“Large” Advantages; How The Psw1200 Can Help; Receiver Or Processor; Bass Management - Polk Audio PSW1200 Owner's Manual

"Large" Advantages–
• You will probably get better blending
between main speaker and subwoofer.
• The bass "attack" or "tightness" may
be better
• Imaging may be more even, seamless
and natural

HOW THE PSW1200 CAN HELP

If your system has no bass manage-
ment/speaker setup feature or if it does
not meet your needs, the PSW1200 can
help. For example, if you are torn
between setting your front main speak-
FIGURE 2.
VARIABLE
LOW PASS
CROSSOVER
40Hz 120Hz
VARIABLE
PHASE
ALIGNMENT
0 180
POWER
AUTO OFF ON
SWITCHABLE
HIGH PASS
CROSSOVER
(LINE LEVEL)
40HZ 80HZ
FRONT FRONT
LEFT RIGHT
OUT OUT
LEFT RIGHT
FRONT
FRONT
IN IN
LEFT RIGHT
REAR
REAR
IN IN
CENTER 1 CENTER 2
IN IN
LFE/SUBWOOFER IN

RECEIVER OR PROCESSOR

FRONT SPEAKER LEVEL OUT
L R
+
–
40HZ
SWITCHABLE
HIGH PASS
80HZ
CROSSOVER
(SPEAKER LEVEL)
FULL RANGE
+
–
L R
FRONT SPEAKER LEVEL IN
ers as "Large" or "Small", you can use
the high pass filters on the PSW1200 to
roll off their response at 40 Hz instead
of relying on the fixed 80 Hz filter in
your receiver or processor.
Here's another example: you have a
large full-range Center speaker like the
Polk CS1000p. You want it to play
Center bass frequencies (for better
imaging) and you also want to send
those Center bass frequencies to the
Subwoofer (to get better system
impact). But if you set your center to
"Large" and you hook up the Subwoofer
CENTER PRE OUT
FULL RANGE CENTER

Bass Management/

Speaker Setup
Center: LARGE (WIDE)
CENTER
SPEAKER
–
+
+ –
INPUT
SPEAKER
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