that there

are no parallel, reflective surfaces to avoid

internal resonances.These measures prevent

the enclosure from flexing and re-radiating

energy thereby reducing distortion and

colouration.

optimised dispersion enclosure geometry

The smooth and irregular curvature of the

enclosure has been carefully designed to

optimise the dispersion of sound energy

from the enclosure.The Proteus generates

an even and consistent energy output both

on and off axis resulting in a solid and

accurate image within a very wide listening

area.As a result, the Proteus will easily

integrate into your room and, when used in

conjunction with F1-RLA loudspeakers, will

create a perfectly integrated Home Theatre

loudspeaker installation.

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