KHARMA Exquisite Midi Loudspeaker System Owner’s Manual

KHARMA Exquisite Midi Loudspeaker System Owner’s Manual

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CONGRATULATIONS

You are now a Kharma loudspeaker owner. Your new Exquisite Midi loudspeaker system, properly installed, will give you all the satisfaction and enjoyment you expect from Kharma. Technically at the fore-front of current audio equipment design, the Exquisite loudspeakers will reveal the full emotional range of music and will do so with vivid dynamicsand detail. As with any high quality product, special care must betaken to install and operate your new loudspeakers.
Please read this manual carefully and totally prior to installation.

INTRODUCTION TO THE EXAUISITE MIDI

The diamond tweeter that is used in the Exquisite series is a true technological wonder. The tweeter has a diamond cone which has been realized by the so called CVD process. With this process incredible stiffness is reached with a minimum of thickness of only 50 pm. Notice a human hair is in the range of 17 to 180 pm. The cone is the most essential part of the tweeter and because this cone is made of Diamond the tweeter is capable to create impressively pure high frequencies.

Kharma Omega 7 driver
The midrange of this speaker is formed by our in-house developed Kharma Omega 7 driver, where the number is referring to the 7-inch size of this carbon based driver. The new cone technology used for the Omega 7 driver is based on Ultra High Modulus carbon fibers, which is the best fiber available on the globe today. The use of these ultra-stiff carbon fibers and an unique resin displaces the break-up frequencies of the cone, in comparison with a standard cone material, to a whole other level. These increased bleak-up frequencies ensures the cone is free from almost all resonances in the intended frequency range for this midrange driver. Moreover, the cone shape is optimized with a finite element analysis to utilize the full potential of the carbon material. This combination of the best carbon fiber and an optimized cone shape has resulted in a near perfect behavior for the Kharma Omega 7 driver.

Nomex-Kevlar driver
The woofers have 8 inch sandwich-honeycomb-Kevlar cones which also agail are Completely free from structure born resonances in the used frequency range.

Cabinet
The cabinet of the Midi Exquisite is constructed of thick high pressure laminate.

Crossover
This Exquisite loudspeaker can only achieve astonishing musicality by using complex Crossover techniques, which can be seen as the beating heart of this loud speaker. This cornplexinhouse developed crossover will lead al drivers to the right music composition. Therefore the crossover can be seen as an Orchestra conductor, which will have to turn the information received through the loudspeaker cable it a musical spectacle as if it was read from a muoic sheet. Kharma has mastered the an of retaining musical wholeness with the proprietary Crossover technique used throughout the Exquisite series. The technique is seldom used by other manufacturers because of its complexity. This results in a Kharma crossover where there is simply no gap in information.

Stand
Mechanical residual vibrations of the cabinet are terminated by the Spike Disk Suspension System (SOSS) by minimizing the contact area between the cabinet and the floor. The SDSS stand also provides a fixed and levelled orientation for the cabilet divers, because each spike can be adjusted individually in the vertical direction.

PART LIST

The two crates will contain

• 2x Exquisite Midi Loudspeaker
• 8x felt pad
• 2x Tweeter ring
• lx Kharma key
• Manual
• Burn-in CD
• Registration form
• Quality certificate
• Certificate of Authenticity

UNPACKING

Opening the box
Upon opening the box, inspect the box carefully for any sign of transport damage. If there is damage, immediately call your dealer or the trucking firm that made the delivery. Do not delay in reporting the damage. Please store the crates for future use
Step 1: remove the top cover and side panel

In the side pocket of the foam, you will find a leather box.
Inside the box you will find all documents the tweeters rings and the Kharma key.

Step 2: lift out the speaker

Carefully take out the speaker. you can use the side panel to place the speaker on.

If you have hand flooring you can stick the feit pads to the bottom of the spike disc.

Then tilt speaker in upwards position.

Step 3: positioning the speaker
You can now remove the protective cloth from thespeaker. Nese store the bag for future use. Move the speakers to required position. To level the speaker use the supplied hex key.

Turn the key clockwise to ift the feet or counter clockwise to lower the feet. You can safely lift the feet approximately 15mrn. Be sure not to lift it more this might cause the spike system to come loose from the stand.

Step 4: removing the tweeter protector
When you speaker is properly leveled you can remove the tweeter protection cap. Turn the screws counterclockwise to release the cap.

The decorative rings use magnets to fix on the tweeter face plate. Please use caution when fixing the decorative ring, diamond tweeters are very fragile.

CONNECTION

At the real of your Exoutste ro..d.f.peaker sou MI And the highend Kharma Coneectfon Tenn eal. Ce sureytu use the same brand. type and Weft) cf speakercable on each channel. Mixing different types ardfd lengths of speaker cads can upset the precise tirnng and balance of your speaker.

Ws importer* to connect your speakers In phase. kshich means that the drivers are mowg in and out In the samedirection and at the same time. reorder to obtain the best localization of instruments and votes as wee as the deepest. most natural bass. Always turn off the power of your entire system before raking connections to your speakers.
The ExquisiteMid is advised to be used with bi-anving or blinking. The left connector drives the rrid and high drivers tithe speaker and the right connector dims the bass divers.
When you ctfooseto setup your system with only one set of buctspeaker cables, you wit have to nstal the Kharma bridge terminals as incicated in the picture on the right. For best sound dually we achise to connect the cable to the middle.) connector.

POSITIONING YOUR SPEAKERS

Room Acoustics
A good Istenng loom has just the right amount of refleaion and absorption. The performance of any loudspeaker depends upon the speaker’s location in the room and the acoustical conditions In Mat part of the room. Furnishing. size and proportions al effect tonal balance. negng and bass characteristics. h order to test the sonic Deluxe of your room. stand in thelocationwherethe loudspeaker will be installed and clap your hands hvo or three times. If the room is rever-berant. youwit hear a sharpness or echo. If the room is OA, the sound of the clap wil decay rapidy and there will be tensor needy. Large areas of class, mirrors and wood-paneling wit Sect sound waves and often resit in brittleness and edreme You can correct this by trealong thesesoundwevesweh setteesurfaces: for Instance draperies or wallhaving& MI general try to create random reelections.

Positioning
We recorrrnend experimenting with loudspeaker Noe-ment in order to obtain the best spectral balance. open-ness and perception of depth. For good resit the loudspeakers should be no closer than 45 cm from the rear wall with at least 70cm to the side wals. The space between the loudspeakers should be free. Ideally the space shcdd be symmetrical in the area around your buelspeekers. Moving the system towards a wet wit increase bass level whle generally reduchg openness. Moving loudspeakers too tar hto the roan can result InaInn” overall presertation with loss of bass foundation. The loudspeakers wit normaly work well straight out and not angled toward the ‘stoner for accurate sand staging. The wide dspersion of theaguisite loudspeaker mien this possiois. It Is easier to carry out room changes before hstaling the cone feet which thread hto the base. Many have found the best mawposition to be along an undrapedlonger wall, with the loudspeakers aster apart as the Istener Is for them. The stand under your Exquisite loudspeaker can be °dusted so that the speaker wit not “rock^ as you push t krnsicb)toside.

USING YOUR SPEAKERS

Advice on cabling
A loudspeakers In the &gists range are known for their utompromised design to the finest detail lc( this reason lbws can only be put rustics to the qudity of the ExquSite loudspeakers, when the used external cable Is also unoompromised to the higest level. Therefore thews of the Exwate cable sales • vitich was especially designed to match the Exquisite loudspeakers – s strongly recommended to complement the sound of the Exqlsite loudspeakers. Fist of all we use rt our external cables the sans quatty condicicts and Isolators as mama So you get a sonic match. Furthermore an Important reason for using these cables Is that you wit get exactly the sound that the Mama team had in mnd during the developrneni of both the loudspeaker and the cables. For the true conncsseurs of musical art. Kharrre offers the pcssbAty to even go one step further by consementhg their Exquisite Loudspeaker with the Enigma Vey= cable sales.

Advice on amplifier
The recommend amplifier for Its Exquiste one of the mono power anginas of the }<ham MPI000 Series. There are several reasons why we recommend an amplifier of the MFil 000 Series as amplifier for the Exquisite. First of all it has sufficient power to dive the Exquisite loudspeakers to their full capacity. allowing Ku to drive the system in both small and large spaces. The amplfers of the MPI OW Series have an almost Mee dewing factor v/nich allows a very well controted toss. which is vitty even a large Exquisite loudspeaker can be wain a ImIted sized mom and sal fulfl all audiophile mishes. A tube based power amp would create too much base in a small room. The second reason isU the system has been voiced n with the amplifiers of the PAPI 000 Series thing many Istening sedans. Although durhg development we use several top quaky brands as empires to dive our loudspeakers we optimize the sand of learma with as own arrof les. This MI result Ina system atich exactly reforms like we want it to.

Use Canna) sense
IF you hear ckstorten or loud ‘tracking-sands. the amplifier or loudspeakers being overdriven. tun the volume down immedately.

Bum-In
Your Exquerte loudspeaker system needs Quite a tot of playing time to reach maximm result. The use of a Burnin test-00 recommended to speed up this process.Velh a -Dunn-test CO. burning timers reduced to appaamately 50 hours. After burningqn your system, you can pay demagnetang tracks for maximum clarity. Your system writ then be optimized and sound more open, mae detated and dsplay more natural musical warmth.

TAKING CARE OF YOUR SPEAKERS

Use a soft cloth and a spray-cleaner to dean the surface. Be careful not to spray on the grill cloth. Use a slightly wetted piece of foam to gently nib the cloth of the front panel. No further care is necessary.
In event of trouble Note that you can use your amplifier s two channels of information for simple troubleshooting. If the sound quality is distorted, listen to each speaker separately to check if the fault is present in both. If it is, then the trouble is likelyto be elsewhere in your system. If the fault is in one channel only, reverse the outputs from your amplifier to the speakers(right-to-left and left-to-right). if the distortion moves to the other channel, the fault is not the speaker. This technique may also be used to locate a fault between the signal source and preamp/receiver and/or between preamp and power amp(s). If you have been unsuccessful in locating the specific source of trouble or if you have located it, but have been unable to correct it, please consult the Authorized Khanna-dealer from whom you purchased the system. Khamia Dealers are audio specialists and can be of great assistance.

SPECIFICATIONS

SYSTEM 4-WAY
HIGH DRIVER 1×1 INCH DIAMOND CONCAVE TWEETER
MID DRIVER 1×7 INCH KHARMA OMEGA 7 DRIVER
BASS  DRIVER 2×8 INCH NOMEX KEVLAR DRIVER

DIMENSIONS
HEIGHY  1030mm/40.6 INCH
WIDTH 390mm/15.4 INCH
DEPTH 645mm/25.4 INCH

WARRANTY

Warranty coverage

The Kharma distributor guarantees the proper mechanical and electrical functioning of its products for a period of 5 years. Provided the warranty request card is properly filled out and sent to the address on the warranty form, including a copy of the original bill of sales. Should the customer fail to meet the three requirements mentioned above, the warranty will be limited to a period as required by national law only.

In case of malfunction the customer has to present the Kharma product in its original packing to an authorized dealer. If qualified service appears inevitable, the dealer will ship the product to an appointed service station or to the factory, depending on the required service. This warranty includes parts and labor. This warranty is not automatically transferable; subsequent owners can request a warranty at the factory.

Warranty exclusion

1. Transportation damage, visible or hidden. Damage should be reported immediately to the transport Registration of the complaint should be sent to the Kharma distributor previously mentioned.
2. Scratches in painted and metal surfaces. Complaints should be registered at the dealer within three days after the
3. Damage due to illicit handling and inappropriate use.
4. Transportation costs to service station or
5. Damage through unauthorized repair and or
6. Subsequent damage to other
7. Refund of costs in case of unauthorized
8. Malfunctions caused by use for commercial of professional
9. All claims on Kharma products obtained through unauthorized sources, with or without correct serial

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