Axiom CX14A User manual
CX14A
Powered Processed Stage Monitor
USER MANUAL
revision 2023-09-04
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Watch for these symbols:
The lightning ash 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 sucient magnitude to constute a risk of electric shock to
persons.
The exclamaon point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operang and
maintenance (servicing) instrucons in the literature accompanying the appliance.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read these instrucons.
2. Keep these instrucons.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instrucons.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water.
6. Clean only with dry cloth.
7. Do not block any venlaon openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instrucons.
8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including ampliers) that
produce heat.
9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than
the other. A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided
for your safety. If the provided plug does not t into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, parcularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where
they exit from the apparatus.
11. Only use aachments/accessories specied by the manufacturer.
12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specied by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart
is used, use cauon when moving the cart/apparatus combinaon to avoid injury from p-over.
13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of me.
14. Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such
as power supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has
been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
15. Warning: to reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.
16. Do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects lled with liquids, such as vases, are placed
on the equipment.
17. To completely disconnect this apparatus from the ac mains, disconnect the power supply cord plug from the ac receptacle.
18. The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily operable.
19. This apparatus contains potenally lethal voltages. To prevent electric shock or hazard, do not remove the chassis, input
module or ac input covers. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualied service personnel.
20. The loudspeakers covered by this manual are not intended for high moisture outdoor environments. Moisture can damage
the speaker cone and surround and cause corrosion of electrical contacts and metal parts. Avoid exposing the speakers to
direct moisture.
21. Keep loudspeakers out of extended or intense direct sunlight. The driver suspension will prematurely dry out and nished
surfaces may be degraded by long-term exposure to intense ultra-violet (UV) light.
22. The loudspeakers can generate considerable energy. When placed on a slippery surface such as polished wood or linoleum,
the speaker may move due to its acouscal energy output.
23. Precauons should be taken to assure that the speaker does not fall o a stage or table on which it is placed.
24. The loudspeakers are easily capable of generang sound pressure levels (SPL) sucient to cause permanent hearing damage
to performers, producon crew and audience members. Cauon should be taken to avoid prolonged exposure to SPL in excess
of 90 dB.
This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end
of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate
this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. Household users
should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product, or their local government oce, for details of where and
how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling. Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms
and condions of the purchase contract. This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal.
CAUTION
To prevent electric shock hazard,
do not connect to main power
supply while grille is removed.
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LIMITED WARRANTY
Proel warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operaon of this product for a period of two years from the original date of purchase. If any
defects are found in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to funcon properly during the applicable warranty period, the owner
should inform about these defects the dealer or the distributor, providing receipt or invoice of date of purchase and defect detailed descripon.
This warranty does not extend to damage resulng from improper installaon, misuse, neglect or abuse. Proel S.p.A. will verify damage on returned
units, and when the unit has been properly used and warranty is sll valid, then the unit will be replaced or repaired. Proel S.p.A. is not responsible
for any “direct damage” or “indirect damage” caused by product defecveness.
• This unit package has been submied to ISTA 1A integrity tests. We suggest you control the unit condions immediately aer unpacking it.
• If any damage is found, immediately advise the dealer. Keep all unit packaging parts to allow inspecon.
• Proel is not responsible for any damage that occurs during shipment.
• Products are sold “delivered ex warehouse” and shipment is at charge and risk of the buyer.
• Possible damages to unit should be immediately noed to forwarder. Each complaint for package tampered with should be done within eight
days from product receipt.
CONDITIONS OF USE
Proel do not accept any liability for damage caused to third pares due to improper installaon, use of non-original spare parts, lack of
maintenance, tampering or improper use of this product, including disregard of acceptable and applicable safety standards. Proel strongly
recommends that this loudspeaker cabinet be suspended taking into consideraon all current Naonal, Federal, State and Local regulaons. The
product must be installed be qualied personal. Please contact the manufacturer for further informaon.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protecon against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instrucon manual, may
cause harmful interference to radio communicaons.
Operaon of this equipment in a residenal area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required
to correct the interference at their own expense.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operaon is subject to the following two condions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operaon.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
The product is in compliance with:
EMC Direcve 2014/30/EU, LVD Direcve 2014/35/EU, RoHS Direcve 2011/65/EU and 2015/863/
EU, WEEE Direcve 2012/19/EU.
EN 55032 (CISPR 32) STATEMENT
Warning: This equipment is compliant with Class A of CISPR 32. In a residenal environment this equipment may cause radio interference.
Under the EM disturbance, the rao of signal-noise will be changed above 10 dB.
The product is in compliance with:
S.I. 2016/1091 Electromagnec Compability Regulaons 2016, S.I. 2016/1101 Electrical Equipment
(Safety) Regulaons 2016, S.I. 2012/3032 The Restricon of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances
in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulaons 2012.
CISPR 32 STATEMENT
Warning: This equipment is compliant with Class A of CISPR 32. In a residenal environment this equipment may cause radio interference.
Under the EM disturbance, the rao of signal-noise will be changed above 10 dB.
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INTRODUCTION
The CX14A is a coaxial stage monitor designed specically for live sound, although the very compact, low-prole enclosure also
makes it suitable for theatre and television applicaons.
The combinaon of a high-performance coaxial transducer, a carefully designed cabinet, and powerful Class D amplier together
with CORE2 DSP processing provides very high SPL before feedback and excellent intelligibility even at very high power.
The unique 14” LF transducer’s coaxial design oers a very stable acouscal paern over 80° in both the horizontal and vercal
axes. The high frequency range is reproduced by a low-distoron compression driver equipped with a 3” aluminium voice coil and
polyester/tanium diaphragm. The special shape of the LF cone allows precise and controlled conical dispersion of 80°.
The reduced size and weight of the birch plywood cabinet makes the CX14A one of the most compact and lightweight stage monitors
in its category. The 45° and 55° angled sides enable it to be posioned at diering distances from the performers depending on the
stage size and type of monitoring needed.
A convenient dual-angle pole holder allows the CX14A to be mounted on a standard speaker stand to be used as a mulpurpose
front of house loudspeaker.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SYSTEM Remote Control PRONET AX control soware
System’s Acousc Principle 2-way coaxial vented enclosure Network protocol CANBUS
Frequency response (-3 dB) 70 Hz – 18 kHz (Processed) Amplier Type Class D with SMPS
Horizontal Coverage Angle 80° (-6 dB) Output Power 900W + 300W
Vercal Coverage Angle 80° (-6 dB) Mains Voltage Range (Vac) 220-240V~ or 100-120V~ ±10% 50/60Hz
Maximum Peak SPL 131 dB @ 1m Consumpon* 575 W (nominal) 1200 W (max)
TRANSDUCERS Mains Connector PowerCon® (NAC3MPXXA)
LF One 14” (355mm), 3”(75mm) voice coil,
waterproof cone
Mains Link Connector PowerCon® (NAC3MPXXB)
IN / OUT Connectors Neutrik XLR-M / XLR-F
HF One 2” driver, 3” (75mm) aluminium
voice coil, polyester/tanium diaphragm
IN / OUT Network Connectors ETHERCON® (NE8FAV)
Cooling Variable speed DC fan
ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE & CONSTRUCTION
Input Impedance 20 kΩ balanced, 10kΩ unbalanced Width 507 mm (19.9”)
Input Sensivity +4 dBu / 1.25 V Height 316 mm (12.4”)
Signal Processing
CORE2 processing, 40bit oang
point SHARC DSP, 24 bit AD/DA
converters
Depth 403 mm (15.9”)
Taper Stage Monitor: 45° and 55°
Pole holder One on the side, dual-angle (0°/7.5°)
Direct access Controls
4 Presets (NORMAL WEDGE, COUPLED,
LOW CUT, USER), Network Terminaon,
GND Link
Enclosure Material 15 mm, reinforced Phenolic Birch
Paint High resistance, black water based paint
Net Weight 16 Kg (35.3 lbs)
* Nominal consumpon is measured with pink noise with a crest factor of 12 dB, this can be considered a standard music program.
INDEX
INTRODUCTION ...........................4
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ..................4
MECHANICAL DRAWING ....................5
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ....................5
SPARE PARTS ..............................5
I/O AND CONTROL OPERATIONS ..............6
MAINS IN .................................6
MAINS OUT ...............................6
INPUT ...................................6
LINK .....................................6
ON ......................................6
SIGN/LIMIT ...............................6
GND LIFT .................................6
NETWORK IN/OUT .........................6
TERMINATE ...............................6
PRESET BUTTON ...........................7
PRONET AX ...............................7
EDITING USER PRESETS .....................9
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MECHANICAL DRAWING
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
CXCASE14PT Carrying Case for 2 box unit CAT5SLU01/05/10 1x Cat5e with NEUTRIK connectors, 1/5/10
m length
COVERCX14A Cover for CX14A
NAC3FXXA-W-L Neutrik Powercon® BLUE PLUG AR100LUxx 1x Cat6e - 1x Audio with NEUTRIK
connectors various length
NAC3FXXB-W-L Neutrik Powercon® WHITE PLUG
NE8MX-B-TOP Neutrik Ethercon PLUG AVCAT5PROxx Cat5e on cable drum, RJ45 plugs and
NEUTRIK connectors 30/50/75 m length
USB2CANDV2 Dual output PRONET AX network converter
see hp://www.axiomproaudio.com/ for detailed descripon and other available accessories.
SPARE PARTS
NAC3MPA Neutrik Powercon® BLUE SOCKET
NAC3MPB Neutrik Powercon® WHITE SOCKET
9814CXN76WZ4 Coaxial Loudspeaker 14’’ woofer - 2” driver
98MMD9028M Titanium diaphragm for 2” driver
95MET300061 Loudspeaker protecon metal grid
91DA900B DA900B Power amplier module
91DSPKT11 DSP PCBA Input PCBA and Control PCBA
38,5cm
15.2”
31,6cm
12.5”
39,0cm
15.4”
40,3cm
15.9”
50,7cm
20.0”
35,0cm
13.8”
45° 55°
Dual angle pole
holder (0°/7.5°)
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I/O AND CONTROL OPERATIONS
MAINS IN
Powercon® NAC3FCA power input connector (blue). To switch the amplier on, insert the Powercon® connector and turn it clockwise
into the ON posion. To switch the amplier o, pull back the switch on the connector and turn it counter-clockwise into the POWER
OFF posion.
WARNINGS: In the case of product failure or fuse replacement, disconnect the unit completely from the mains power.
The power cable must only be connected to a socket corresponding to the specicaons indicated on the amplier unit.
The power supply must be protected by a suitably rated thermo-magnec breaker. Preferably use a suitable switch to
power on the whole audio system leaving the Powercon® always connected to each speaker, this simple trick extend
the life of the Powercon® connectors.
MAINS OUT
Powercon® NAC3FCB power output connector (grey). This is connected in parallel with the MAINS ~ / IN. The maximum load
applicable depends on the mains voltage. With 230V~ we suggest to link a maximum of 4 CX14A loudspeakers, with 120V~ we
suggest to link a maximum of 2 CX14A loudspeaker.
INPUT
Audio signal input with locking XLR connector. It has a fully electronically balanced circuitry including AD conversion for the best
S/N rao and input headroom.
LINK
A direct connecon from the input connector to link other speakers with same audio signal.
ON
This LED indicates power on status.
SIGN/LIMIT
This LED lights in green to indicate the presence of the signal and lights in red when an internal limiter reduces the input level.
GND LIFT
This switch li the ground of the balanced audio inputs from the earth-ground of the amplier module.
NETWORK IN/OUT
These are a standard RJ45 CAT5 connectors (with oponal NEUTRIK NE8MC RJ45 cable connector carrier), used for PRONET network
transmission of remote control data over long distance or mulple unit applicaons.
TERMINATE
In a PRONET network the last loudspeaker device must be terminated (with an inner load resistance) especially in a long run cabling:
press this switch if you want to terminate the unit.
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PRESET BUTTON
This buon has two funcon:
1) Pressing it while powering on the unit:
ID ASSIGN the internal DSP assigns a new ID to the unit for the PRONET AX remote control operaon. Each loudspeaker
must have a unique ID to be visible in the PRONET network. When you assign a new ID, all the other
loudspeakers with the ID already assigned must be ON and connected to the network.
2) Pressing it with the unit ON you can select the DSP PRESET. The selected PRESET is indicated by the corresponding LED:
NORMAL WEDGE This PRESET is suitable for typical stage monitor applicaons. It can be used also when the CX14A is used
mounted on a pole.
COUPLED UNITS This preset provides the correct EQ when two CX14A monitors, fed with the same audio signal, are placed
at no more than 0,6 m (2 feet) one to the other. To be used for double stage monitoring for singers or other
musicians.
LOW CUT This PRESET is the same as NORMAL WEDGE but with a low cut at 110 Hz 48 dB/oct. To be selected when a
CX14A is used in combinaon with a subwoofer to form a DRUM FILL or a SIDE FILL system. It can be used
also in case you need to cut drascally the monitor LF response.
USER The USER PRESET corresponds to the rst USER MEMORY (Preset 4-U) stored in the DSP and, as a factory
seng, it’s the same as NORMAL WEDGE. If you want to modify it, you have to connect the unit to a PC,
edit the parameters with PRONET AX soware and save it into “Preset 4-U-your_preset_name” (see also
the PRONET AX manual).
PRONET AX
PRONET AX soware has been developed in collaboraon with sound engineers and sound designers, in order to oer an “easy-to-
use” tool to setup and manage your audio system. With PRONET AX you can visualize signal levels, monitor internal status and edit
all the parameters of each connected device.
Download the PRONET AX app registering on MY AXIOM at the website at hps://www.axiomproaudio.com/.
The AXIOM acve loudspeaker devices can be connected in a network and controlled by the PRONET AX soware. For the network
connecon the PROEL USB2CAND (with 2-port) converter oponal accessory is needed.
PRONET AX network is based on a “bus-topology” connecon, where the rst device is connected to the input connector of the
second device, the second device network output is connected to the network input connector of the third device, and so on. To
ensure a reliable communicaon the rst and the last device of the “bus-topology” connecon must be terminated. This can be done
by pressing the “TERMINATE” switch near the network connectors in the rear panel of the rst and the last device. For the network
connecons simple RJ45 cat.5 or cat.6 ethernet cables can be used (please don’t confuse a ethernet network with a PRONET AX
network these are completely dierent and must be fully separated also both use the same kind of cable).
+15 dB
+10
+5
0
-5
-10
-15
-20
-25
-30
-35 20 50 100 200 500 1K 2K 5K 10K 20K Hz
LOW CUT
COUPLED UNITS
NORMAL WEDGE
CX14A - PRESET RESPONSE
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Assign the ID number
To work properly in a PRONET AX network each connected device must have a unique idener number, called ID. By default the
USB2CAND PC controller has ID=0 and there can be only one PC controller. Every other device connected must have its own unique
ID equal or greater than 1: in the network cannot exist two devices with the same ID.
In order to correctly assign a new available ID to each device for working properly in a Pronet AX network, follow these instrucons:
1. Switch o all the devices.
2. Connect them correctly to the network cables.
3. “TERMINATE” the end device in the network connecon.
4. Switch on the rst device keep pressed “PRESET” buon on the control panel.
5. Leaving the previous device switched on, repeat the previous operaon on the next device, unl the latest device is turned on.
The “Assign ID” procedure for a device makes the internal network controller to perform two operaons: reset the current ID; search
the rst free ID in the network, starng from ID=1. If no other devices are connected (and powered on), the controller assume ID=1,
that is the rst free ID, otherwise it searches the next one le free.
These operaons ensure that every device has it’s own unique ID, if you need to add a new device to the network you simply repeat
the operaon of step 4. Every device maintains its ID also when it is turned-o, because the idener is stored in the internal
memory and it is cleared only by another “Assign ID” step, as explained above.
With the network made always of the same devices the assigning ID procedure must be executed only the rst me
the system is turned on.
USB2CAND
do not
pressed
pressed
LAST DEVICE
network
network
FIRST DEVICE
AND FOLLOWING
notebook
with PRONET AX soware
USB 2.0 port
1) pressed if the USB2CAND is the first device
2) not pressed if other AXIOM system is connected
to the other connector
EXAMPLE OF PRONET NETWORK WITH CX14A WEDGE MONITOR
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EDITING USER PRESETS
If you connect the CX14A stage monitor to a PC, using PRONET AX Control Soware you can edit the user presets.
Here below a typical stage setup of a band using 8 CX14A wedges from a monitor engineer point of view:
Setup - Device Name: here you can assign a unique name at the unit (twelve characters are available).
Setup - Device Group: here you assign the unit to a group, so when the LINK funcon on PRONET soware is acvated, you can
automacally set the same parameters to all the units assigned to the same group.
For each unit is possible to edit its DSP parameters, a brief explanaon will follow:
Input - Level: adjusts the input level gain in the range of -30 ÷ +6 dB (this is a digital control aer the A/D converter).
Input - Meter: shows the input level signal aer the A/D converter in dBFs. Green LED indicates the normal operang level before
nominal input sensivity (+4 dBu corresponding to -16 dBFs), yellow LED indicates that the signal exceeds the nominal sensivity,
red LED indicates digital clipping and must be avoided.
Input - Limiter: show the reducon of the input signal if it crosses the threshold of the input limiter for the whole loudspeaker, this
value is set from factory for the beer performance and transparency.
Input/Output - MUTE: these buons can be used to switch o the unit or the woofer or the HF driver in order to check the system.
Output - Out Trim: use these controls in you want to trim nely the level of woofer and HF driver within a ±3dB range.
Output - Limiter: show the reducon of the signal sent to each speaker, the threshold of these limiters is set from factory to preserve
the safety of each speaker.
Input - Delay: edit this box to apply a delay to the speaker, to be used pically if you need to align in me the speaker to another
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sound source. Note: a delay higher than 10 mS (3 m) is easily audible and it can be annoying to singers and musicians.
PEQ - EQ1-5: 5-band full parametric EQ.
Note: CX14A is already opmized for the best performance for wedge monitoring, so we suggest to make only small adjustments to
adjust the response for parcular enviroments or instrument mic’ing.
PRESET: you can store or recall preset in the device’s memory or load and save presets in your computer HD as *.pcf les.
Note: the user preset no. 4-U can be reloaded also from the unit’s control panel without the need to re-connect to the pc.
For more detailed instrucon about PRONET AX see the USER’S MANUAL included with the soware.
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