WILSON AUDIO Thor's Hammer, Owner'S Manual

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there are some advantages to placing the Thor’s Hammer near the room boundaries or
near a corner. Some care is needed to avoid introducing upper-bass colorations caused
by corner placement. While surround processors provide the low frequency equalized
signal for the LFE Channel, it has been our experience that in some systems it is de-
sirable to use the Low Pass crossover (via the Wilson Controller) to additionally limit
upper bass range. This is particularly important and useful when the Thor’s Hammer is
placed in the corner. Since all Wilson Audio Speakers are phase and time coherent, it is
very important to time align the Thor’s Hammer in the room using the Phase Control on
the Controller (see Section 4 and the Controller owner’s manual for more details).
Connection With a Surround Processor
You must use a dedicated amplifier to power your Thor’s Hammer. The Thor’s Ham-
mer subwoofer can be used in conjunction with your surround processor without the
need of an additional crossovers. In those systems where the Thor’s Hammer is be-
ing used as the point one channel in a surround system, the subwoofer is connected
through the sub output of the surround processor. Connect this output to the input of
the Thor’s Hammer’s amplifier and, in turn, connect the amplifier output to the input of
the Thor’s Hammer.
In systems where it is desirable to use the subwoofer in both the surround mode
and to augment the main speakers when listening to music, the following connec-
tion strategy employing the Wilson Controller is recommended (see also the Controller
owner’s manual for further details).
Section 3.5 – Setup Summary
When used in a home theater system as the LFE channel, the Thor’s Hammer can
be positioned in a variety of areas within the room successfully. Room boundaries and
corners enhance low frequency coupling with the room, but care is required in attend-