MartinLogan Speaker user manual Channel Mode With 2-Channel Output, Why the Filters Are Not Equal

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2-Channel Mode With 2-Channel Output

This setup is recommended if your subwoofer will be used in a 2-channel only system.

Signal Connection (see figure 11):

1 Connect the left out/right out from your preamplifier to the Left In/Right In of the subwoofer. Use quality RCA interconnects.

2

Connect the Left Out/Right Out of your subwoofer to

 

 

 

the left in/right in of your amplifier. Use quality RCA

 

 

 

 

 

 

interconnects.

 

 

Recommended Control Settings:

 

 

1

Set the controls as recommended on page 9.

 

 

2.

The High Pass Filter: Out switch should be set, at the

 

 

 

user’s discretion, to the option with the best sound-

 

 

 

ing result. As a general rule, if your main loudspeakers

 

 

 

are bookshelf speakers, set the High Pass Filter: Out to

 

 

 

70Hz. Likewise, 40Hz for floorstanding loudspeakers.

 

 

 

Use ‘None’, if you want to pass an unaltered signal.

 

 

3

At this time the Low Pass Filter should be set to

 

 

 

approximately 70% of your main loudspeakers lowest

 

 

 

frequency response—make note of this number.

 

 

 

If the High Pass Filter: Out is set to ‘None’, the Low

 

 

 

Pass Filter should remain at approximately 70% of your

 

 

 

loudspeakers lowest frequency response.

 

 

 

If the High Pass Filter: Out is set to 40Hz, the Low Pass

 

 

 

Filter should be set to 35Hz or 70%, whichever is greater.

 

 

 

If the High Pass Filter: Out is set to ‘70Hz’, the Low Pass

 

 

 

Figure 11. Signal connection for 2-channel mode with 2-channel output.

 

Filter should be set to 55Hz or 70%, whichever is greater.

 

 

Why the Filters Are Not Equal

You may have noticed the recommended setting proce-

 

dure does not advise setting the Low Pass Filter and High

 

Pass Filter: Out to the same frequency. Between 20Hz

 

and 100Hz, as the subwoofers output decreases, the

 

loudspeakers output increases. For a seamless crossover

 

of these two slopes, the summation of their two values, at

 

any given frequency, should add to maintain a level out-

 

put. By correctly setting your High Pass Out and Low Pass

 

filters, this result can easily be achieved (see figure 12).

Figure 12.

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