Pure Acoustics mac500 User Guide

Thank you for purchasing Pure Acoustics’ products, and welcome to the Pure Acoustics family of satisfied customers!   

 

Pure Acoustics was established to fulfill the need for high quality speakers of exceptional design at an affordable price.  After years 

of research and development, and by manufacturing all parts ourselves—from the voice-coil to the uniquely-designed 

crossover—Pure Acoustics is able to offer you speakers of superior value.     

 

Each speaker component has been designed and engineered with first-rate materials to produce exceptional sound.  Our speakers 

offer the best of it all—high-quality sound, hand-made solid construction, and a remarkably stylish appearance.     

 

We welcome you to witness the results.  Our team’s dedication to quality, reliability and attractive design has created some of the 

best-value speakers you can find today. 

 

Reading this manual fully will help you to set up your speakers properly and reward you with a fine listening experience.  Pure 

Acoustics distribution centers in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas will be happy to assist you with any questions you may 

have.    Please look for the distributor nearest you on our web site, www.pure-acoustics.com.   

 

Make sure all equipment is turned off.  When connecting the speakers, be sure to retain the correct polarity.  Most speaker cables 

will have (+) red sign for positive and (-) black sign for negative.     

 

If you intend to use the bookshelf pair as front loudspeakers, connect the speaker cable to the positive (+) front-left speaker terminal 

on the amplifier and to the positive (+) terminal on the left bookshelf speaker. Connect the speaker cable to the negative (-) front-left 

speaker terminal on the amplifier and to the negative (-) terminal on the left bookshelf speaker.  Repeat the same step for the 

right-side bookshelf speaker.    In the case that your speakers have two sets of terminals on the back, either set of input terminals can 

be used as long as the shorting straps are in place.  A pair of bookshelf speakers can also be used as a second pair of rear 

speakers. 

 

If you intend to use the bookshelf speakers as a second pair of rear speakers to a 7.1 system, connect the speaker cable to the 

positive (+) rear left speaker terminal on the amplifier and to the positive (+) terminal on the left bookshelf speaker.  Connect the 

speaker cable to the negative (-) rear-left speaker terminal on the amplifier and to the negative (-) terminal on the left bookshelf 

speaker.    Repeat the same step for the right-side rear speaker. 

 

 

If used as front speakers they should be placed on each side of your TV or in front of your favorite listening position.  As a general 

guideline, the space from the speakers to the listening position should be 1.5 times the distance between the speakers.  For 

example, if your listening position is 9ft (2.7m) away from the speakers, the distance between the speakers should be 6ft (1.8m) 

 

If used as rear speakers they should be positioned either to the side of, or behind, your listening position.  Typical placement is on 

the side walls, slightly above ear level, about two-thirds of the way back from the front of the room.  This allows the surround 

speakers to aim directly at the listener, placing you in the middle of a five-speaker sound field.