Klipsch P-312W owner manual About Your Loudspeaker, An International Project, Design

About Your Loudspeaker

An International Project

The Klipsch Palladium Series has drawn on engineering, design and manufacturing resources from all over the world. In addition to our formidable team in the USA, we have used European industrial designers, British theoreti- cal physicists and manufacturing and production specialists from China.

The Palladium Series is the culmination of over 60 years of research and engineering advancements, having been designed with the most advanced computer aided design (CAD) tools available, rigorously evaluated using our own in-house proprietary software, built to the most stringent quality standards and voiced by a panel of our most experienced listeners. No Klipsch loudspeaker has ever had more care and attention to every detail lavished on it than your Palladium Series subwoofer.

Although building one subwoofer is relatively straightforward, building hundreds of subwoofers is challenging. Measurements play an important role in analyzing subwoofer characteristics, but the human ear is the ultimate test gear for evaluating its reproduction quality . At Klipsch, every design is strictly evaluated, using listening tests designed to expose even the very smallest weakness. All final voicing is performed under blind conditions, using trained listeners and standard audio sound tracks selected based on their particular area of auditory excellence. All information is tabulated and reported back to the designer for analysis. In almost all cases, Klipsch products are evaluated against similarly priced competitive models. It is only in this manner that Klipsch can truly rely on the quality of feedback received, eliminating skewed data that may result due to influences caused by price, brand recognition, or visual appeal.

Design

The P-312W is a triple-driver subwoofer with high output and extremely low distortion. The three drivers of the P-

312W are comprised of an active, front-firing 12-inch alumi- num / fiber-composite hybrid cone and a pair of side-firing 12-inch aluminum / fiber-composite hybrid cone passive radiators. These drivers are mated with an internal BASH® digital hybrid amplifier and Klipsch’s advanced Digitally Controlled Subwoofer (DCS) operating system. All features and functions of the DCS system are accessed via a touch- panel located on top of the subwoofer. Inputs and outputs are located on a panel below the amplifier heatsink on the rear of the enclosure. This arrangement locates cabling behind the subwoofer for a clean installation and keeps

all of the controls up front readily accessible for the user. When not in use, the touch-panel control lighting turns

off, leaving nothing but the elegant appearance of the aluminum trim and black glass panel juxtaposed against the striking zebra-grain veneer. The superior components used in the P-312W are complemented by the unique enclosure design and highlighted by the elemental performance of the industrial design. The massive laminated MDF enclosure is based on a curved non-parallel wall structure for minimal resonance and maximum structural rigidity.

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