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Niles Audio PERFORMANCE PR6 User Manual

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Congratulations!

Thank you for choosing a Performance In-Wall Loudspeaker from Niles. With

proper installation and operation, you’ll enjoy years of trouble-free use.

Niles manufactures the industry’s most complete line of custom installation

components and accessories for audio/video systems. To see the complete Niles

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 2

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

2

INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS

4

LOUDSPEAKER PLACEMENT

6

INSTALLATION FUNDAMENTALS

9

INSTALLATION OF BRACKETS, FRAMES AND GRILLES IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

13

INSTALLATION OF BRACKETS, FRAMES AND GRILLES IN EXISTING WALLS

15

INSTALLATION OF THE LOUDSPEAKER, SENSOR AND GRILLE IN NEW OR

16

EXISTING CONSTRUCTION

REMOVAL OF LOUDSPEAKER AND GRILLE

20

OPERATION

20

SPECIFICATIONS 21

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Features and Benefits

Talc-Filled Polypropylene Woofer with
Butyl Rubber Surround and Custom
Debris Screens
The Niles PR Performance series loud-

speakers employ a high performance

woofer made of vacuum formed poly-

propylene with talc added for stiffen-

ing. The resulting cone offers low mass,

good damping and superb musicality.

Additionally, the woofer employs a Butyl

Rubber Surround for improved midrange

clarity as well as moisture resistance.

Custom debris screens prevent insulation

from coming in contact with the woofer.

3/4” Kaladex

®

Tweeter housed in a

Precision Adjustment Mechanism
The PR Performance series Kaladex

®

Tweeter employs DuPont’s latest mate-

rial technology to produce a dome tweet-

er with exceptional frequency response

and low distortion. Highs are crystal clear

and extended without the harshness often

associated with polycarbonate designs.

The Kaladex

®

tweeter is housed in a preci-

sion adjustment mechanism which permits

the tweeter to be accurately positioned

after installation for optimum performance

without the diffraction distortion endemic

to other speaker brands utilizing traditional

pivoting tweeters.

Antiresonant Wave Bracing
The PR speaker’s baffle design employs

specially molded ribs that increase the

rigidity of the baffle and raise the resonant

frequency so that less “out-of-phase” can-

cellation takes place. Equally important,

the ribs are curved and crossed to further

shift vibration modes away from low-bass

canceling frequencies. This keeps bass

tones rich and dynamic.

Front-Mounted Bass & Treble Controls
Niles Performance speaker models

feature baffle-mounted tone controls for

Bass and Treble that enable instant fine

tuning after the speakers are installed.

This feature helps to lessen the effects of

less than perfect placement or other room

acoustics anomalies.

Snap-in Baffle Assembly
This proprietary Niles design enables

installers to attach Niles loudspeaker assem-

blies to installed frames without additional

hardware or tools. Niles’ Snap-in design

makes it easy to upgrade Niles speakers

after installation without the hassles asso-

ciated with removal and re-installation of

traditional designs. Snap-in baffles make

installation of Niles speaker baffles easier

and faster than other in-wall brands.

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Features and Benefits

Introduction

The PR or Performance group of

in-wall loudspeakers offers speakers

expressly designed for an optimum bal-

ance of performance and value. They

employ high performance components

and materials that make them perfectly

suited as primary speakers in bedrooms,

dens or living rooms; as main or surround

speakers in home theaters.

A PR5/PR6 Speaker Kit; and the cor-
responding Bracket Kit (5 or 6) is
required to install one pair of PR5/PR6
in-wall loudspeakers in either new or
existing construction.

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