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  • Page 1 Operation Manual LYD — Series...
  • Page 2 Dynaudio Lyd —5 Operation manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Personal Reference Monitor Table Of Contents Table of Introduction Important safety information contents Overview Positioning The Speakers Connecting The Speakers Adjusting The Volume DSP Settings Listening Tests Final Tweaks...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Dynaudio Lyd —Series Introduction Welcome and congratulations on your purchase of Dynaudio Personal Reference Monitors. Each loudspeaker is constructed by Dynaudio in Denmark to meet very high standards. The speakers are only one part of your monitoring system. Speakers work together with how they are placed in the room to create a playback system that delivers accurate sound reproduction.
  • Page 5 Personal Reference Monitor Introduction Dynaudio Meter App Dynaudio has created an iOS app that contains a source of pink noise, SPL meter, and RTA spectrum analyzer. This app is designed to assist you in positioning and calibrating your speaker system in the listening room.

  • Page 6: Important Safety Information

    Dynaudio Lyd —Series Important The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert is intended to alert the user to the presence of safety the user to the presence of uninsulated “danger- important operating and maintenance (servicing) ous voltage”...
  • Page 7 Personal Reference Monitor Safety Information Warning! The mains plug of the power supply shall remain the instructions, may cause harmful interference readily operable. to radio communications. However, there is no To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not guarantee that interference will not occur in a expose this equipment to dripping or splashing Do not install in a confined space.
  • Page 8 Dynaudio Lyd — Series LYD Speaker The transducers of your Dynaudio LYD speaker will achieve better sound quality after breaking in. Especially after the first hours of use, you may notice a significant advance in sound quality, and further subtle improvements in subsequent hours of use.
  • Page 9 Personal Reference Monitor Product Overview Tripod protector To protect the sensitive dome from physical damage, we add the tripod. Do not remove! The backplate...

  • Page 10: Positioning The Speakers

    Dynaudio Lyd —Series Positioning In order to get the best performance from your Dynaudio speakers, care must be taken in positioning them in the listening environment. the Speakers The room greatly affects the sound so the position and angle of the speakers relative to the walls, ceiling and floor is critical in any listening...
  • Page 11 Personal Reference Monitor Product Overview Figure 4: Room diagram, walls, and ceiling Figure 5: Speaker Angle, 60 deg Room Boundaries In larger rooms, this is less critical than in small behind your work surface or computer screens rooms. at a greater distance, it is recommended that you Each surface in the room constitutes a boundary use a subwoofer to augment the low frequen- for sound;...
  • Page 12 Dynaudio Lyd —Series Vertical Angle An easy method to do this involves the tape measure and string. With the tape measure, check to see that the speakers are not placed further The vertical angle of the speakers should orient the loudspeaker directly toward the listener’s away than 2 meters for the best response.
  • Page 13 Personal Reference Monitor Product Overview...

  • Page 14: Connecting The Speakers

    Dynaudio Lyd —Series Connecting Mains Audio Signals Ensure that you have the correct mains cable There are two physical inputs you can choose: for your region. The power supplies in the loud- Speakers speaker have switching inputs that automatically •...

  • Page 15: Adjusting The Volume

    Personal Reference Monitor Connecting Speakers Adjusting There is a three-position switch that adjusts the input sensitivity for the loudspeaker. Depending on the output level of your audio mixer, Volume interface, or monitor control system, you can choose a setting that optimizes the gain staging into the loudspeaker.

  • Page 16: Dsp Settings

    Dynaudio Lyd —Series Dynaudio engineers have painstakingly created a DSP controller for these speakers that lets you tailor the sound to your particular Settings environment. The DSP settings provide precision adjustments that optimize the speakers for the listening space. Bass Extension •...
  • Page 17 Personal Reference Monitor Connecting Speakers Sound Balance Position The sound balance, or tilt filter, represents If you have positioned your speakers within a refined way to affect the overall tone of the 50 cm of a back wall boundary, the position speaker.

  • Page 18: Listening Tests

    Adjust the tilt filter to the setting you are back volume. If you wish to play pink noise from arrive at the best setting for your Dynaudio loud- most comfortable with. your computer workstation, a WAV file containing speakers.

  • Page 19: Final Tweaks

    Personal Reference Monitor Connecting Speakers Final Beyond the settings for the loudspeakers, additional tweaks may be desired to improve the response of the system and room environment. Tweaks You may discover that a reflective surface is causing a high frequency anomaly or perhaps room modes are disturbing the bass response in the room.