PEERLESS XLS1000 User manual

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XLS1000 DUAL 12" SUBWOOFER
Super low, super loud and super clean bass. This ultra-high performance,
audio phyle sub-woofer gives out copious amounts of very tight, very fast
and very acurate bass. Designed for both distortion-free music and earth
shaking home theater special effects, the XLS1000 can faithfully reproduce
any bass signal from the highly demanding DVD and Super-Audio CD sources.
The XLS1000 will fill larger sized rooms with beautifully accurate bass of
clarity and definition only achievable in an exceptionally well designed
unit. The new dual 12" XLS radiator design will effortlessly reproduce the
most demanding bass without distortion or "boomyness" up to incredible
sound levels. Passive radiator technology has been used in our design to
eliminate port air velocity noise, increase efficiency and achieve
incredibly low bass in a relatively compact unit of only 60L. A truly top-of-
the-line, high performance sub-woofer that will match to any high-end
speaker and theater system.
Australian
Made Boxes
With Danish
Speakers
Available with Built-In Amplifier
Or without - For an external Amp.
12" Peerless XLS 300Wrms Active Driver
12" Peerless XLS Passive Radiator
No Port Velocity Noises at high volumes
Use our 200W amp or connect your own
Attractive "Piano" Black Polished Finish
Genuine Aussie wood feature panel
Seven "Aussie Hard Wood" Bracing
Interlocking cabinate joints
Super low frequency response
Super high output levels
Super low distortion
Maximum efficiency design
Extreem performance and

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PEERLESS HDS/XLS SERIES OF SPEAKER SYSTEMS
Bewareandenjoy.
Designed By Russell Storey of Stones Sound Studio.
Welcome to our new range of high performance speaker systems available ready-
made or in kit form. Every aspect of the cabinet design has been tailored to maximize
the performance of the XLS range of premium drivers. These impressive drivers use
cast iron baskets with double magnets and a highly efficient and robust motor system.
roll surround and open spider for low compression and low
distortionatveryhighsoundlevelsnotpreviouslyachievedinsuchsmallboxvolumes.
A12"Passiveradiatorisusedintherearoftheboxtotunethesubwooferperformance
and add extra bass output at frequencies below what is normally achievable by
conventionaldrivers.Thisdesignachievesultra-lowdistortionatevenveryhighvolume
levels and a frequency response that extends below human hearing, it will make the
couch shake! Double thick 25mm cabinet walls and 36mm front baffle with unique box
construction techniques, double panel bracing, interlocking carpentry joints, curved
outside edges and all internal edges are also curved to reduce any turbulence noises
generated by the intensely high air velocities involved. A new 200Wrms, protected
subwoofer amp has been developed in conjunction with our audio consultant, Russell
Storey,toachieveremarkableperformancefromsuchareasonablypricedunit.Thisall-
enclosed all-improved amp module has a frequency response below 10Hz with very
low harmonic distortion at these frequencies (beware - most amps fail in this area) and
built-inoverdriveprotectionwithEQswitchingandlow-passadjustments.Thisamplifier
willfulfillthe needs ofthemostdiscerning users, however,the performance potential of
theXLS subwoofer issuchthat anyadditionalexpenditure on theamplifierstagewould
improve over-all performance and sound quality. To this end we have also made
available an XLS1000 kit without an amp hole cut-out so that you may add your own
internal or external amplifier solution and really disturb your neighbors. The XLS1000
will reproduce the lowest tone of a pipe organ, rattle your windows with the "12th
overture", make puddle rings in your drinks on the coffee table with Jurassic Park and
bringthepolicearoundwhilewatchingthelatestJamesBondmovie.
Extremely Long Stroke
XLS1000 DUAL 12" SUBWOOFER
12" Peerless XLS 300Wrms Active Driver
12" Peerless XLS Passive Radiator
No Port Velocity Noises at high volumes
Use our 200W amp or connect your own
Attractive "Piano" Black Polished Finish
Genuine Aussie wood feature panel
Seven "Aussie Hard Wood" Bracing
Interlocking cabinate joints
Super low frequency response
Super high output levels
Super low distortion
Maximum efficiency design
Extreem performance and
Premium
Quality Cabinets
Passive Radiator
Peerless XLS
High Power
Sub-Woofers
Peerless XLS / HDS
Speaker System Series
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10 Hz 20 50 100 200 500 1K
dBSPL
60
70
80
90
100
110
120 SPL vs Freq
External Amp - No EQ - 1W/M(dB-SPL)
Optional 200W Amplifier
MAXIMUM Output Level
AVAILABLE IN TWO MODELS
WITHOUT AMP - EXTERNALLY
AMPLIFIED
XLS1000:
XLS1002:
WITH 200Wrms AMPLIFIER BUILT-IN

CONTENTS OF XLS1000 KIT:
CAB1000-xx Cabinet
With Wood Feature Panel
Gasket Tape Approx' 2 metre
Grill Clips SGC12
Spiked Feet SPIKE35 x4
(xx=Colour Code)
With Black Speaker Grill
Woofer 12" 830500 Peerless XLS Sub
Passive 12" 830548 Peerless XLS Sub
Screws x20 STS8B (8mmx25mm)
CAB1002-xx Cabinet
S200W 200Wrms Sub-Amp
CONTENTS OF XLS1002 KIT:
Components as above but with AMP.
(xx=Colour Code)
OPTIONAL:
Designed By Russell Storey
Peerless XLS1000
12" SUB-WOOFER
Instruction Sheet
WES Components 90 Paramatta Rd Summerhill 2130 PH [phone]
Designed by Russell Storey - Stones Sound Studio Po Box 94 Tyalgum 2484 - www.wes.net.au
eXtra Long Stroke
Peerless Sub Woofers
XLS
Staple internal wadding
Insert S200W Amplifier
Insert Passive Radiator
Attach Cables and
Insert Main Driver
Attach Spiked Feet
Glue Feature Panel
Test and setup

XLS1000 - Speaker Placement Suggestions
WES Components 90 Paramatta Rd Summerhill 2130 PH [phone]
Storey - Stones Sound Studio Po Box 94 Tyalgum 2484 - www.wes.net.au
EXPERIMENT ON ROOM LOCATION FOR THE XLS SUBWOOFER BOX
CORNER PLACEMENT
RECOMMENDED LOCALES
I CANNOT HEAR THE SUB?
The biggest impediment to good quality bass from your subwoofer usually has little to do with the subwoofer itself, but its location
within the room. The problem is that a sub produces extra long wave lengths (bass) that form "Standing Waves" in the room,
resulting in a potentially uneven distribution of sound level at your favourite listening position. Some attention to the location of the
subwoofer can help dramatically improve your listening experience and achieve remarkable improvements in sound quality.
We recommend that you keep your XLS1000 away from the corners by at least two feet. Corner placement can increase the bass
output, but this location can excite large amounts of unwanted room resonances that will rattle objects and may give a boomy note
to your bass sound. Try as an experiment. You may and like this setup, you are the final judge. Just watch that crockery!
In , you are placing the XLS1000 so that the distance from the subwoofer to the nearest wall and its opposing wall is
different. This will stagger the standing waves so that they don't compound up on top of each other, produce rattling resonances.
, trying different locations for both you and the sub will show benefits of what's possible and thus help in
resolving a final location with minimal compromises. Locating the XLS1000 toward the front, as near to your main speakers as
possible is also recommended. Remember also to be careful not to obstruct the rear firing woofer, this is the subsonics.
The XLS1000 is an exceptionally clean, distortion-free subwoofer. As a result, it can be quite difficult to judge the bass content and
correct location of this sub and therefor feel immediately satisfied with your location decision. After all, subsonics are felt not heard!
The subwoofer location experiment may require some living with, and along with the adjustments of level controls, etc, the final
setup may take some extra time and many different media sources before you are generally satisfied that your getting maximum
sound quality from your XLS1000. Although, if you cant exactly here the sub, its probably perfectly tuned and in the best location!
"Setup C"
"Setup A & B"
Experimenting is the key
S200W AMPLIFIER CONNECTION & ADJUSTMENTS
HOME THEATRE
The S200W included with the XLS1002 is a 200 Watt RMS amplifier
capable of producing clean audio from 180Hz down to below 20Hz.
For home theatre, connect the S200W via twin RCA to a single RCA
adaptor into the SUBWOOFER output on your home theatre amplifier.
Adjust the FREQ to maximum (180Hz) as the bass filtering is done by
your home theatre amp (See its instruction manual for details).
Left Main
Speaker
Recommended Optimum Setup C
Entertainment
System
Right Main
Speaker
R1000
SUB
450 to 500mm Optimum
Active 12" Faces into the room
Left Main
Speaker R1000 SUB
450mm Optimum
Recommended Optimum Setup A
Entertainment
System
Right Main
Speaker
Active 12" Faces into the room
Left Main
Speaker
R1000
SUB
250mm Optimum
Recommended Optimum Setup B
Entertainment
System
Right Main
Speaker
Active 12" Faces into the room
HIGH-END AUDIO AMP & PRE-AMP COMBINATION
Similar to above. Connect to the amplifiers stereo PRE-AMP outputs.
Use RCA splitters as we recommend NOT connecting to the OUTPUT
on the S200W as it is NOT high-pass output filtered. Once attached,
adjust the S200Ws' FREQ. control to suit your main speakers.
eg. Very small satellite mains would require about 100 to 150Hz.
Full sized mains would require a lot lower, say 50Hz or less.
Adjust the FREQ control until you are happy with the overlap. That is
that there is minimal sound being produced by both speakers which
may give you a boomy sound at this crossover point. Adjust to ear.
PRE-OUT
Front L Front R
Rear L Rear R
Center Sub
LOW LEVEL
INPUT OUTPUT
RR
LL
S200W
A mono RCA lead
will suffice here
(connection only
to the "L" input)
with a marginal
gain loss only.
PRE-OUT
Front L Front R
LOW LEVEL
INPUT OUTPUT
RR
LL
PRE-IN
Front L Front R
PHASE SWITCHING
VIDEO-AUDIO MODE
Simply try it and of phase; whichever way has the most bass
is the right way. If it's too much bass, try adjusting the FREQ.
or just turn the subs gain down.
"VIDEO MODE" is a subsonic filter (<20Hz) to protect your XLS1002
from excessive cone movement. If you are in a small or difficult to tune
room, or if you are listening to ridiculously loud music or special
effects, or if the CD or Turntable keeps skipping, or your neighbours
keep complaining, you may wish to switch in the Sub-Sonic Switch to
"VIDEO" mode to protect your unit from damaging sub-sonic energies.
in out

CHECK THE CONTENTS!
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!
Check that all contents of the kit
are supplied and in good condition.
Make sure you have a clean work
area. It is recommended you use a
drop sheet so that your work does
not scratch the cabinet.
Designed by Russell Storey - Stones Sound Studio - www.wes.net.au
WES Components 90 Paramatta Rd Summerhill 2130 PH [phone]
Instruction Sheet
XLS1002
XLS1000
is shown here with its S200W amplifier and hole in cabinet to suit.
is without a hole for the S200W amplifier. This box
requires either a hole cut into it to suit your choice of inbuilt
amplifier or requires speaker cable access via a small hole or our
J706 recessed single speaker socket. We would suggest you
locate this on the bottom of the box for an attractive concealment.
Once you have taken the box out of the packaging, you should
make a decision on the box orientation that you desire. This is
whether you want the Amplifier and/or wood feature panel to the
LEFT or to the RIGHT of the front driver. Once this choice is
made you will know which side is the bottom and thus where to
put the feet which require holes to be drilled to affix.
LOOK HERE! READ ME! IMPORTANT!
For an improved, tight bass response it is highly recommended that you attach some heavy-duty spiked feet to the XLS1000.
For our recommended SPIKE35, a 5mm hole is drilled on all 4 corners (in about 5 to 7cm from the edge). A nut and bolt is used to affix
the feet, so it is recommended that you do the feet first, for easy bolt access and for better box stability when installing the drivers, etc.
5cm
5mm Drill Bit
Peerless XLS1000
XLS1000 - No Amplifier Hole. Blank.
XLS1002 - Includes S200W Amp & Hole.
Both units are identical other than
the amplifier being supplied or not.
Please follow instructions carefully
for best results. Please take care as
not to scratch the Piano finish paint.
Spiked feet are recommended.
eXtra Long Stroke
Peerless Sub Woofers
XLS
Contents XLS1000 & XLS1002 Kit:
CAB1000-xx Cabinet
With Wood Feature Panel
S200W 200Wrms Sub-Amp (XLS1002)
Gasket Tape Approx' 2 metre
Spiked Feet SPIKE35 x4
.
(xx=Colour Code)
With Black Speaker Grill
Woofer 12" 830500 Peerless XLS Sub
Passive 12" 830548 Peerless XLS Sub
Screws x20 STS8B (8mmx25mm)
OPTIONAL:
ESSENTIAL FOR STABLE BASS PERFORMANCE
RIGHT
or
LEFT

WES Components 90 Paramatta Rd Summerhill 2130 PH [phone]
Designed by Russell Storey - Stones Sound Studio - www.wes.net.au
Place your speaker cabinet on a non-slip, non-scratch surface.
Identify the orientation of the box as you desire (Left or Right).
Insert the Amplifier.
The ports are on the bottom side, so make sure you install the
amp upright. Pilot holes are pre-drilled so simply screw in the
supplied screws, caution that you don't thread the screws by
over tightening. If using an electronic screwdriver, adjust to a
medium/high torque setting. Beware which way is UP!
Insert the Wadding. (Ignore as wadding is already installed.)
The internals require some dampening. Ensure you cover
the amplifiers plastic cover,
but allowing the connection
Apply the gasket tape.
For a good air-tight seal between the speaker and cabinet,
it is required that you apply gasket tape around the whole
circumference of the flange on both of the woofers.
Insert the Passive Radiator.
This is the driver without any magnet. It is mounted on the rear of
the cabinet. Identified as the hole without the feature panel or grill
mounting plugs. Gradually tighten each screw, traversing across
the woofer. Carefully, ensure the wadding does not interfere with
the driver and that the gasket seals tight and proper and you don't
thread the screws or accidentally slip and puncture the cone!
Insert the Speaker.
Cabling is supplied with the amp and will connect directly to the 12" driver.
We highly recommend that you solder this connection for reliability. Make
sure the cable is not going to rattle on the drivers cone. Now simply locate
the driver into the flush hole and apply the screws, again tightening
carefully as not to strip them or slip and puncture the cone.
Passive Radiator
Feature Panel
You may wish to leave this untill after the testing stage.
Please affix the panel carefully with the appropriate
GLUE (Not Supplied) and let dry as per glue
instructions. The front is identified by the grill sockets.
SOLDERING IS RECOMMENDED
APPLYING GASKET TAPE
AROUND THE DRIVERS
IS VERY IMPORTANT !
cable thru. Split the
remains into strips and
place BETWEEN the
bracing battens on the
top, bottom, left and right panels. Don't allow any of the wadding to
touch any part of the drivers. Use a staple gun or appropriate glue.
Affix the wadding to the side of the cabinet, stapling down all
edges and loose areas.

REV.
1x Peerless 12" Cast Alloy Composite Fibre Cone Sub Driver 830500
1x Peerless 12" Cast Alloy Composite Fibre Cone Passive Radiator 830548
"Tweaked-Up" S200W SubwooferAmplifier 200Wrms
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REVISIONS
DESCRIPTION
REV. DATE APPROVED
NEXTASSY. USED ON
APPLICATION
Audiophile Satellite Monitors or HomeTheatre Spike Feet Locations Not Shown
Constructors Discretion
FINISH
Premium Piano Type Black Painted Finish
with Wood Veneer Feature Panel
MATERIAL
High Density Particle Board
(MDF) Laminated/Painted
ITEM
NO.
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETRES
TOLERANCESARE +/- 5mm
S200W WES Components
200Wrms Built-In Amplifier
Flange = 250x250mm
Hole = 220x220mm
PART NUMBER
R1000KS (SSS#)
CAD DRAWING,
MANUALLY UPDATE TO SUIT
WOOD THICKNESS (32mm)
APPROVALS DATE
DRAWN
From Box. Jim Ryan
VOLUME
Supplied by the
Designer:
Russell Storey
15-07-2002
CHECKED
General Dimensions Diagram
WES Components
DWG. NO.SIZE
A3
SCALE XX:XX CAD FILE: HDS1000_INS.cdr SHEET 1of1
MATERIAL SPECS.
32mm MDF QTY.
...\Kit_Instruction_Manuals\Finals\XLS1000_INS.cdr
Stones Sound Studio
AUDIOPHILE SUB WOOFER
CAB1000 / 1002
10-09-2003
DesignedbyRussellStorey-StonesSoundStudio-www.wes.net.au
*** Note ***
"~"= Approximate Only due to cabinet Thickness & may vary from diagram
with thickness of timber wall - XLS1000 = 32mm MDF.
Outside Dimension = Inside + Eg 32mm MDF
AUDIOPHILE 12" XLS SUBWOOFER - XLS1000 & XLS1002
32x42mm Hardwood Bracing
Shown counter-sunk into walls
(XLS1000) but not necessary.
X2 each wall except AMP wall
only one to allow space for S200W
ALL INNER EDGES ARE BEVELED
To reduce turbulence, less distortion.
All beveled edges are optional but recommended.
FEATURE PANEL AND FRONT GRILL
32mm think. All outer edges beveled.
Beware of dimensions as determined
by cabinet wall thickness and tolerances
also depend on cloth grill thickness, etc.
Genuine Australian Wood Feature Panel
Cabinet is universal in that the front/back
can be swapped for the amplifier hole to
be on the left or right.
Spiked feet should be attached,
essential for stability, after final assembly.
Feature Panel Width + Grill Width + Cloth.
XLS1002 [With Amplifier Cut-Out]
XLS1000 [With NO Cut-Out]
485mm
~420mm
Hole S200W
220x220mm
5mm Bevel
250x250mm
~395mm
~32mm
~32mm
"Back" 12" Passive Radiator
~40mm
~40mm
280
+5mm Deep
310mm Bevel
325mm
Grill Clips 10mm
460mm 460mm
~395mm
~395mm
460mm
~260mm
~200
55
90mm~55
125mm 280
+5mm Deep
310mm Bevel
"Front" 12" XLS Driver Grill Frame
830500
830548
830500
830548
Identical to below
But
Plus Grill Clips
Flipped
Line Up Grill Clips With Front Panel