Verity Audio Tamino - Manual (Page 5)

Tamino OWNER’S MANUAL
V.3.0 March 10, 2004
VERITY AUDIO PAGE 5
Tamino x2 and c2
The two-way Tamino utilizes the same woofer-midrange as
used in the Tamino x3 but doesn’t have the extra woofer
located at the rear. It uses the same air volume shared by the
two Tamino x3 woofers which means the same bass extension.
The Tamino x2 is normally better suited for music or for home-
theater in small listening environments. Tamino c2 is designed
for center-channel applications. Its lower height will free most
home-theater screens.
Just like all Verity Audio loudspeakers, The Tamino works with
the room reinforcement characteristics to produce quick and
solid bass performances. Despite its small size, the Tamino
loudspeaker provides a low frequency extension down to
40Hz.
The midrange woofer unit has been optimized for a maximum
cone rigidity without breakup resonance. It employs a dynamic
damping system for low distortion, extended dynamics, high-
power handling, and simple dividing network.
The tweeter has been specifically designed to give extended,
natural and resonance free reproduction of the harmonic
content of all musical instruments. These units have been
integrated with a very carefully designed crossover that allows
each driver to deliver its full potential. Moreover, all
components used are carefully computer-matched and indexed
to enable optimum sound staging performance.
Packing and Unpacking
Before they left the factory, your Tamino cabinets passed an
exhaustive quality control procedure to guaranty their
genuine state. Please observe carefully the following
unpacking instructions for maximum product safety. Once
your Tamino cabinets will be unpacked, inspect them
carefully for any physical damage. If any transit damage can
be noticed, please notify your dealer immediately and
request the carrier’s name so a written claim can be initiated.
Your Tamino comes packed in a double cardboard box
complete with all the necessary protection accessories. For
transportation purposes, we strongly recommend you to
keep and store all your packaging
hardware.
Unless the carrier is notified promptly and all the shipping
cases are available for inspection, the right to claim can be
forfeited.
Installation
This section depicts how to assemble and connect the Tamino
loudspeaker.
To identify a proper location for the installation of your
Taminos, please refer to the Room Placement section of this
manual or follow the recommendations of your dealer.
Once the speakers are properly installed, connect them to the
amplifier by using quality speaker cables. Make sure the
polarities are respected at both ends and that your cables are
installed in the proper direction. The positive input is identified
by a red dot located on the connector plate.
For vacuum tube equipment that has multiple output
impedance taps, the four-ohm taps should provide the best
interface with the Tamino.
Room Placement
Indoors, acoustic intelligibility is of great concern for a variety
of reasons. It requires low background noise levels and “good”
acoustical design. In any room, the reverberant sound pressure
level increases as the acoustic power increases and decreases
as sound absorption in the room increases and / or sound
power flows from the room. The sound field in a room is
composed of two parts, the direct field and the reverberant
field.
The complex theories of physical acoustics, the uncertainties
in predicting the property variations of both natural and
manufactured room materials, and the none negligible effects
of painting, sealing, bracing, furring, and draping all keep the
specification and prediction of room acoustics from being an
exact science. Adding together, loudspeaker characteristics, the
auditory personal taste, and ergonomics, makes, by practical
means, the equation impossible to solve. The frequent need to
evaluate the final result by listening rather than by purely
quantitative methods gives acoustical tuning a somewhat
subjective aspect.
Nevertheless, knowing what the Tamino is capable to do will
be your major asset in establishing the best setup for your
loudspeaker. Here are a few simple rules that will guide you.
A good setup will give you fast transients from bottom-end to
top-end, proper image height and a wide and deep soundstage.
Having that in mind, the following guidelines are based on our
own experience with the Tamino. We recommend you to start
with these and later on (after getting familiar with your Tamino)
bring your own modifications that will optimize your setup.
First, the distance from the rear wall to the speaker front baffle
of your speaker (midrange center) should be equaled to the
height of your room times 0.62. Then follow the following
instructions according to your own room characteristics:
Over tightening the connectors could cause
permanent damage