Vienna Acoustics Klimt Klimt Series, Klimt The Music, Klimt Poetry, Klimt The Kiss Owner's Manual
Klimt Series™ – Owners Manual
THE MUSIC / THE KISS / POETRY
Thank you for your investment in one of the world´s most advanced loudspeaker
designs available. We have worked tirelessly to produce this loudspeaker system
and trust that you will enjoy the musical performance this product offers. To
achieve this new level of performance, special care has been taken in the
construction, the materials and the execution of this entirely new design. In
order to take full advantage of your new loudspeaker system, critical setup
attention must be taken to ensure that it performs as intended.
Please read this manual carefully and utilize the setup suggestions discussed.
Ultimately, the most important part of the process is to listen to music and
enjoy. Our suggestions are just that, suggestions. If you find in your listening
environment that a slightly different adjustment in setup results in a more
enjoyable sonic picture, then follow it. All rooms are different and thus, we
cannot give an accurate, single installation instruction guide that will cover all
possible environments. Please feel free to contact us or your local distributor
with any setup related questions. It is our collective goal to ensure that you
achieve the best possible performance out of this sophisticated product.
Thank you again and happy listening.
Sincerely,
Vienna Acoustics
Table of Contents
Product Description
1.1 Technology
1.2 Construction
1.3 Construction Details – The Music
1.4 Construction Details – The Kiss
1.5 Construction Details - Poetry
Connection Instructions
2.1 Amplification
2.2 Cable selection
2.3 Connection
2.4 Setup Instructions
Setup Instructions
3.1 Break-In
3.2 Positioning The Music and The Kiss
3.3 Positioning Poetry
3.4 Fine adjustments
3.5 Controls – The Music
3.6 Controls – The Kiss and Poetry
Listening
Technical Information
The Music
The Kiss
Poetry
Product Description
1.1 Technology
The Klimt Series™ loudspeakers feature an extensive list of new technologies.
Beginning with the new patented Flat-Spider-Cone™ midrange driver, special
care has been taken with the choice of materials and crafting. This driver is
created from a compound of several thermal plastic polymers as well as added
glass fibers. This material composition offers both a considerable stiffness to
mass ratio while also possessing the necessary self silencing necessary to ensure
a lack of coloration in sound reproduction. That is, the cone material itself is
virtually silent eliminating the need for notch type filters in the cross-over. The
goal is to eliminate the problem of cone resonances before they begin. Added to
the special material composition is the new flat design which further removes
the sonic signature of the driver by eliminating the cone diffraction of the cone
walls most often referred to as horn-loading. It is through the process of
concentrating on both physical construction or forming and with special quiet
materials that we are able to achieve this new level of performance that is free
of the normal mechanical limitations as well as resonances present in most
conventional midrange cone designs.
In addition to this entirely new flat midrange driver, we have installed a special,
hand crafted silk dome tweeter in its middle or pole location. Doing so allows for
a timing or phase correctness that cannot otherwise be achieved. Ultimately our
final complete coincident driver pairing is capable of reproducing the entire
human vocal range, and beyond, without any cross-over interference particularly
within the most critical human vocal range. The end result is a system that takes
on a presence which until now has only been available in compact monitors. A
further advantage of this design is the mentioned timing or phase correctness of
the overall combination. The complete assembly results in a dispersion
characteristic that creates much more of a “sweet area” versus the typical
“sweet spot” found in most designs. For this reason we prefer to describe this
entire assembly as the Music Center.
It is with this design ideal of concentrating on driver development in both the
mechanical and the material domains that the goal of a highly simplified crossover is achieved. As with our other designs, we begin with a first order crossover. This we believe allows us to achieve the most seamless integration of all of
the drivers into a single, cohesive whole. This is in part why we have chosen to
offer only the purest and simplest hook up interface of single-wire terminals.
Special care has also been taken with the formulation of the alloys used in these
propriety Vienna Acoustics speaker terminals to ensure the quietest connection
interface between speaker and speaker wire.
1.2 Construction
Each model within the Klimt Series™ features a top section or head which is a
completely sealed module of equal internal volumes. This construction allows us
to control and carefully position the critical Music Center. Holding this sealed
enclosure is a solid alloy shoe. This single piece alloy shoe attaches to the Music
Center´s cabinet in two points in the front and a single point in the rear. To
further eliminate the potential for extraneous mechanical information to reach up
from the bass cabinet, the aluminum shoe is similarly attached through one
large alloy connection point in the rear and a single point in the front. The
overall goal with this sophisticated design is to allow the entire Music Center to
be positioned at its optimal height and position while also being completely
isolated mechanically from the bass cabinet.
Caution: Under no circumstances should the speaker be carried or moved by
holding the Music Center. The result can be permanent damage to the
adjustment mechanism.
1.3 Construction Details – The Music
Unlike most typical bass cabinets, the bass cabinet of The Music is divided into
several cabinets. The top woofer occupies its own cabinet with dedicated
venting. The two additional woofers share their own dedicated cabinet with dual
venting ports. The three Vienna Acoustics proprietary X3P Spider-Cone™
woofers are then run in parallel with the upper bass unit most directly extending
the bass performance of the Music Center and the two lower bass units aiding in
further extending bass and overall dynamics. This entire bass assembly acts far
more like integrated subwoofers compared to more typical bass units.
The Murata Super-Tweeter occupies its own environment and is mounted at the
top of the bass cabinet allowing it to occupy the same general dispersion space
as the Music Center. Given the extreme extension this unit adds to overall
performance, it is not necessary for it to be mounted in the same cabinet as the
conventional tweeter. For this reason we are able to minimize the overall baffle
area of the Music Center itself thus eliminate cabinet diffraction.
With a complete speaker system of such mass, it was also necessary to develop
special hardware that not only would allow for the fine adjustment in final setup
but one that is substantial enough to physically support it. Each individual spiked
foot features an oversized threaded center core with a large specially formed
head allowing for easy adjustment. Additionally, there are four lock ring nuts
that allow for the final locking of each spiked foot after proper setup has been
completed. In the event these speakers are installed on fine wood or stone
floors, specially created floor protectors are also supplied.
Caution: Under no circumstances should The Music be installed without the
base hardware installed.
1.4 Construction Details – The Kiss
The bass cabinet in The Kiss is a bass reflex design. This allows the full
advantage of our new proprietary X3P Spider-Cone™ woofer to be taken
advantage of. In this configuration we are both able to extend the lower
extremes of bass response while also maintaining an overall system that can be
matched to the largest selection of high quality amplifiers.
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