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Legatia SE Carbon User’s Manual 

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Welcome and Introduction 

 
Congratulations  on  your  purchase  of  high  performance  Legatia  SE  Carbon-series  mobile  audio 
component loudspeakers, and welcome to the world of Hybrid Audio Technologies, where high-end 
mobile  audio  loudspeaker  development  is  our  passion!  When  installed  and  set-up  properly,  the 
Legatia SE Carbon component system you have purchased will be the finest loudspeakers you have 
ever heard and give years of superior performance. 
 
Thank  you  for  going  “on  line”  to  read  and  download  your  User’s  Manual.  Our  offices  are  located 
amongst the evergreens in North Georgia USA, and we happen to like trees. Aside from the obvious 
aesthetic  benefits,  trees  improve  our  air,  protect  our  water,  save  energy,  and  improve  economic 
sustainability.  Additionally,  it  is  expensive  to  print  and  distribute  thousands  of  copies  of  an  owner’s 
manual;  we’d  rather  invest  our  production  dollars  into  an  incredible  line-up  of  speaker  systems  for 
your listening pleasure. With online resources becoming the main source of information for more and 
more people, we are pleased that you’re here, reading this manual on line, verses having a print copy 
which might get read once and put back into the gift box, or worse yet, discarded. 
 
With the publication of this specifications library and car audio reference guide, it is our goal to assist 
the  “do  it  yourself”  enthusiast  and  professional  installer  alike  in  getting  the  highest  level  of 
performance  out  of  Legatia  SE  Carbon  component  speakers  and  sets  using  straight-forward 
installation  advice  and  practical  application  of  timeless  acoustic  principles.  The  first  part  of  this 
manual is comprised of a specifications library for all of our available Legatia SE Carbon component 
speakers,  passive  crossover  devices,  and  available  accessory  hardware.    Simply  scroll  through  the 
library to learn more about the wide variety of Legatia SE Carbon products.  The second part of the 
manual  has  been  written  to  be  more  or  less  a  miniature  mobile  audio  reference  guide  that  can  be 
used  to  better  any  sound  system,  and  in  particular,  a  system  that  utilizes  the  Legatia  SE  Carbon 
component speaker systems.  It is an introductory primer to the world of high-end mobile audio; we 
hope  this  user’s  manual  is  not  only  informative,  but  motivating.  Keep  it  handy  throughout  your 
installation  process,  and  any  time  you  go  to  improve  your  audio  system  with  other  Hybrid  Audio 
Technologies  products,  or  perhaps  to  take  advantage  of  our  lifetime  guaranteed  value  trade-in 
program. We are  confident  that  if the  principles  explained  in  this manual  are exercised  in  your  own 
installation, you will be ecstatic with the sound quality outcome! 
 
We realize that you have a choice in loudspeakers, and are thrilled that you have chosen the Legatia 
SE  Carbon  series.  For  more  information  about  Hybrid  Audio  Technologies,  our  philosophies 
regarding high-end mobile audio, to learn more about our lifetime guaranteed value program, and for 
information about our other products, please visit us online at 

www.hybrid-audio.com

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Thank you, and happy listening! 
 

 

 
Scott E. Buwalda 
Founder – Hybrid Audio Technologies 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Legatia L4SE Stage VI Carbon

Page 1: ...Legatia SE Carbon Series Component Speakers Specifications Library Car Audio Reference Guide...

Page 2: ...E Carbon Midbass 10 History 10 Attributes 10 Summary 12 Mechanical Drawing 13 Thiele Small Parameters 14 Frequency Response Graph 15 Legatia L6SE Carbon Midbass 16 History 16 Attributes 16 Summary 18...

Page 3: ...ation of the Legatia SE Carbon Component Systems 28 Mounting Baffle Considerations 28 Crossovers 29 Time Correction 30 Scenario 1 30 Scenario 2 30 Scenario 3 31 Amplitude Equalization 31 Acoustic Trea...

Page 4: ...vel of performance out of Legatia SE Carbon component speakers and sets using straight forward installation advice and practical application of timeless acoustic principles The first part of this manu...

Page 5: ...al strength while balancing moving mass and resonance frequency The following design tenets are similar by comparison to the Legatia SE series wide bandwidth drivers Same basket diameter mounting hole...

Page 6: ...n midbass drivers come equipped with copper shorting cups The shorting cups consist of an optimally sized and placed cup of copper Cu to create a total inductance profile that is not just low but flat...

Page 7: ...overly brittle or stiff where vibrations in the spider are well damped and do not translate into the former or the cone Basket The basket of the Stage VI Legatia SE Carbon series drivers are a shared...

Page 8: ...barrier at best and the result of the high amount of energy being pushed into a small enclosure is the energy transmitting through to the outside of the cone an additive phenomenon to the incidental w...

Page 9: ...ce afforded in a dipole configuration and the speaker will reach its mechanical limits much quicker and will net increased distortion However in certain instances a dipole style midbass may work well...

Page 10: ...118mm 4 65 inch midbass driver to compliment both two way and three way system designs where a shallow depth long throw small format midbass is required The following are the L4SE Carbon s design attr...

Page 11: ...the former or the cone Cone As noted in the introduction the SE Carbon is a complete departure from the typical Hybrid Audio Technologies philosophy of point source midbass and midrange full range dri...

Page 12: ...ormat midbass driver Mechanical and electrical parameters are amenable to a variety of different installations and speaker locations This driver is intended to be used in an infinite baffle configurat...

Page 13: ...Legatia SE Carbon User s Manual Hybrid Audio Technologies Page 13 of 30 Mechanical Drawing...

Page 14: ...24 dB octave highpass Pnom Rated Power Input No Crossover 35 watts AES Standard Pmax Rated Power Input No Crossover 75 watts AES Standard Pmax With Recommended Minimum Crossover 150 watts Frequency R...

Page 15: ...Frequency Response Graph Please note that the response peak at approximately 170 Hz is a testing room mode and is not indicative of the speaker s performance at that frequency All speakers tested sho...

Page 16: ...also in universal applications where mounting depth was at a premium The L6SE Carbon project required several iterations of alpha samples for real world testing as we refined the performance of the dr...

Page 17: ...winding with good power handling and low inductance Suspension The unique double S shaped surround is treated fine cloth which is highly consistent and does not suffer the variance one might find in n...

Page 18: ...aded push terminals for both positive and negative The terminals optimize contact and give the end user flexibility in tinned wire or binding post terminations Summary The Legatia L6SE Carbon is the w...

Page 19: ...Legatia SE Carbon User s Manual Hybrid Audio Technologies Page 19 of 30 Mechanical Drawing...

Page 20: ...4 dB octave highpass Pnom Rated Power Input No Crossover 60 watts AES Standard Pmax Rated Power Input No Crossover 125 watts AES Standard Pmax With Recommended Minimum Crossover 200 watts Frequency Ra...

Page 21: ...Frequency Response Graph Please note that the response peak at approximately 170 Hz is a testing room mode and is not indicative of the speaker s performance at that frequency All speakers tested sho...

Page 22: ...ia SE Carbon User s Manual Hybrid Audio Technologies Page 22 of 30 Legatia L4G Grille Assembly Note The Legatia L4G grille has application for the Legatia L4SE Legatia L4 as well as the Legatia L4SE C...

Page 23: ...Audio Technologies Page 23 of 30 Legatia L6G Grille Assembly Note The Legatia L6G grille has application for the Legatia L6SE Legatia L6V2 as well as the original Legatia L6 offering The L6SE Carbon c...

Page 24: ...anding and incorporating some or all of the techniques in the following sections Lessons Learned We like to call this our Lessons Learned section where we expose some critical lessons that we have lea...

Page 25: ...about 0 9 milliseconds earlier than the furthest channel It is Hybrid Audio s opinion that the end user should try to keep PLD s to less than 30 centimeters in a vehicle which is intended to have goo...

Page 26: ...f the kick panels present in most vehicles The kick panels are the small panel next to the throttle and brake pedals down by your feet While it is not immediately obvious looking at a two dimensional...

Page 27: ...an area where intensity differences can be equalized either mechanically or electronically to ensure good imaging and sound staging The lesson to be learned is that like Lesson Two the Legatia SE Carb...

Page 28: ...installation as follows Mounting the baffle sound damping and decoupling the mounting baffle or mounting location should either be secured extremely well to the vehicle s body or completely isolated f...

Page 29: ...l roll off This rolloff typically amounts to about 12 dB octave and needs to be taken into account especially when designing passive crossover systems Simply adding a capacitor and inductor in series...

Page 30: ...0 4 000 Hz for low pass in combination with a low resonance tweeter like the Legatia L1 Pro or the Legatia L1 Pro R2 In all cases the chosen crossover frequencies should be evaluated for sonic charact...

Page 31: ...ertainly be helpful in fine tuning the system to your own personal taste or in the quest for playback accuracy to the original musical composition One important consideration of amplitude equalization...

Page 32: ...uld the Legatia SE Carbon midbass be placed in the kick panel locations one may find that a notable improvement can be made by adding acoustical treatments such as open cell foam into the underside of...

Page 33: ...d function Warranty of the replacement parts is limited to 90 days or the unexpired portion of the warranty period of the product on which the parts are being used whichever is longer This warranty do...

Page 34: ...a great product offering backed up with unsurpassed customer service and technical support will advance the Hybrid Audio Technologies namesake in the coming years We are pleased that you have joined...

Page 35: ...nd Power Output AES Convention New York 1987 JAES Vol 35 No 12 December 1987 Linkwitz Siegfried A Three Enclosure Loudspeaker System with Active Delay and Crossover Parts 1 2 3 Speaker Builder 2 80 3...

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