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Owners Manual For The

Marquis HD

Loudspeaker System

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Summary of Contents for Marquis HD

Page 1: ...Owners Manual For The Marquis HD Loudspeaker System ...

Page 2: ...d 3 The Cabinetry Our Commitment 4 Warranty 5 Setup Unpacking Your Speakers 6 Speaker Placement 7 Hooking Up Cables 8 9 Amplification 10 12 Speaker Connections 13 Fine Tuning 14 Technology Specifications 15 Table of Contents Page ...

Page 3: ...efer to this when calling your dealer regarding this product Model Marquis HD Serial No _________________________ Date of purchase ___________________ Thank you for selecting a Legacy Loudspeaker System These hand crafted instruments will provide you with many years of listening en joyment Owners Record ...

Page 4: ...les 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 decor Our Commitment A great deal of forethought love and satisfaction is instilled in each piece of Legacy workmanship We take pride in getting to know many of our customers on a first name basis Your purchase of thi...

Page 5: ...e warranty on active components such as digital processors or internal amplifiers is limited to three 3 years of coverage The warranty on dealer stock will extend for a maximum of two years from invoice The warranty does not cover transportation costs of product to or from the customer distributor or dealer or related shipping damage Exclusions from Warranty The following situations or conditions ...

Page 6: ...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 this packing for future transportation If cartons become damaged or misplaced new ones can be purchased from Legacy Audio Unpacking Your Speakers ...

Page 7: ...degrees off of the axis normal to the loudspeaker baffle approximately 4 5 off the floor Your Legacy speaker is optimized for a flat response in the far field Placing the loudspeaker or the listener near a room boundary will generally increase low frequency impact You may also wish to reduce low frequency output with your preamp s bass tone control Speaker Placement ...

Page 8: ...nsignificant in each cable because its ef fect is well out of the audio bandwidth inductance can be de creased at the expense of increased capacitance by keeping the conductor pair closely spaced How long would a cable have to be before inductance effects would impinge on the audio spectrum Approximately 300 feet of 12 gauge would be required to establish a corner frequency of 20 kHz with an 8 Ohm...

Page 9: ...t resistance Finally we are getting somewhere Resistance is the control ling factor of the amplifier loudspeaker interface Excessive resistance can cause ma jor shifts of speaker crossover frequencies The lower the impedance of the loud speaker the greater the effects of series resistance A 20 foot run of 18 gauge cable can cause up to 10 deviations of crossover center frequencies That same 20 fee...

Page 10: ...on 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 amplification and loudness levels It should be under stood that the role of the amplifier goes beyond that of driving loudspeakers to a given sound pressure level The amplifier should be able to CONTROL the loudspea...

Page 11: ...ng music at live playback levels Your Legacy speakers are designed to take advan tage of high powered amplifiers so don t be afraid to put them through their paces How much is too much power Rarely is a drive unit damaged by large doses of music power More often than not the villain is amplifier clipping distortion Even through decades of refinement loudspeakers are still noto riously inefficient ...

Page 12: ...lifier 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 power developed by a person speaking in a conversational tone corresponds to a mere 0 00001 Watts The power that would be developed by the entire population of the city of New York speaking at once would barel...

Page 13: ...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 provided Dual banana plugs or gold plated spade lugs are recommended means of termination Be sure that you observe polarity when making the connections The positive terminal of the amplifier should be connected to th...

Page 14: ...d on the back of the loudspeaker All switches in the up position represent the anechoic flat position TREBLE Trim Nominally flat in the up position Negative 2dB at 10 kHz in the down position shelving for brighter rooms BASS Trim Nominally flat in the up position Negative 2dB at 60 Hz in the down position also raises impedance for budget receivers Fine Tuning ...

Page 15: ...ast frame MidWoofer 2 x 12 spun aluminum diaphragm rubber surround total enclosed neo motor long throw suspension with cast frame Low Frequency Alignment 3rd Order Butterworth Frequency Response 22Hz 25 kHz Impedance 4 Ohms Sensitivity 95 dB Crossover Frequency 250 4K Dimensions H x W x D 38 X 14 X 13 Weight 80 pounds each Specifications ...

Page 16: ...16 Notes ...

Page 17: ...17 2012 Legacy Audio 3023 E Sangamon Ave Springfield IL 62702 Phone 800 283 4644 Fax 217 544 1483 ...

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