EAW MK2396i User manual

2-WAY FULL-RANGE LOUDSPEAKER 90° × 60°
See NOTES TABULAR DATA for details
CONFIGURATION
Subsystem:
Transducer Loading
LF 1×12 in cone Vented
HF 1×1.4 in exit, 3 in voice coil Horn-loaded
compression driver
Operating Mode:
Amplifier Channels External Signal Processing
Single-amp LF/HF High pass filter
Bi-amp LF,HF DSP w/2-way filters
PERFORMANCE
Operating Range: 65 Hz to 20 kHz
Nominal Beamwidth: (rotatable)
Horz 90°
Vert 60°
Axial Sensitivity (whole space SPL):
LF/HF 94 dB 65 Hz to 20 kHz
LF 97 dB 65 Hz to 1400 Hz
HF 104 dB 1200 Hz to 20 kHz
Input Impedance (ohms):
Nominal Minimum
LF/HF 8 7.3 @ 180 Hz
LF 8 6.9 @ 290 Hz
HF 8 7.3 @ 6800 Hz
High Pass Filter: High Pass =>60 Hz, 12 dB/octave Butterworth
Accelerated Life Test:
LF/HF 69.3 V 600 W @ 8 ohm
LF 69.3 V 600 W @ 8 ohm
HF 34.6 V 150 W @ 8 ohm
Calculated Axial Output Limit (whole space SPL):
Average Peak
LF/HF 122 dB 128 dB
LF 125 dB 131 dB
HF 126 dB 132 dB
ORDERING DATA
Description Part Number
EAW MK2396i 2-Way Full-Range Loudspeaker Black 2039724
EAW MK2396i 2-Way Full-Range Loudspeaker White 2039731
EAW MK2396i 2-Way Full-Range Loudspeaker Black-WP 2039737
Optional Accessories
EAW ACC Eye Bolt 0.375-16 X 1.25 in [ACC-EB3825] 104001
EAW U-Bracket MK2(5)000 Black [UBKT2353 0007869
EAW U-Bracket MK2(5)000 White [UBKT2353 0015076
EAW Flybar SBK-MK23 VFS-VFR129 Black [FB2VSK] 2038319
DESCRIPTION
• Premium Performance
• Application Flexibility
The MK2300i Series of 2-way, high output, trapezoidal loudspeaker systems
are designed as main PA elements for smaller venues, including small houses
of worship and auditoriums/theaters, corporate A/V systems, hotel ballrooms
and meeting rooms. The Series is also excellent for distributed or ll purposes
in larger venues, including large houses of worship and auditoriums/theaters,
arenas, stadiums, nightclubs, and themed-entertainment complexes.
To meet the design goals for the intended applications, EAW engineers
developed a new, high performance, 3-inch voice coil, 1.4-in exit compression
driver, loading it with a selection of six dierent HF horns with coverage
patterns ranging from 60° x 45° to 120° x 60°. The horns are as large as the
enclosure size allows to maintain consistent directivity throughout the HF
passband. A 3-inch voice coil, 12-inch LF driver was used to complement the
sonic character and output of the HF driver. All MK2300i models are carefully
voiced to sound similar, permitting diverse horn patterns to be mixed
throughout an installation while maintaining the same sonic quality. The
result is clean, high-delity output at signicantly higher levels than would
be expected from loudspeakers of this size and price.
Users can select between single-amp and bi-amp (external processor)
operating modes. In either operating mode, EAW’s beamwidth-matching
crossover/lter design delivers even power response throughout the
crossover region, eliminating the discontinuities that plague other two-way
loudspeakers.
The MK2300i Series systems are the smaller companions to the MK5300i
Series systems. Enclosures for both series are the same height, facilitating
installation where more than one horn pattern and/or type of loudspeaker
capability is needed. In addition, SBK Series subwoofers also share this height,
creating attractive arrays that use EAW’s precongured accessory ybar. Six
Year Warranty.
MK2396i Specifications
Eastern Acoustic Works • One Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • tel [phone] • fax [phone] • www.eaw.com
June 2012Part Number: RD0704 Rev A00EAW products are continually improved. All specications are therefore subject to change without notice.

NOTE: This drawing has been reduced. Do not scale.
MK2396i Specifications
Eastern Acoustic Works • One Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • tel [phone] • fax [phone] • www.eaw.com
June 2012Part Number: RD0704 Rev A00EAW products are continually improved. All specications are therefore subject to change without notice.
NOTES: 1. SYMBOL INDICATES MOUNTING POINT, 3/8-16 THREADED HOLE (NUT PLATE). 2. SYMBOL INDICATES MOUNTING POINT, 3/8-16 THREADED HOLE (PI ANGLE). 3. SYMBOL INDICATES MOUNTING POINT, 5/16-18 T-NUT FOR MULTIMOUNT MM-120.0 SERIES. 4. SYMBOL INDICATES CENTER OF BALANCE. 5. WEIGHT APPROX. 60 lb [27.2 kg]. 6. SHIPPING WEIGHT APPROX. 70 [31.8 kg].
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MK2300i
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Exterior-grade Baltic birch plywood
Wear resistant textured black paint
Powder-coated perforated steel
Material
Finish
Grille
ENCLOSURE

Beamwidth
Horizontal = orange Vertical = black
PERFORMANCE DATA
See NOTES GRAPHIC DATA for details
Frequency Response: Processed
LF = green, HF = black, Complete = blue
Frequency Response: Unprocessed
LF = green, HF = black, Complete = blue
SPL (dB) SPL (dB)
Frequency (Hz) Frequency (Hz)
Impedance
LF = green, HF = black, Complete = blue
Phase Linearity
Complete = blue
Ohms
Degrees
Frequency (Hz) Frequency (Hz)
Degrees
Frequency (Hz)
MK2396i Specifications
Eastern Acoustic Works • One Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • tel [phone] • fax [phone] • www.eaw.com
June 2012Part Number: RD0704 Rev A00EAW products are continually improved. All specications are therefore subject to change without notice.
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HORIZONTAL POLAR DATA
See NOTES GRAPHIC DATA for details
MK2396i Specifications
Eastern Acoustic Works • One Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • tel [phone] • fax [phone] • www.eaw.com
June 2012Part Number: RD0704 Rev A00EAW products are continually improved. All specications are therefore subject to change without notice.
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VERTICAL POLAR DATA
See NOTES GRAPHIC DATA for details
MK2396i Specifications
Eastern Acoustic Works • One Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • tel [phone] • fax [phone] • www.eaw.com
June 2012Part Number: RD0704 Rev A00EAW products are continually improved. All specications are therefore subject to change without notice.
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NOTES
TABULAR DATA
1. Measurement/Data Processing Systems: Primary - FChart: proprietary EAW software; Secondary - Brüel & Kjær 2012.
2. Microphone Systems: Earthworks M30; Brüel & Kjær 4133
3. Measurements: Dual channel FFT; length: 32 768 samples; sample rate: 48 kHz; logarithmic sine wave sweep.
4. Measurement System Qualication (includes all uncertainties):SPL: accuracy +/-0.2 dB @ 1 kHz, precision +/-0.5 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz, resolution 0.05 dB; Frequency: accuracy +/-1 %, precision +/-0.1
  Hz,resolutionthelargerof1.5Hzor1/48octave;Time:accuracy+/-10.4μs,precision+/-0.5μs,resolution10.4μs;Angular:accuracy+/-1°,precision+/-0.5°,resolution0.5°.
5. Environment: Measurements time-windowed and processed to eliminate room effects, approximating an anechoic environment. Data processed as anechoic or fractional space, as noted.
6. Measurement Distance: 7.46 m. Acoustic responses represent complex summation of the subsystems at 20 m. SPL is referenced to other distances using the Inverse Square Law.
7. Enclosure Orientation:Forbeamwidthandpolarspecications,asshowninMechanicalSpecicationdrawing.
8. Volts: Measured rms value of the test signal.
9. Watts:Peraudioindustrypractice,“loudspeakerwatts”arecalculatedasvoltagesquareddividedbyratednominalimpedance.Thus,thesearenotTrueWattunitsofenergyasdened
by International Standard.
10. SPL: (Sound Pressure Level) Equivalent to the average level of a signal referenced to 0 dB SPL = 20 microPascals.
11. Subsystem: This lists the transducer(s) and their acoustic loading for each passband. Sub = Subwoofer, LF = Low Frequency, MF = Mid Frequency, HF = High Frequency.
12. Operating Mode:Userselectablecongurations.Betweensystemelements,acomma(,)=separateamplierchannels;aslash(/)=singleamplierchannel.DSP=DigitalSignalProcessor.
  IMPORTANT:Toachievethespeciedperformance,thelistedexternalsignalprocessingmustbeusedwithEAW-providedsettings.
13. Operating Range: Range where the processed Frequency Response stays within -10 dB SPL of the power averaged SPL within this range; measured on the geometric axis. Narrow band
dips are excepted.
14. Nominal Beamwidth: Design angle for the -6 dB SPL points, referenced to 0 dB SPL as the highest level.
15. Axial Sensitivity: Power averaged SPL over the Operating Range with an input voltage that would produce 1 W at the nominal impedance; measured with no external processing on
the geometric axis, referenced to 1 m.
16. Nominal Impedance: Selected 4, 8, or 16 ohm resistance such that the minimum impedance point is no more than 20% below this resistance over the Operating Range.
17. Accelerated Life Test:MaximumtestinputvoltageappliedwithanEIA-426Bdenedspectrum;measuredwithrecommendedsignalprocessingandRecommendedProtectionFilter.
18. Calculated Axial Output Limit: Highest average and peak SPLs possible during the Accelerated Life Test. The Peak SPL represents the 2:1 (6 dB) crest factor of the Life Test signal.
19. High Pass Filter: This helps protect the loudspeaker from excessive input signal levels at frequencies below the Operating Range.
GRAPHIC DATA
1. Resolution:Toremoveinsignicantnedetails,1/12octavecepstralsmoothingwasappliedtoacousticfrequencyresponsesand1/3octavecepstralsmoothingwasappliedtothebeamwidthand 
impedance data. Other graphs are plotted using raw data.
2. Frequency Responses: Variation in acoustic output level with frequency for a constant input signal. Processed: normalized to 0 dB SPL. Unprocessed inputs: 2 V (4 ohm nominal impedance), 2.83 V (8
ohm nominal impedance), or 4 V (16 ohm nominal impedance) referenced to a distance of 1 m.
3. Processor Response: The variation in output level with frequency for a constant input signal of 0.775 V = 0 dB reference.
4. Beamwidth:Averageangleforeach1/3octavefrequencybandwhere,startingfromtherearoftheloudspeaker,theoutputrstreaches-6dBSPLreferencedto0dBSPLasthehighestlevel.Thismethod
means the output may drop below -6 dB SPL within the beamwidth angle.
5. Impedance: Variation in impedance magnitude, in ohms, with frequency without regard to voltage/current phase. This means the impedance values may not be used to calculate True Watts (see 9 above).
6. Polar Data: Horizontal and vertical polar responses for each 1/3 octave frequency band 100 Hz to 16 kHz or Operating Range.
MK2396i Specifications
Eastern Acoustic Works • One Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • tel [phone] • fax [phone] • www.eaw.com
June 2012Part Number: RD0704 Rev A00EAW products are continually improved. All specications are therefore subject to change without notice.
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PASSIVE
INPUT
LF/HF
CONNECT
JUMPERS
FOR PASSIVE
OPERATION
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BI-AMP INPUT
N/C
LF HF
LEGEND
HPF: High Pass Filter for crossover –or– Recommended High Pass Filter.
LPF: Low Pass Filter for crossover.
LF/MF/HF: Low Frequency / Mid Frequency / High Frequency.
AMP: User Supplied Power Amplifier –or– Integral Amplifier for NT products.
XVR: Passive LPFs, HPFs, and EQ integral to the loudspeaker.
EAW Focusing: Digital Signal Processor capable of implementing EAW Focusing.
SIGNAL DIAGRAM
DSP
EQ
DELAY
HPF/LPF
OR
“EAW FOCUSING”
AMP
2-Way, Bi-Amp (LF, HF)
AMP
HF
LF
HPF
2-Way, Single-Amp (LF/HF)
AMP XVR
HF
LF