Legacy Studio hd User manual

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3

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Our

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Warranty

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Handcrafted

Beneath the surface of Cinema HD’s elegant exterior lies rigid MDF

construction. Interlocking joinery maximizes the strength of the cabinet parts.

Polyester fiberfill is selected for internal damping. A sharp rap on the

enclosure will leave you with little more than bruised knuckles.

Each cabinet is impeccably finished on all exposed surfaces with select

veneers. The exquisite finish is hand-rubbed several times to assure a patina

at home with the most elegant decor.

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name

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purchase

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customers

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products

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warrant

our

l

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speaker products

we

manufacture

from

defects

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processors

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covered

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three (3)years.

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purchase

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order to honor the

warranty

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warranty

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of two years from

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new

speaker system

has been very

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packaged

to

i

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that

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to you

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speaker

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outer carton

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heavy

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corner

protectors.

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cartons become damaged

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new

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can be

purchased

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Speaker

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arrangements,

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t

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degrees

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to the

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4-5

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the

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for a

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the

l

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boundary

will

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i

n

c

r

ea

s

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w

frequency

i

m

p

a

c

t

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u

may

a

l

s

o

w

i

s

h

to

reduce

l

o

w

frequency output

w

i

t

h

y

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preamp's

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21

Hooking Up C

a

b

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s

The

i

d

ea

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conductor

w

o

u

l

d

have

n

e

g

li

g

i

b

l

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c

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c

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The

t

a

b

l

e

b

e

l

o

w

shows how a few

a

c

t

u

a

l

s

p

ea

k

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a

b

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measure

up

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a

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t

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each

c

a

b

l

e

because

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t

s

e

f

-

fect

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s

w

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out of the

a

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b

a

nd

w

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d

t

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;

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t

a

n

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e

can be

d

e

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creased

(at the

expense

of

i

n

c

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ea

s

e

d

c

a

p

a

c

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a

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c

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)

by k

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p

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t

h

e

conductor

p

a

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r

c

l

o

s

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y

s

p

a

c

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d

.

How

l

o

ng

w

o

u

l

d

a

c

a

b

l

e

have to be before

i

ndu

c

t

a

n

c

e

effects

w

o

u

l

d

i

m

p

i

ng

e

on the

a

ud

i

o

spectrum?

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pp

r

o

x

i

m

a

t

e

l

y 300 feet of 12

g

a

ug

e

w

o

u

l

d

be

r

e

qu

i

r

e

d

to

e

s

t

a

b

li

s

h

a corner

frequency

of 20 kHz

w

i

t

h

a

n

8 Ohm

l

o

ud

s

p

ea

k

e

r

.

As

you see,

i

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c

t

a

n

c

e

i

s

not a

p

r

o

b

l

e

m

f

o

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most of

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9

Hooking Up C

a

b

l

e

s

What about

phase s

h

i

f

t

due to

frequency dependent

t

r

a

v

e

l

t

i

m

e

s

down the

s

p

ea

k

e

r

c

a

b

l

e

?

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ea

s

u

r

e

m

e

n

t

s

show that 100 Hz waves

will

be

d

e

l

a

y

e

d

about 20

b

illi

o

n

t

h

s

of

a

second

b

e

h

i

nd

10 kHz waves when

t

r

a

v

e

li

ng

to the end of a 10 foot

speaker

c

a

b

l

e

.

S

i

n

c

e

the

cilia

of the ear

r

e

qu

i

r

e

s

25,000

t

i

m

e

s

l

o

ng

e

r

than

t

h

i

s

just to

t

r

a

n

s

m

i

t

phase

i

n

f

orm

a

t

i

o

n

,

phase s

h

i

f

t

i

ng

i

s

o

b

v

i

o

u

s

l

y

not the

p

r

i

m

a

r

y

concern when

c

o

n

s

i

d

e

r

i

ng

speaker

c

a

b

l

e

s

.

What about

r

e

s

i

s

t

a

n

c

e

?

Finally

we are

g

e

tt

i

ng

somewhere.

R

e

s

i

s

t

a

n

c

e

i

s

the

c

o

n

t

ro

l

-

li

ng

factor of the

a

m

p

li

f

i

e

r

/

l

o

ud

s

p

ea

k

e

r

i

n

t

e

r

f

a

c

e

.

E

x

c

e

ss

i

v

e

r

e

s

i

s

t

a

n

c

e

can cause

m

a

-

jor

s

h

i

f

t

s

of

speaker crossover

f

r

e

qu

e

n

c

i

e

s

.

The

l

o

w

e

r

the

i

m

p

e

d

a

n

c

e

of the

l

o

ud

-

speaker,

the

greater

the effects of

s

e

r

i

e

s

r

e

s

i

s

t

a

n

c

e

.

A

20 foot run of 18

gauge

c

a

b

l

e

can cause up to 10%

d

e

v

i

a

t

i

o

n

s

of

crossover center

f

r

e

qu

e

n

c

i

e

s

.

That same 20

f

ee

t

can

un-damp

your

d

a

m

p

i

ng

factor and

reduce

your

s

y

s

t

e

m

s

’

output

by one

h

a

l

f

d

e

c

i

-

b

e

l

.

In

summary,

there are no perfect

c

a

b

l

e

s

.

The best way to

a

pp

ro

x

i

m

a

t

e

the

i

d

ea

l

w

o

u

l

d

be to keep

l

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to

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across the

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spectrum.

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parameters

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factor

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greater

than 60

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