Wharfedale Twin X Series Speaker System User Manual


 
TWIN-X SERIES MULTI-PURP
TWIN-15X SUB , TWIN-18X SUB WOOFERS
Proprietary designed, high efficiency, high power
Wharfedale Professional Folded Bass Horn
Subwoofer with 15 inch (15X SUB) or 18 inch (18X
SUB) heavy duty woofers.
Sophisticated crossover design enables smooth
power and frequency response control through
crossover region.
Speakon™ connectors
Protective steel grille (part covering) with acoustic
foam backing
High power output, low distortion sound quality
Rectangular shape
Pole mount socket for portable sound system use
Strong construction of acoustically inert 18 mm
birch plywood.
Built in M10 rigging points (except Active version)
Impact resistant multiple layered paint finish
TWIN-8X, -10X, -12X, -15X FULL RANGE UNITS
Proprietary designed, high efficiency, high power
Wharfedale Professional coaxial two-way full-
range drive units (full range units).
Sophisticated crossover design enables smooth
power and frequency response control through
crossover region.
Speakon™ connectors
Protective full steel grille with acoustic foam
backing
High power output, low distortion sound quality
Trapezoidal array design
Built in rigging points
Low profile ceiling mounting - low profile stage
monitor
Pole mount socket for portable sound system use
Integral High Frequency Driver Overload protection
“PRO-TECH”™
Strong construction of acoustically inert birch
plywood.
Impact resistant multiple layered paint finish
INTRODUCTION:
The TWIN-X is capable of delivering high SPL’s in even the most demanding applications and exhibits true
constant directivity, providing an even frequency response over the entire area of coverage.
The TWIN-X full range cabinet comprises one sophisticated low frequency (LF) driver and high frequency (HF)
sources are exactly aligned to a point source, resulting in a smooth uniform frequency response over a wide area
of coverage either as a portable stand alone system or in a multi-cabinet array. As the system is a point source,
clusters and arrays have minimal lobing. These features are inherent and achieved without the use of any
electronic signal processing.
The asymmetric cabinet profile allows flexible and discreet installation. As a foreground system, installation is
made simple with any type of mounting hardware or the system can be flown using the integral M10 inserts.
For portable stage use the birch ply cabinet has a recessed carrying handle on the rear of the cabinet. As a
versatile low profile stage monitor, the conical coverage pattern gives the performer greater freedom of movement.
Equalisation:
The TWIN-X loudspeaker is designed to need no equalisation or correction to overcome system limitations. As a
result, it will only need equalisation to compensate for difficult acoustic environments.
Over equalisation can reduce system headroom, and introduce phase distortion resulting in greater problems than
cures. If equalisation is required then it should be applied gently and smoothly. The TWIN-X loudspeaker is a
point source, phase coherent design and violent equalisation will be detrimental to the overall sound quality.
When a loudspeaker is used in close proximity to another, comb filtering effects can create coverage problems,
comb filtering creates an uneven frequency response across the coverage area due to constructive and
destructive interference effects between the sources. The amount of comb filtering is affected by the spacing fo
the relative sound sources. Minimising this effect cannot be cured by equalisation.