11. SERVICING - Do not attempt to service this product yourself. Opening or removing covers, including any over bottom or side speaker drivers, may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all service to qualified service personnel. 12. DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE - Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified personnel under the following conditions: •...
THE LOGIC BEHIND BASS MANAGEMENT...5 QUICK PRODUCT OVERVIEW...6 SUBWOOFER PLACEMENT...6 INPUTS AND CONTROLS...8 RESPONSE AND SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENTS...9 CALIBRATING YOUR M&K PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM ...9 SPEAKER CALIBRATION...10 SUBWOOFER CALIBRATION...11 THE FOUR MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF USING BASS MANAGEMENT...11 SPECIFICATIONS...12 INPUTS AND CONTROLS...8 CABINET DIMENSIONS...12-14...
INTRODUCTION Congratulations and thank you for purchasing this M&K powered subwoofer. Miller & Kreisel Professional powered subwoofers are designed to provide many years of accurate and problem free operation. We strongly encourage you to read this owner's manual, as there is a great deal of information provided here to help you get the best possible performance from your new M&K Professional subwoofer.
As an audiophile recording engineer and a high-end loudspeaker designer, my strong belief has always been that a good loud- speaker should accurately and realistically reproduce whatever the microphone captured, whether the source is a human voice, a musical instrument, an explosion, car crash, etc; including the acoustical ambiance of the environment in which the source was recorded.
SPL meter. QUICK PRODUCT OVERVIEW The MPS-2810 provides low-frequency extension in the smallest practical size. With 200 watts of power and M&K’s Push- Pull™ Technology. The MPS-2810 provides a powerful, compact, uncompromised solution where space is at a premium. The MPS-5310 is a 350-Watt powered subwoofer that is certified for THX pm3 applications with reference level output in rooms up to approximately 3000 Cubic Feet in volume (multiple subs can be used for larger room applications).
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The cabinet's 17" width allows the MPS-2810 to be rack mounted for professional applications or installations where space is at a premium. If you want to do this, contact M&K for a rack-mounting kit.
INPUTS AND CONTROLS (MPS-5310 SHOWN AND SHOULD BE USED FOR REFERENCE ONLY, CONTROLS MAY NOT APPLY TO ALL MODELS) A) Mono Balanced Input - 61K Ohms balanced input connector - 200mv in produces 90dB of output (Reference/THX input sensitivity mode). Pin Polarity: 1.
The MPS-5310 features an adjustable 36dB per octave, variable low-pass filter. This filter can be useful when using this sub- woofer with non M&K Professional monitors so as to help provide a perfect match at crossover between the main speaker(s) and the subwoofer.
45 degree angle to vertical and at arm’s length to avoid a false reading from sound bouncing off your body and into the microphone. Point the meter at the center speaker at about ear height. Play track one of the test CD through the selected speaker and read the...
Set your SPL meter for C weighting and slow response. Set the scale to 80dB. Point the meter at the center speaker at ear height with the meter at a slightly up-turned angle. Play track two of the test CD through the selected speaker and read the SPL (Remember that the LFE-4 will re-route all frequencies below 80 Hz to the subwoofer.) Adjust the subwoofer level using a small...