Monitor Audio GS60 - Manual (Page 3)

Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Monitor Audio Gold Signature loudspeakers.
The new Gold Signature series has been designed with improvements in every area,
building on the strength and ethos of the original award winning Gold Reference.
Although there are some visual similarities, major improvements have been made
in the construction and quality of materials used with a ‘no expense spared’
approach. All metal parts are made from die-cast alloys and in the case of the
driver chassis and chassis clamp system, a combination of cast aluminium and Zinc are
used alternately to provide a structure that has different resonance properties, thus
providing a high degree of resonance cancellation and damping. The cabinet is more
rigid with traditional tongue and groove construction and better internal bracing. New
die-cast alloy terminal panels are now located low down on the GS20 and GS60 to
provide neat access and avoid unsightly trailing cables. The plinth is also now made
from a rigid cast alloy with a discreet aerofoil profile. New alloy composite feet and
spikes round off this highly accomplished package.
The new RST
® 2 cone profile has been refined to provide better control of break up.
A new C-CAM ® gold dome tweeter has been developed to propel high frequency
performance to beyond 40KHz. Extensive development has also resulted in another
unique feature; the HiVe2 port design. This new port technology uses a straight rifled
construction to aid air flow and reduce turbulence.
Your Gold GS loudspeakers come complete with grilles, port bungs (all products),
plinths, spikes, and tool box (GS20 and GS60 only). The tool box contains; hex keys
for adjusting the spikes and attaching the plinth, a cleaning cloth, and the spikes for
the spike assembly.
The GS10 is a rear ported cabinet design. Because of this design, we recommend
that when fixing the loudspeakers to a wall the port bungs are used. This may also
apply when any of the ported loudspeakers are positioned very close to a rear/side
wall.
The GS20 and GS60 are both designed with two port tubes (per loudspeaker). One is
on the front of the cabinet; the other is on the rear. These ports should not need to be
blocked if you are using your loudspeaker in a room greater than about 9m
2 . However,
if you cannot implement the ‘ideal’ speaker positioning, then experiment using the
port bungs. First start by fitting them in the rear port, then the front, and then both to
see which configuration is best suited to your personal tastes and room constraints.
The port bungs are another way of fine-tuning the loudspeaker to fit in sonically with
your home environment.
WARNING: Care must be taken not to insert the port bungs too far into the
port as this may result in the foam bung being lost inside the cabinet.
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