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Studiophile SBX Users Manual Y our Y our Studiophile SBX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 First Things First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 In the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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Y our Studiophile SBX The SBX is a high-quality subwoofer designed to deliver extremely low frequencies in conjunction with stereo pairs of studio reference monitors such as the M-Audio Studiophile BX8 or BX5. In fact, so many consumers have subwoofers in their home and car entertainment systems that you’re not really mixing accurately without ha[...]
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First Things First In order to avoid risk of damage and insure optimum performance from your SBX Subwoofer , please take time to read this manual before you proceed to unpack and install it. In the Box Carefully remove the SBX from the carton, paying extra attention to avoid touching or damaging the speaker cone. If the system is damaged in any way[...]
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Rear Panel Featur es: 1. Power Mode LED: This LED indicates the power status. If the auto-muting circuitry is engaged, this LED will be amber if there is no audio signal to the SBX, and green when the SBX receives a signal. If “Auto-Power” is switched off, then this LED will remain green. 2. “Level” control knob: This knob controls the ampl[...]
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Connecting the SBX and Y our Main Speakers Most applications will utilize the SBX’s internal Stereo Bass Management System to realize maximum benefit. There are, however , two possible operational modes that you may use when connecting your SBX and your Mains, or “Satellite” stereo speakers, i.e., 1) using the SBX with bass management and 2) [...]
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Using the SBX without Stereo Bass Management Y ou may wish to use the SBX with an existing external bass management system, or with bass management defeated on the SBX. See section, “Setting the HPF Bypass Switch” for more information on defeating bass management. With bass management defeated, you may still use the speaker setup illustrated ab[...]
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Connecting an Additional Subwoofer If you have a large monitoring environment requiring greater subwoofer sound pressure, you can connect as many SBX cabinets as desired in a daisy chain. Simply connect the Extra Sub Output (located in the Output section) to the Input-L or Input-R input of second SBX (you may use the Extra Sub Output to connect to [...]
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Optimizing the Rear P anel Settings There are four control knobs on the rear of the SBX: “Level,” “Phase,” “Subwoofer” LPF cutoff frequency , and “Satellites” HPF cutoff frequency . These combined controls make it possible to optimally match the low bass frequencies from the subwoofer to your unique combination of satellite speakers[...]
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Setting the Subwoofer LPF and the Satellites HPF The fundamental concept behind the Stereo Bass Management System is to isolate the upper and lower frequency ranges and direct them respectively to the component best suited to reproduce them. In order to accomplish this, the SBX utilizes a crossover network to determine how different frequency range[...]
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This crossover network consists of two main components: a 2nd order (12 db/octave) low-pass filter that limits the upper frequencies that the subwoofer has to reproduce (shown above), and a high-pass filter that limits the lower frequencies the satellite monitors have to reproduce (shown below). The Subwoofer LPF cutoff frequency (#4) and Satellite[...]
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If your satellites are properly damped at the bass response as shown in curve “a,” set the two crossover frequencies to be identical. If your satellite speakers are under -damped (boomy sounding) as shown in cur ve “b,” experiment with setting the Satellite crossover frequency control higher . If they are over -damped (dry sounding) as show[...]
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while gradually increasing the volume of your audio system. If you begin to hear a sustaining sound quality before you are able to advance the volume control to a setting representing loud listening, acoustic feedback is a problem. Y ou may need to move either the turntable or the SBX to remedy this problem. Alternately , tr y placing an anti-vibra[...]
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Contact Infor mation If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this or any M-Audio product, we invite you to contact us by using the following information: 14 M-AUDIO U.S. 5795 Martin Road, Irwindale, C A 91706-6211, U.S.A. Sales Information: 626-633-9050 Sales Information (email): info@m-audio.com T ech Support: 626-633-9055 T ech S[...]
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T echnical Specs Studiophile SBX Specifications * : • T ype : Bass-reflex powered subwoofer • W oofer Driver : 8-inch mineral-filled polypropylene cone with high-temperature voice coil and damped rubber surround • Frequency Response : 30Hz – 180 Hz • Low-P ass Filter : Butterworth –12dB/octave <325Hz, -24dB/octave > 325Hz • Cros[...]
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