Hooking Up With Speaker Wire Only

If the Mythos STs are your main set of speakers, you will hook up the left main/front channel red(+) terminal of your receiver or ampliﬁer to the red(+) terminal of your left loudspeaker and the left main/front channel black(-) terminal of your receiver or ampliﬁer to the black(-) terminal of your left loudspeaker. Connect the right channel main/front channel red(+) terminal of your ampliﬁer or receiver to the red(+) terminal of your right loudspeaker and the black(-) terminal of the right main/front channel of your receiver or ampliﬁer to the black(-) terminal of your right loudspeaker. It is essential that both speakers be connected in the same way (in phase) to its own channel of the ampliﬁer. If you experience a great lack of bass, it is likely that one speaker is out of phase with the other.

If you are using the Mythos ST as side/rear surround speakers, hook up the left surround red(+) terminal of your receiver or ampliﬁer to the red(+) terminal of your left surround speaker and the left surround black(-) terminal of your receiver or ampliﬁer to the black(-) terminal of your left surround speaker. Connect the right surround red(+) terminal of your ampliﬁer or receiver to the red(+) terminal of your right surround loudspeaker and the black(-) terminal of the right surround channel of your receiver or ampliﬁer to the black(-) terminal of your right surround loudspeaker.

The simplest implementation of use with DTS or Dolby Digital is to simply hook-up your Mythos ST with speaker wire as described above and set your receiver or processor’s menu to “Large” left and right main speakers and “no” subwoofer. The bass management system will then send the LFE .1 channel into the left and right channels and it will be reproduced by the subwoofers in your Mythos STs giving you all the beneﬁts of the discrete LFE signal. The speakers have a special circuit that takes an inﬁnitesimally small signal from the speaker level input and converts it to a low-level signal which then drives the subwoofer power amp.

Using the LFE Input on Your Mythos STs

With Dolby Digital or DTS, you have the option to use the low level LFE input in addition to the speaker wires. To do this, simply use a “Y” connector (available from your dealer) out of the LFE output on your receiver or processor to feed two line level cables, connecting one to the LFE input on your left Mythos ST and the other to the LFE input on your right speaker. “Tell” your bass management system that you have “large” left and right front speakers and “Yes” subwoofer.

Using Multi-Channel SACD or DVD-Audio with your Mythos STs

Because of the nature of their bass management systems, a multi-channel SACD player or DVD-Audio player (or any other format that requires using 6- channel interconnects) requires the use of an LFE connection between your receiver or processor and your Mythos ST. If you are using one of these players, please use the connection method outlined in the “Using the LFE Input” section.

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