Tapco S-5, Owner'S Manual

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Here’s a quick look at all the features packed into the S•5 Studio Monitors:
• Flat frequency response (±3 dB, 64 Hz to 20 kHz)
• 1” silk dome tweeter, fully magnetically shielded
• 5.25” polypropylene cone woofer, fully
magnetically shielded
• Small footprint, perfect for desktop applications
• Ported, bass refl ex design for enhanced bass
performance
• 60 watt HF and 60 watt LF power amplifi ers
• Low-frequency over-excursion protection
• Front panel clipping indicator
• High-strength cabinet constructed of with 5/8”
MDF composite and 3/4” front board with radiused
edges
• High-density adiabatic foam absorbs internal
refl ections
• Full magnetic shielding allows placement near
computer monitors
• Balanced XLR and 1/4” TRS, and unbalanced RCA
input connectors
• 24 dB/octave crossover at 4 kHz
• Adjustable sensitivity control
• LF equalization pr2 dB or +4 dB at 65 Hz
• HF equalization provides ±2 dB at 5 kHz and above
• Rear panel power switch with front panel
indicating LED
Introduction
Thank you for choosing TAPCO S•5 Studio Monitors by Mackie
Designs. The TAPCO product line hails back to the days of TAPCO
Corporation, Greg Mackie’s fi rst company. TAPCO revolutionized
the audio industry back in 1969 with the very fi rst 6-channel mixer
specifi cally designed for keyboards and rock ‘n’ roll.
In essence, TAPCO redefi ned the price/performance ratio and
made high-quality professional audio equipment accessible to virtually
anyone. Today, TAPCO is reborn with the same ideals and is backed by
the world-class engineering and manufacturing horsepower of Mackie
Designs. The TAPCO S•5 is the fi rst active studio monitor in the TAPCO by
Mackie® family.
These versatile compact “mini-monitors” can be used in a variety of applications,
including small project studios, surround sound editing, home theater playback, and
desktop audio workstations (DAWs).
The S•5 active studio monitors may be small, but they are packed with features
and designed to produce transparent and uncolored sound for monitoring multitrack
recordings and mixdowns. The two-way bass refl ex (ported) design provides an amazingly
fl at frequency response from 64 Hz to 20 kHz.
There are many benefi ts to integrating an active crossover, power amplifi ers, and drivers into
a single cabinet, and we’ve taken full advantage of these benefi ts in the design of the S•5.
• The crossover point is designed so that the high and low frequency drivers are fed only
the frequencies that they are best able to reproduce.
• The amplifi ers are designed to provide maximum acoustic output from the speakers,
yet minimize the danger of speaker damage due to overdriving.
• The connecting wire between the amplifi er outputs and the drivers are kept to an
absolute minimum so the damping factor of the amplifi er isn’t compromised by the
resistance of long speaker cables.
• The acoustic sum of the outputs from the two drivers are optimized electronically, as
well as physically, so the amplitude response is unity and the phase difference is minimal.
In short, all the complex interconnected components in the system are designed to work
in harmony with each other to produce the best possible sound.
TAPCO version of Greg
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