Behringer B2030A - Manual (Page 4)

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TRUTH B2030A/B2031A
1. INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 4
1.1 Before you get started ................................................... 5
1.1.1 Shipment ............................................................... 5
1.1.2 Initial operation ...................................................... 5
1.1.3 Warranty .............................................................. 5
2. CONTROL ELEMENTS ............................................... 5
3. APPLICATIONS .......................................................... 6
3.1 Connection ...................................................................... 6
3.2 Level setting ................................................................... 6
3.3 Speaker placement suggestions .................................... 7
3.4 Adapting the TRUTH to the room acoustics ................... 7
4. INSTALLATION ........................................................... 8
5. SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 8
6. WARRANTY ................................................................ 9
1. INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! With our new BEHRINGER TRUTH you have
purchased one of the best high-resolution active studio monitors
available. It is a tool that reproduces your program material with
highest fidelity and balance, positioning sound sources
accurately on the stereo basis.
The TRUTH features two separate amplifiers for bass and
high frequencies, sporting loads of power reserve. On the bass
end, a long-excursion woofer embedded in a sturdy cast-
aluminum casing springs into action. The scope is broadened
downward by using a special bass reflex system. In the upper
frequency range, a specially developed dome tweeter provides
for subtle signal reproduction. The chassis and the amplifiers
are protected from overload using a sophisticated circuitry. The
speakers are magnetically shielded, so you can use your TRUTH
near computer monitors or TV sets. The audio signal is separated
using an active crossover that guarantees accurate frequency
separation and perfect tuning of both speakers among each
other.
We recommend that you experiment with your TRUTH away
from the pressures of a recording session, in order to get a feel
for it. It will be a good idea to listen to your favorite CD’s over the
TRUTH, so that you can get an impression of the neutral sound
this speaker produces—which might be somewhat unusual at
first!
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The following user’s manual is intended to
familiarize you with the unit’s control elements,
so that you can master all the functions. After having
thoroughly read the user’s manual, store it at a safe
place for future reference.
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
welcome to the team
of BEHRINGER users,
and thank you very
much for expressing
your confidence in us by
purchasing this studio
monitor.
Writing this foreword
for you gives me great
pleasure, because it
represents the cul-
mination of many months
of hard work delivered
by our engineering team
to achieve a very
ambitious goal: to
present two outstanding
nearfield monitors,
whose neutral sound
makes them ideal for studio use. The task of designing our new
B2030A and B2031A certainly meant a great deal of responsibility,
which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and
musician. Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work
and night shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually
brings a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it is
when all who participated in such a project can be proud of
what they’ve achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because
you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team.
With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve
made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making
it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality
as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely
reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to
your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we manage to produce such high-
quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is
quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers
mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing
terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on
to you? Because we know that your success is our success
too!
I would like to thank all of you who have made the TRUTH
possible. You have all made your own personal contributions,
from the developers to the many other employees at this company,
and to you, the BEHRINGER user.
My friends, it’s been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
ATTENTION!
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The TRUTH is capable of producing extreme
volumes. Please bear in mind, that high sound
pressures do not only temporarily damage your
sense of hearing, but can also cause permanent
damage. Be careful to select a suitable volume.