Emotiva 12 Speaker User Manual


 
UsingMultipleSubwoofersinaMultiChannelSystem
ThecompactsizeofUltraSubwoofersmakethemidealforbeingusedinsystemsthatemploymultiplesubwoofers.Thisis
becomingmorecommoninhometheaterenvironments.Actionfilmsandconcerts,especially,cangreatlybenefitfroma
substantialsubwoofersetupthateasilyandcomfortablyfillstheroomduringdemandinglowendsequences.Themost
commonmultiplesubwoofersetupistheuseoftwosubwoofers,aleftsideandarightside,butmanycombinationsare
possible.Ifyouwouldliketouseamultiplesubwoofersetup,checkyouraudiovideoprocessororreceiverandmakesureit
hasmultiplesubwooferoutputs.
Werecommendthatyouinitiallytryaleftside/rightsidesetup.Althoughlowfrequencysoundwavesarenondirectionalin
nature,aleftside/rightsidesetupcangiveyouatrulycohesive,powerful,smooth,andbalancedsoundstage.
Setthecrossover,phaseadjustment,andvolumecontrolsidentically,thenmakeadjustmentsuntilthesubwoofersproperly
integratetoyoursystem.Ifyouareplacingthesecondsubwoofersomewhereelseintheroom(otherthanamirror
placementinrelationtothefirstsubwoofer),orusingmorethantwosubwoofers,experimentingwithvolume,crossoverand
phasecontrolsbecomescrucialinachievingabalanced,wellintegratedsoundforyoursystem.
Again,practicepatience!Itmaytakealittletime,butyou’llendupwithanamazingsoundinghometheaterandmusic
listeningenvironment.
NOTE:Whenusingamultiplesubwoofersetupthatrequiresdifferentvolume,crossoverandphasesettingsbetweenthe
subs,remembertousetheadjustmentcontrolsonthesubwoofersthemselves,insteadofsettingthemtobypassandusing
thecontrolsonyourprocessororpreamplifier.
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