Cello strings owners manual

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Cello Strings 2 Cello Strings 2 is a high quality speaker cable, comprised of a large number of very fine conductors in a red (high side, +) or black (low side, -) jacket. Tri-wire harnesses for Stradivari and Amati speakers are available, consisting of three red and three black wires in an expando (black net) sleeve. At the speaker end, three red wires and three black wires arc separately terminated with spade or donut lugs. At the amplifier end, the three red wires and three black wires are tied to one red lug and one black lug respectively. for easy connection to barrier strips and other speaker cable connectors. Cello Strings 3 Cello Strings 3 is a heavy Litz construction speaker cable for the ultimate in power amplifier signal transmission. Cello Strings 3 is comprised of two conductors separated by a 0.2 inch web. Each conductor contains a large number of very fine Litz wires. Termina- tions are spade or donut lugs. Cello Strings 3 is particularly recom- mended for Stradivari speakers. Strad CS3 tri-wire harnesses contain three pairs of conductors within an expando (black net) sleeve. Each termination is via a separate lug. Due to the large amount of copper which must be heated for proper soldering to occur, CS3 should only be terminated by trained personnel using appropriate equipment. Why Fischer Connectors'? Owners of high quality audio equipment are searching for ways of optimizing performance with balanced lines. XLR connectors are the industry standard for balanced lines. Unfortunately, XLR connectors do not meet Cello ' s standards for performance, reliability, and consis- tency. Through many years of experience, we have found that Fischer connectors sound better than other types we have tested and do not break or degrade over time. Made in Switzerland with the finest materials and machined to incredibly precise tolerances. Fischer connectors are far more costly than XLRs, hard to obtain, and more complex to assemble. Cello believes that the benefits outweigh these obstacles, especially for equipment designed to last for many decades. The contact action in a Fischer connector is provided by a precisely made pin entering a socket in which tiny leaves put pressure in a 360 degree pattern all around the body of the pin. After 50,000 make/ break cycles, there is no measurable wear. In contrast, after only a few make/break cycles, the gold plating on XLR connector pins is worn through, if they are of the gold plated type. Silver type pins generally turn black over time causing contact degradation. The mating action of the XLR pin and socket is crude by comparison to the Fischer . Also, the shield connection and the mechanical locking of the Fischer are positive, which is not always the case with XLRs.