KONUS Speaker Essence User Manual

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Bosnia and Herzegovina  
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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”  
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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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