General Features
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Dual polypropylene cone woofers
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Butyl rubber surrounds
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1" pivoting silk dome tweeter
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Fully shielded magnets
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Detachable screw terminal strips
Specifications
Woofer Size
Dual 5¼"
Power Capacity
55W/80W RMS/peak
Frequency Response
60Hz ~ 20KHz
Nominal Impedance
8
Ω
SPL 90dB
W/M
Dimensions
(assumes horizontal mount)
Front Outer Frame
7.5" (H) x 16.625" (W)
Required Cutout
5.5" (H) x 15.2" (W)
Mounting Depth
3.5"
Speaker Placement
Careful consideration should be made when determining the desired location of the speaker pair. As these
are referred to as in-wall speakers, this is the intended mounting location. However, there is no electronic or
physical reason these cannot be mounted in other locations, such as ceilings. Note that careful consideration
should be given to appearance in these situations. Also, dimensions and product photos typically depict
horizontal mounting in a conventional center channel speaker arrangement. It is also completely suitable to
mount this speaker vertically, for use as main or satellite speakers in a home theater environment, or as
background music speakers in a whole house sound environment.
It is important to note that more speakers in a given listening area do not necessarily equate to higher
sound levels. With more speakers, the desired listening level for a given area is attained with lower output
from each speaker. This creates a much more pleasant listening environment as the sound source can be
uniformly heard through the entire room, regardless of location and with less interference with sounds such
as conversation.
Speaker Wire
It is important that good quality wire is used in the installation. Installed speakers generally have much
longer wire runs than normal home theater speakers, hence heavier gauge wire is recommended.
Note:
There are numerous manufactures in the market offering “high-end” esoteric speaker wire, with claims of
exotic materials and superior performance. Truthfully, this type of product has been found to provide little
or no benefit to installations of this type. Good quality 16AWG CL2 rated in-wall wire, such as MCM #24-
9995 (two-conductor), #24-10015 (four-conductor) or similar, provide outstanding performance in this
application.
When running this cable, a few simple guidelines must be followed
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All speakers should be home-run. That is, wire should be run directly from each speaker, back to
the sound source
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Speaker wire should be kept away from AC wiring to prevent noise. If AC wiring and speaker wire
must cross paths, it is best to have them cross at a 90º angle, minimizing the common surface
area between the two
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Speaker wire and AC lines should
NEVER
pass through the same hole in studs or joists
