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Summary of Contents for Signature III

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Page 2: ...Owners Record 4 The Cabinetry Our Commitment Setup 5 Unpacking Your Speakers 6 Speaker Placement 9 Hook up Cables 12 Amplification 16 Speaker Connections 17 Fine tuning Technology 18 Designer s Note 2...

Page 3: ...product Model No _______________________________ Serial No _______________________________ Date of purchase _________________________ Thank you for selecting a Legacy Loudspeaker System These hand cra...

Page 4: ...n bruised knuckles Each cabinet is impeccably finished on all exposed surfaces with select veneers The exquisite finish is hand rubbed several times to assure a patina at home with the most elegant de...

Page 5: ...ected by a double wall outer carton with heavy V board corner protectors Molded foam end caps are used to protect the elegant cabinetry and a plastic liner is provided as waterproofing Please save thi...

Page 6: ...listening angle increases from 40 degrees the amount of toe in should increase Your Legacy speaker is optimized for a flat response in the far field Best results are obtained vertically with the liste...

Page 7: ...idered insignificant in each cable because its effect is well out of the audio bandwidth inductance can be decreased at the expense of increased capacitance by keeping the conductor pair closely space...

Page 8: ...What about resistance Finally we are getting somewhere Resistance is the controlling factor of the amplifier loudspeaker interface Excessive resistance can cause major shifts of speaker crossover fre...

Page 9: ...s reason extensive measures have been taken to ensure that each Legacy speaker system represents a smooth non reactive load to virtually any amplifier Often there is much confusion regarding amplifica...

Page 10: ...roducing music at live playback levels Your Legacy speakers are designed to take advantage of high powered amplifiers so don t be afraid to put them through their paces How much is too much power Rare...

Page 11: ...tt amplifier will potentially sound only twice as loud as a 15 Watt amplifier If all of this discussion of power and loudness seems a bit abstract consider the example below The average acoustical pow...

Page 12: ...ven with a single channel of amplification If biamping or biwiring be sure to remove the jumper bars Connect each channel of your amplifier to a loudspeaker via the five way gold binding posts provide...

Page 13: ...r conventional wiring are greater power transfer improved efficiency and tighter control over the drivers better damping Passive Biamping This option can yield even better results than biwiring due to...

Page 14: ...mplification Many audiophiles prefer the sweetness of tubes on the satellite portion of the loudspeaker while favoring the control and weight of solid state amplifiers on the subwoofer section The big...

Page 15: ...f interfacing a subwoofer satellite system due to the control possibilities offered but can also be the most costly An active crossover is inserted between the preamplifier outputs and the inputs of t...

Page 16: ...low pass corner frequency of 600 Hz and a high pass corner frequency of 450 Hz to prevent a suck out in the response at 500 Hz The controlled distribution of power afforded by the active crossover re...

Page 17: ...nce with closely miked program material or near field listening positions Switch 2 can be used in the down position to reduce edginess in the lower treble region due to room flutter or bright program...

Page 18: ...distribution is owing to the diminishing line source technology which demands low crossover frequencies and high temperature voice coils Due to the inherent ruggedness of the drivers used no degrading...

Page 19: ...ven volume displacement the greater the distortion generated for that given displacement or loudness level Let s look at a simple equation for the volume displacement of a circular piston Volume Displ...

Page 20: ...nose to prevent secondary radiation A butyl rubber surround assures linearity A sophisticated 1 25 textile dome with an oversized magnet 3 times larger than standard details the midrange A compact rib...

Page 21: ...servation of depth An inherent limitation of the stereo process dictates that depth is largely determined by amplitude differences i e the louder the source the closer it can appear This can cause a s...

Page 22: ...Polypropylene Subwoofer 3 10 Treated Paper Low Frequency Alignment Dynamically Stabilized Sensitivity 93 dB 2 83 V 1m Frequency response 20 Hz 30 kHz 2 dB Crossover frequency Hz 120 2 8k 10k Recommen...

Page 23: ...23 Notes...

Page 24: ...24 2003 Legacy Audio 150 Locust Street Macungie PA 18062 Phone 610 965 0494 Fax 610 965 4915...

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