Setting Up Your X-Ref 10
Setting up your X-Ref 10 DSP Powered Subwoofer for optimal performance is really a three-step process. The first part consists of deciding where to place your X-Ref 10 (or a pair of them). The second part consists of configuring your source equipment and your X-Ref 10 to work perfectly together. The third and final part consists of using the X-Ref 10’s advanced DSP Management System to configure it to perfectly match your room and other equipment.
While none of this is terribly complicated (and the X-Ref’s advanced DSP Management System makes it a lot easier and more precise), it still makes sense to plan what you intend to do in advance.
The best configuration for your subwoofer (or subwoofers) depends, to a large degree, on what type of system you have. The simplest and most effective way to configure bass management and equalization is to allow your source component or components to do the bass management, and use the controls on the subwoofer to fine-tune it to your particular listening room and placement choices. The advanced DSP Management System makes it simple to configure the X-Ref 10 to be a perfect match for virtually any room. (While the DSP Management System also offers precise control of the crossover point, it isn’t able to bass manage other components, so if your source components have bass management, it’s best to set the X-Ref’s X-Over control to Direct and allow your source components to handle the bass management).
The DSP Difference
Analog circuits, while simple to design and implement, have several serious shortcomings. Not only is it difficult to set a knob (or read where it’s set) accurately, but individual variations in the analog circuitry itself may make it difficult to accurately set certain parameters, or to return to previous settings. There are also practical limitations about what functions can be achieved with analog circuitry. Properly designed DSP (digital) controls give you greater flexibility, higher precision and repeatability, better performance, and access to features simply not practical with analog controls, and they do so at lower cost. In addition, our convenient push-to-engage rotary encoder is easier to use than a dial or knob, and the LCD display is easy to read and simple to understand.
