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Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

AC Power Connection

Signal Connection

Break-In

Jumper Clips

Single-Wire Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Bi-Wire Connection

Passive Bi-Amplification

Active Bi-Amplification

Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Listening Position

The Wall Behind the Listener

The Wall Behind the Speakers

The Side Walls

Experimentation

Final Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Extra “Tweak”

Enjoy Yourself

Room Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Your Room

Terminology

Rules of Thumb

Dipolar Speakers and Your Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Solid Footing

Dispersion Interactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Controlled Horizontal Dispersion

Controlled Vertical Dispersion

Three Major Types of Dispersion

Home Theater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Electrostatic Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Full Range Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The lightning bolt flash with arrowhead symbol, within

an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to

the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within

the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient mag-

nitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.

MartinLogan Exclusives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

XStat™ Transducer

CLS™ (Curvilinear Line Source)

Generation 2 Diaphragm

MicroPerf Stator

Vacuum Bonding

AirFrame™ Technology

Electrostatic Loudspeaker History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Specifications

Warranty and Registration

Serial Number

Service

Glossary of Audio Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

In accordance with the European Union WEEE (Waste

Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive effective

August 13, 2005, we would like to notify you that this

product may contain regulated materials which upon

disposal, according to the WEEE directive, require spe-

cial reuse and recycling processing.

For this reason MartinLogan has arranged with our distrib-

utors in European Union member nations to collect and

recycle this product at no cost to you. To find your local

distributor please contact the dealer from whom you pur-

chased this product, email [email protected] or visit

the distributor locator at www.martinlogan.com.

Please note, only this product itself falls under the WEEE

directive. When disposing of packaging and other related

shipping materials we encourage you to recycle these

items through the normal channels.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is

intended to alert the user to the presence of important

operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in

the literature accompanying the appliance.

CONTENTS

WARNING! Do not use your Vista loudspeakers outside of the country of original sale—voltage requirements vary

by country. Improper voltage can cause damage that will be potentially expensive to repair. The Vista is shipped

to authorized MartinLogan distributors with the correct power supply for use in the country of intended sale. A list

of authorized distributors can be accessed at www.martinlogan.com or by emailing [email protected].

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