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Owners manual

KODO

This system must only be

set up by a dealer/technician

authorized by

Gryphon Audio Designs

Summary of Contents for Kodo

Page 1: ...Owners manual KODO This system must only be set up by a dealer technician authorized by Gryphon Audio Designs...

Page 2: ...up The bass tower electronics Master tower controls Bass tower connections Slave Connecting to Preamplifier and poweramplifier Tweeter fine calibration Notes Warranty This manual do not contain assemb...

Page 3: ...Designs has been an exploration of the complex art of simplicity taking as our conceptual foundation the words of Albert Einstein widely re ferred to as Einstein s Razor The supreme goal of all theory...

Page 4: ...al de signers and DIY speaker builders long after his passing On a strictly informal basis they began an in depth explora tion that would take full advantage of Rasmussen s extensive experience in des...

Page 5: ...om the listener to the acoustic centre of each driver The finished loudspeaker can only be described as an open window utterly transparent to the original recorded event with equally remarkable dynami...

Page 6: ...r a Gryphon loudspeaker continued to grow as distributors dealers and enthusiasts wanted to share in the great secret Electing not to fall into the same trap as so many others who rush to market with...

Page 7: ...tata at tracted the interest of an internationally respected Danish driver manufacturer willing to build drive units to Gryphon s strict specifications Jensen Capacitors manufactured induc tors and ca...

Page 8: ...because the Gryphon design team is equally at ease with transducers as with amplification we perhaps uniquely possess the necessary prowess and ambition to pull off the for midable feat that is the Gr...

Page 9: ...io at its ultimate extreme Com pared to the Gryphon Kodo any so called system assembled from an assortment of unrelated products will inevitably fall short Gryphon Kodo offers highly desirable feature...

Page 10: ...are the workload from 200 Hz to 25 kHz The mid high tower is extremely efficient 96 dB 1 Watt 2 83V 1 meter with an impedance that never dips below 4 Ohms making the passive tower a very amplifier fri...

Page 11: ...employs a heat resistant Kapton film base aluminium conductor traces and an innovative fold geometry Because of the large surface area of its pleated structure the Air Motion Transformer moves a large...

Page 12: ...And loudspeakers are designed for similar universality Inevitably there are factors which can make specific pairings less than optimal or even untenable radical differences in tonality low power amp...

Page 13: ...with none of the sluggishness of more conven tional systems It should be noted that the Kodo bass towers as with the Posei don and Pendragon are not subwoofers in any conventional sense as they cross...

Page 14: ...y itself with a separate display that can be placed for clear visibility from the listening position Because bass frequencies now have their own dedicated amp the amount of power needed to achieve a g...

Page 15: ...of energy in a certain frequency area Diffusion can not do that It is not possible to give plug and play directions to any spea ker system A large degree is the individual and often minute adjustment...

Page 16: ...flection will enter in this example between 1 3 and 2 3 Behind listener If distance is large little or perhaps moderate damping can be applied If it is closer diffusion can be applied could be com bi...

Page 17: ...has trouble stopping again thus creating the dreaded overhang the woofer is playing something that it was not told to by the amplifier By using these responsive drivers in a large numbers in com binat...

Page 18: ...dling this system Vol Vol Bass level up or down Q Q Optimizing bass performance to the specific room LOW CUT Use this with turntable use to prevent overloading the system with low level noise from tur...

Page 19: ...tween Master and Slave Error Indication of malfunction 12 v Link Auto power on if connected to a Gryphon link system Stdby Flashes when starting up Blue led on front of bass tower is in dicating that...

Page 20: ...Bass Tower Connections SLAVE 20...

Page 21: ...Connecting the Kodo to preamplifier and poweramplifier 21...

Page 22: ...TWEETER FINE CALIBRATION The tweeter level can be fine calibrated by replacing the fac tory supplied resistors with any pair of the enclosed 2 extra pars 22...

Page 23: ...Notes 23...

Page 24: ...tors The warranty does not cover damage due to misuse accident or neglect This warranty is not valid if the operation voltage of the product has been changed The distributor or manufacturer Gryphon Au...