MartinLogan Monolith III user manual Contents

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Important

Your Martin-Logan speakers are provided with automatic Limited 90 Day Warranty coverage.

You have the option, at no additional charge, to receive Limited 3 Year Warranty coverage. To obtain Limited 3 Year Warranty coverage you need only complete and return the Certificate of Registration that was included with your speakers to Martin-Logan, within 30 days of purchase.

If you did not receive a Certificate of Registration with your speakers, you cannot be assured of having received new units. If this is the case, please contact Martin-Logan.

We know you are anxious to listen to your new speakers. So, to speed you along, we have provided an Installation in Brief section ahead of the detailed descriptive information contained in this manual.

Please read and follow these instruc- tions for installation in brief as you initially connect your speakers into your system. These instructions are important and will prevent you from experiencing any delay, frustration, or system damage which might occur in a trial-and-error procedure.

The other sections of your User’s Manual will explain in detail the operation of your speakers and the philosophy applied to their design. A clear understanding of your speakers will insure that you obtain maximum performance and pleasure from this most exacting transducer.

Contents

Introduction

Installation in Brief

Monolith III Specifications

History

Connection

IIIp Connection

IIIx Connection

IIIx Operation

IIIx Technical Description

Room Acoustics

Placement

General Information

The Electrostatic Concept

Martin-Logan Exclusives

Questions

Troubleshooting

Glossary

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Contents Monolith III Speaker System Contents Introduction Power Connection AC Installation in BriefPlacement Signal ConnectionMonolith III Specifications Monolith III SpeakerHistory Page7 AC Power Connection ConnectionONE Standard Connection for Monolith IIIp TWO Bi-wire Connection for the Monolith IIIpIIIp Connection Three Passive Bi-amplification Page11 Packaging IIIx ConnectionIntroduction Monolith IIIx Crossover connection Bass Contour Controls Crossover SettingsIIIx Operation Your Room and BassTuning Your Room Monolith IIIx Crossover Bass Contour controlsTheory of Operation IIIx Operation IIIx Technical DescriptionMusical Tastes Monolith IIIx Crossover block diagram of circuit Terminology Room AcousticsYour Room Vertical Dispersion Rules of ThumbBipolar Speakers and Your Room Horizontal DispersionDispersion Concepts Back Wall PlacementGeneral Placement Front WallExperimentation Final WordCare General InformationAssociated Equipment Solid FootingElectrostatic Concept An Electrostatic TransducerAn Electromagnetic Transducer Martin-Logan Exclusives Full Range OperationVapor Deposited Film Curvilinear Line SourceHybrid Technology Transducer IntegrityQuestions Do I need an amplifier with high current capability?Troubleshooting No OutputGlossary Page31