Alipašina 45-a, 71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
tel.: +387 66 171641
tel./fax: +387 33 201066
e-mail: [email protected]
Thank you for purchasing Konus Audio “Essence” Loudspeakersꢀ We hope you
will enjoy your loudspeakers for a long time and that time will only bring your
new loudspeakers to gradually sound better and betterꢀ
The occurrence of the aging process is well known in the craft of the quality
musical instrument makingꢁ unfortunately hard to find in the profit drivenꢁ
junk food era we live inꢀ
Konus Audio systems is taking a great pride into making loudspeakers that
resemble somewhat primitive yet authentic craftsmanship of the old
instrument makingꢀ When we say our “Essence” Loudspeakers are handcraftedꢁ
we mean it for realꢀ
After allꢁ our strong belief is that loudspeakers as music transducers are musical
instruments and as such they must be capable of delivering the musical
emotion of the piece they are delivering for your musical enjoymentꢀ
We believe in the simplistic approach resulting in the complex synergies rather
than the other way roundꢀ In this senseꢁ our basic approach is proudly drained
from the philosophy boldly introduced to the wide audience by ꢂꢃLaboratory
Incꢀ from Japan as a naturalꢁ ever present metaphoric concept which was
withheld as a consequence of the materialistic misconceptions widely accepted
as axiomatic truthꢁ yet nothing more than technophile hankyꢄpankyꢀ
Getting together the bold thinking and profound understanding of the vital
elements of the emotionally involving musical reproductionꢁ the mixture of
Japanese exoticaꢁ UK knowꢄhow and highꢄtech in Jordan JXꢅꢆS speaker driver
design and the traditional Bosnian craftsmanshipꢁ results in the “Essence”
Loudspeakerꢀ
with lots of back wall diffractionꢀ Just make sure there is enough (at least
ꢃꢇcm) space from the side wallsꢀ
Free standing placement requires some careful testing and adjustments but we
think that this effort is well worth the time spentꢀ
Ideallyꢁ for the free space placementꢁ loudspeakers should be at least ꢃꢇcm
from the back and side wallsꢀ Due to the specific design of the driver’s high
frequency response curveꢁ it is recommended to toe in the brand new
loudspeakers inwards the listening positionꢁ initially for ꢆꢈꢄꢉꢇ degreesꢀ As the
loudspeakers burn in and the sound opens upꢁ this toe in should be adjusted
andꢁ ideallyꢁ it should get to ꢊꢇꢄꢊꢈ degrees for the most linear frequency
response in a typical listening roomꢀ
Coming to the mention of the burn in processꢁ although there are discussions
as to whether this is some sort of placebo effect or a real changeꢁ we stand at
the position that “Essence” needs some ꢈꢇꢇ hours for the initial burn inꢁ after
which the burn in process continues with decreased intensity for a number of
yearsꢀ
With some careful listening you will notice that the quality of the music from
your audio setup varies from time to timeꢀ Without getting into complex
scientific explanationsꢁ we need to warn you to effects of the room
temperature and the air humidity as some of the factors of importance not just
for the loudspeakers and how they act mechanically and acoustically but also
they are of importance in the mechanics of fluidsꢁ thus affecting the behaviour
of the sound waves in your roomꢀ
Fortunately enoughꢁ the “Essence” loudspeaker drivers and the cabinets are
temperature and humidity much more stable than the most of the
loudspeakers in the marketꢁ however not ꢊꢇꢇꢋ immune to this occurrenceꢀ
In order to have your loudspeakers both sounding and looking better over time
and not other way roundꢁ a proper care should be taken in the maintenance
and the environment they are kept inꢀ
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Your loudspeakers should not be kept in the very humid places nor should they
be exposed to high temperatures (keeping close to sources of heat)ꢀ They
should never be exposed to any kind of liquidꢁ including modern furniture
polishes or cleanersꢀ
Your “Essence” Loudspeakers are lacquered six timesꢀ It takes months for these
layers of lacquer to reach their ideal dryness and stiffnessꢀ For the first two
monthsꢁ your loudspeakers should only be dusted with a dry light cotton clothꢀ
After that timeꢁ they can be polishedꢁ always with a dry soft cotton clothꢁ
never with liquid polishers and avoiding pressing the cloth too much as the
friction could release undesirable heatꢀ
Whenever possible try not to touch “Essence” Loudspeakers with your handsꢀ
If you need to do soꢁ always first wash and thoroughly dry your handsꢀ
One of our finishesꢁ the white Bosnian pine changes it’s colour over timeꢁ
getting from the initially yellowish note to the golden note with more
dramatic texture than when newꢀ This process can be even further enhanced
by taking your loudspeakers to sun for two hours over period of several weeksꢁ
always taking care to avoid exposing the loudspeaker to rainꢀ
We could write more but then you wouldn’t read itꢀ
We wish you as much pleasure with your Konus Audio “Essence” Loudspeakers
as we had making them and still that we have listening to them!
Sead Lejlic
Konus Audio Systems
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