User
Manual
MODEL: QM 500
Page 1: ...User Manual MODEL QM 500...
Page 2: ...fication 4 Speaker cables 5 Speaker Placement as a Single Box or in Arrays 5 Flying the QM500 6 Rotating the Horn Flare 6 Foldback HF coverage 6 QM500 Wave Guide Examples 7 QM500 Specifications 8 Tech...
Page 3: ...ep this instruction manual handy for future reference Safety Symbol and Message Conventions Safety symbols described below are used in this manual to prevent bodily injury and property damage which co...
Page 4: ...it to rain or an environment where it may be exposed to water or other liquids as doing so may result in damage to the bass driver or corrosion of the steel protective grill Do not cut kink otherwise...
Page 5: ...dio system Installation Temporary installation is possible with the 35mm floor stand mounting in the base of the enclosure Fold back installation can give extra uniform stage performance by rotating t...
Page 6: ...ohm load or up to 1 000W RMS into a 4 ohm load An ideal partner to the QM500 are any of the Quest QA range of amplifiers Setting the QA amplifier s high pass filter at 35Hz is recommended for full ran...
Page 7: ...ons When a group of point source speaker boxes are placed together it is possible to have interference effect between some of the boxes causing uneven frequency response This can be particularly notic...
Page 8: ...ver close listeners and a focused narrow dispersion at the top of the flare to beam to the back of the room The QM500 horizontal horn covers both short throw and long throw requirements in a single sy...
Page 9: ...0 Horiztonal Configuration front QM500 Horizontal Configuration side QM500 FOH Configuration side QM500 Wave Guide Examples QM500 FOH Configuration front QM500 Foldback Configuration side QM500 Foldba...
Page 10: ...cy Response 55 18kHz 3dB Sensitivity 98dB 1kHz Maximum SPL 1m 128dB Woofer 15 Medium Power Bass Woofer Tweeter 1 Ferrite Compression Driver Directivity Asymmetric 15 45 45 60 horizontal Dimensions 647...
Page 11: ...5004 2bis Recone kit to suit 15 woofer RT15004 3 Compression Driver 1 exit 1 75 voice coil 75Wrms 8ohms T1012 3bis Compression driver recone diaphragm RT1012 4 Asymmetric horn flares for 1 driver HWG3...
Page 12: ...r that is showing 9 dB at the end of the red bars only to be pushing a compressor limiter to limit 10dB is only going to sound bad not get louder When you look at a Vu meter on a mixer Vu means voltag...
Page 13: ...ything connected to it from the same source If the buzz persists check your signal cables one may have an earth shield disconnected A cheap but possibly life saving investment is a domestic power test...
Page 14: ...t Please take the time to complete your product registration card which is included with the packaging Registering your Quest Engineering product will CONFIRM YOUR WARRANTY REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT PROTE...
