Trim calculation table
Using identical amps
disc that had the appropriate pink noise signals, such as the 5.1 Audio Toolkit DVD (http://www.audiotoolkit.com/).
Simply turn off the power amplifiers that drive the planar magnetic sections, and turn on the noise sequencer. Measure the volume using a dB SPL meter (C- weighted, slow) and write down the results on a
Then repeat the process with the woofer amps turned off and the planar amps on. Subtract the planar number from the woofer number and enter it in the cor- responding channel’s
Channel | Woofer level | Planar level | Trim Value |
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Sample only | 85 | 90 | 85 – 90 = |
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Right |
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Right Back |
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Left Back |
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Once the trim values have been entered, click the “Save Speaker Trim” button to download them to the
Optionally, your installer may also save the basic speaker configuration at this point to an XML file on your PC’s hard disk. Doing so saves having to repeat the process if he ever needs to set up another
If you use the same amplifiers (or amps that have identical input sensitivities and gain) for both the woofer and planar sections, then the only difference that needs to be accounted for is the difference in sensitivity in the speaker sections themselves. Those figures are supplied in the table below.
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