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Some 

extremely 

selections 

extremely 

flat 

response 

systems 

may 

not 

need 

the 

Phase 

Coupled 

Activator. 

For  everything 

else, 

w e  

know 

find  it 

simply 

is 

that  deserves 

t o  

be 

back. 

System 

H a s  

Gone 

If 

haven't 

your 

stereo 

system 

with 

your 

system, 

missing 

lot. 

Even 

if 

they're 

in 

different 

worth  getting 

sepa- 

rate 

amp  and 

t o  

go 

w i t h  

your 

monitor. 

But  remember 

t o  

get 

spare 

Phase 

Coupled 

Activator. 

enhancing 

video 

soundtracks 

is 

one 

of 

i t s  

most 

exciting 

uses. 

Particularly 

impressive 

are 

t h e  

effects 

on 

movies 

with 

special 

soundtracks 

l i k e  

Star 

Wars, 

Dune, 

movies 

w i t h  

lots  of 

violence,  like  Clint 

flicks, 

mercenaries 

re-fighting  Vietnam 

epics, 

musical 

or 

with 

big,  expansive, 

tapes 

and  rock 

videos 

art  fantastic. 

Even 

stage-bound 

movies  sound 

better. 

The 

Phase 

Coupled 

Activator 

will 

restore 

bass 

to 

reception,  satellite, 

c a b l e  

and 

of 

cassettes. 

If  you're 

with 

or 

Beta 

you 

can 

enhance 

soundtracks 

DURING  RECORDING  for 

playback 

on 

t h e  

decks 

of 

less 

fortunate 

than 

yourself. 

Systems 

and 

The 

S i n c e  

Phase 

A c t i v a t o r   restores 

fundamentals, 

must 

have 

speaker 

system 

t h a t  

can 

reproduce 

the  results, 

Systems 

w o r k  

fine. 

Under 

the 

u s e  

of  a 

and/or 

pay 

particular  attention 

t o  

making 

sure 

the 

Phase  Coupled 

Activator 

doesn't  overdrive 

your 

woofers, 

In 

s o m e  

cases, 

designers 

have 

peak 

in 

their 

speakers. 

N o t   that 

i t  

in 

those  flat 

graphs 

that 

w i t h  

it. 

But  a 

big, 

can 

be 

a t  

the 

Phase 

Activator 

Is 

p a r t i a l l y  

active. 

T h e  

can 

an 

over-accentuation 

of 

t h e  

Phase 

correction. 

The 

solution 

Is 

NOT 

turn 

down  the  Detection  Ratio 

knob, 

but 

to 

r e m o v e  

the 

response 

bump 

with 

frequency-selective 

tone 

control, 

or 

good 

graphic  equalizer 

(we 

those, 

too). 

Of 

course, 

nothing 

c u r e  

really 

flabby, 

bass 

in 

speaker  except 

quality 

speaker- 

Summary of Contents for Phase Coupled Activator

Page 1: ...22313 70th Avenue West dountlake Terrace WA 98043 2155 t2061775 3461 FAX 1206 738 3166 Phase Coupled Activator Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...e know you re dying to fire the box up and start fracturing your foundations but cool t h y jets a f e w minutes and read the first couple portions of this manual The Phase Coupled Activator is SO DIF...

Page 3: ...ve provided a replacement It is also a good place to hook other signal enhancement devices such as equalizers noise reducers expanders etc Pushed IN this button sends out and receives the return of an...

Page 4: ...ram material that doesn t even have the normal stingy amount of bass in it Rotating the knob to the Ieft rcduccs the sensitivity of t h e Phase Coupled Activator s restoration action VERY well recorde...

Page 5: ...r or In tegrated Amplifier 1 1 Locate the tape monitor sockets on the back of your receiver They should be marked IN and OUT or M O N and REC or REG and PLAYBACK There may be two sets of them You can...

Page 6: ...p a cassette deck or ether signal pxcssinp device Whether you ve hooked the Phase Coupled Activator up to your cape sockets or the external processor sockets they re now filled and can t be used for o...

Page 7: ...se nifty cornpli cared switching boxes you re way ahead of us anyway and have probably already finished this hcsokup 3 2 Qn the far right side of the Phast Coupled Activator kcate the center set of ja...

Page 8: ...ce they only have to reproduce signals above 90Hz Greg Mackie our Director of Engineering highly recommends this approach ConsuIt with the dealer where you bought your Phase Coupled Activator about su...

Page 9: ...t for yourself Put on s o m e background music Mantovani Sex Pistols Wagner whatever your taste i s with the Digital Restoration button engaged Then t u r n the volume down to background level Now swi...

Page 10: ...s to regular T Y reception satellite cable and o f course vidm cassettes If you re a vidmphile with a YI 15 or Beta Hi fi deck you can even enhance soundtracks DURING RECORDING for playback on t h e d...

Page 11: ...moving your speakers out away from back walls and corners Raise them up using speaker stands This takes some experimentation but can yield drnmaticaIly differing results You can also move yourself Whe...

Page 12: ...rcquire this so it s a geed habit to get into with any sttrto purchase 3 Your Phasc Coupled Activator has to havt bctn originally prchastd form an authorized Audio Control dealer You do not have to b...

Page 13: ...is warranty w e have no obligation txprtss or implied AJso w e wilI not be obligated for direct or indircct consequential damage to your system caused by hwking up Audio Control Phase Coupled Activato...

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