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  • Page 1 IAP Owner’s Manual Illusonic...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Disposal – Environmental Care ......Illusonic is a registered trademark of Illusonic GmbH Introduction Copyright c Illusonic GmbH, 2011–2018...

  • Page 4: Fcc Notice

    Illusonic Loudspeaker Setups FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply Configuring IAP 4 ........

  • Page 5: Introduction

    (AD, DA, digital clock sync) are minimized. Use IAP 2 as a preamplifier and DAC to refine the sound of a conventional stereo system. IAP 4, IAP 8, and IAP 16 feature four to sixteen channels and allow optimization of systems with more than two channels.

  • Page 6: How To Use This Manual

    Illusonic Chapter 1 Introduction How To Use This Manual – The manual is structured to be read through from beginning to end. – In case you read the manual only punctually, there are many pointers within the text, referring to related information and chapters. Detailed contents in the beginning and an index in the end help you find desired...

  • Page 7: Iap Overview

    HDMI, USB, Network Outputs IAP 2 and IAP 4 feature each of its channels as symmetric XLR and corre- sponding RCA line outputs. IAP 8 and IAP 16 feature symmetric XLR outputs only. These can be converted to unbalanced RCA by means of an adapter cable.
  • Page 8 Illusonic Chapter 1 Introduction Volume Control In order to be able to connect directly to power amplifiers or active loud- speakers, IAP features volume control, implemented digitally. Volume control, using 32-bit floating point arithmetic and dithering, is applied just before the DACs.
  • Page 9 Illusonic Chapter 1 Introduction Center Loudspeaker IAP 4/8/16 support a center loudspeaker. For stereo audio, IAP can repro- duce phantom center over the center loudspeaker, for precise and interference- less audio reproduction. The Sound stage is stable beyond the sweet spot.
  • Page 10 Illusonic Chapter 1 Introduction Bass Management IAP 4/8/16’s versatile bass management enables optimal use of different loudspeaker sizes and/or subwoofers. If a loudspeaker is smaller than oth- ers, or for room acoustic reasons, the bass can be removed from it and be reproduced over other loudspeakers and/or subwoofers.

  • Page 11: Getting Started Step 1: Unpacking

    Illusonic Chapter 2 Getting Started Getting Started Step 1: Unpacking Unpack IAP. Store the packaging for future transportation. The package contains: – IAP unit – AC power cable – Remote control – This user manual Step 2: Installing the AC Power Cable 1.

  • Page 12: Step 3: Configuring Iap

    Get your IAP up to date and configure it: – Connect your Mac/PC via USB to IAP’s USB Ctrl input. – Download the latest IAP firmware update from Illusonic’s web-site. IAP firmware can be downloaded under Audio Processors in the Support/Downloads section.

  • Page 13: Step 4: Connecting Audio/Video Devices

    Illusonic Chapter 2 Getting Started Step 4: Connecting Audio/Video Devices Connect audio and video devices to any of the above shown connectors: 1. HDMI sources, such as Blu-ray players, game consoles, and set top boxes. 2. Digital audio sources, such as CD players.

  • Page 14: Step 5: Using Iap

    Illusonic Chapter 2 Getting Started Step 5: Using IAP 1. Push the rotary to switch IAP on. 2. Select an input source, using the < > buttons below the display. 3. Adjust the volume by turning the rotary control on the right.

  • Page 15: Usage

    Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage Usage The same controls, and a Mute button, are available Front Panel and Remote Control on the remote control: Rotary (Turn) Display Rotary (Turn) < > Select Rotary (Turn) Menu Mute MENU Select (Rotary Push) <...

  • Page 16: Common Usage

    Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage Common Usage In normal operation mode, the display shows the currently active input source, CALIBRATED Sound Settings Preset, and volume level, as illustrated in the figure on the PHONO right. The normal operation mode states are changed as follows: -40.0 dB...
  • Page 17 Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage The figure below illustrates navigation between the different modes. Normal Operation Mode allows to directly change input and volume. By means of pressing Select or Menu, one can change Sound Settings preset or modify Ad Hoc Settings, respectively.

  • Page 18: Sound Settings Menu

    IMMERSIVE AUDIO MODE DEFAULT Illusonic Choose Illusonic On to apply Illusonic signal processing. Note that parame- ters which do not apply will not show (e.g. if there is no center loudspeaker, Center will not be shown, etc.). Center Center determines to which degree a phantom center is converted to a real center (played back with the front center FC loudspeaker).
  • Page 19 Also, when Clarity is used, Depth/Immersion tend to sound cleaner. ILLUSONIC Mode MODE ILLUSONIC PROCESSING This feature is only available with surround loudspeakers and stereo sources. DEFAULT MODE ILLUSONIC PROCESSING It allows you to move the sound stage from front to a side or rear. The idea...

  • Page 20: Ad Hoc Settings

    Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage Other Settings A number of other settings are available for each preset. OTHER SETTINGS NAME Name MUSIC IMMERSIVE AUDIO You can customize each preset’s name. Rotary (Push) toggles between GAIN/DEL TRIM the letters and Rotary (Turn) selects a specific letter or blank.

  • Page 21: Configuration Menu

    Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage Configuration Menu IAP can be conveniently configured with IAP Configuration software (Chap- CALIBRATED ter 4). Many of its settings are also available in the Configuration Menu. Enter PHONO -40.0 dB Configuration Menu by pressing Menu and then Select. The figure on the left...

  • Page 22: Back Panel

    Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage Back Panel Power and Control Connectors 1. AC Power Before connecting a power cable here, make sure that the indicated voltage corresponds to your AC power voltage. Make sure to use 3 terminals (phase, neutral, and earth) power cables with ground conductor.
  • Page 23 Illusonic Chapter 3 Usage Input Connectors 1. HDMI 1–4 These are four HDMI connectors for audio/video sources, such as Blu-ray players, game consoles, and set top boxes. Up to 8-channel/192 kHz/24 bit audio over HDMI is supported. Many Blu-ray players decode Dolby Digital, Dolby True HD, DTS, and DTS HD and deliver the decoded 2.

  • Page 24: Cleaning, Maintenance, And Service

    2. Analog Out Each of IAP’s output channels is available on balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA connectors (IAP 2 and IAP 4). Use adapters when connecting IAP 8 and IAP 16 XLR outputs to RCA inputs. Make sure the adapter connects XLR pin 1 to RCA shield, XLR pin 2 to RCA signal, and keeps XLR pin 3 unconnected.

  • Page 25: Iap Configuration Software

    Illusonic Chapter 4 IAP Configuration Software IAP Configuration Software With IAP Configuration you can conveniently configure IAP, including its pre- sets, inputs settings, outputs settings, bass management, and equalizers. IAP Configuration works in real-time, all changes you make are instantly transmit- ted to IAP.

  • Page 26: Loudspeaker Setup

    Illusonic Chapter 4 IAP Configuration Software Loudspeaker Setup While IAP in its default configuration works right away for stereo, you have to configure IAP if you use a different loudspeaker setup. Follow Chapter 6 to configure the loudspeaker setup. Sound Settings Sound Settings presets can be defined and be assigned to each input.

  • Page 27: Inputs

    Illusonic Chapter 4 IAP Configuration Software Inputs IAP has a large choice of inputs. Usually not all inputs are used. You can hide any unused input. Inputs can also be renamed. For every input you can also define a gain and delay. You can map several inputs to the same physical input.

  • Page 28: General

    Illusonic Chapter 4 IAP Configuration Software General Here global IAP settings can be changed, such as display settings, phono settings, and DAC output level. On the right side, IAPs output channel map is shown. For each output con- nector, the corresponding signal’s abbreviation is shown. This is particularly...

  • Page 29: Iap Calibration Software

    Illusonic Chapter 5 IAP Calibration Software IAP Calibration Software With IAP Calibration you can measure and calibrate your system. Visualiza- tions of your room’s responses for each loudspeaker help greatly to set IAP’s equalizers to mitigate issues of your room and setup. As you set parameters (equalizers, etc.), you see in real-time how the frequency and time responses...

  • Page 30: Setup

    Illusonic Chapter 5 IAP Calibration Software Setup To measure your IAP and sound system you need the following equipment: – Soundcard with microphone input and line output. – Measurement microphone and microphone cable long enough to measure throughout your room.

  • Page 31: Measuring

    Illusonic Chapter 5 IAP Calibration Software Measuring IAP will automatically disable all signal processing during measurement. There is no need to “reset” equalizers, etc. The figure above shows IAP Calibration’s Measurement panel: 1. Determine the microphone measurement positions. Either choose one of the microphone positions templates or determine your own measurement positions (choose Custom with up to 64 microphone positions).

  • Page 32: Calibrating

    Illusonic Chapter 5 IAP Calibration Software Calibrating The figure above shows IAP Calibration’s Calibration panel: 1. Here you can include/exclude any of the loudspeakers and microphone positions. You can define groups of loudspeakers and microphones. Average frequency responses are always computed as average of the currently included loudspeakers/microphones.
  • Page 33 Illusonic Chapter 5 IAP Calibration Software The frequency and time plots provide great control over how data is visual- ized: 1. The frequency resolution can be chosen from very high resolution to full-octave smoothing. 2. The frequency range of the plot can be determined.
  • Page 34 Illusonic Chapter 5 IAP Calibration Software Overview The Overview panel shows all included loudspeaker frequency responses for one microphone, or average over all included microphones. When Bass Management/Crossovers are enabled, the channels are integrated accord- ingly (for example, subwoofers and other channels are combined). Also, the frequency response of phantom center can be simulated.
  • Page 35 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups Loudspeaker Setups Configuring IAP 4 Open Loudspeaker Setup in IAP Configuration as shown above. The figure below illustrates the available loudspeaker setups and IAP 4 signal output connector labels. More details on these loudspeaker setups are given in Sec- tion 6.3.
  • Page 36 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups Configuring IAP 8 and 16 Open Loudspeaker Setup in IAP Configuration as shown above. The fig- ure below illustrates the available IAP 8 main loudspeaker setups and signal output connector labels. More details on loudspeaker setups is given in the following Section, including also all setups supported by IAP 16.
  • Page 37 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups Multiroom is configured as follows. Select your main loudspeaker setup (Room 1) without channel copies (only Sub copies are allowed, copy Sub to left- most free IAP outputs). Now copy the channels for Room 2, starting with FL.
  • Page 38 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups The table below specifies loudspeaker names and abbreviations. IAP output connectors’ labels indicate loudspeaker abbreviations. IAP Configuration software’s General pane (Section 4.5) shows for each connector its Channel Name Abbreviation output signal, according to its configuration.
  • Page 39 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups The available horizontal loudspeaker setups and corresponding names are shown in the figure above. On the following pages, each of these setups is discussed, including the options for height loudspeakers. 2 (Stereo) 3 (Stereo + Center)
  • Page 40 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 2 (Stereo) This is a conventional two-channel stereo setup, with front left (FL) and front right (FR) loudspeakers with a height loudspeaker option: Loudspeaker Setup Used Loudspeakers FL, FR 2 + 2H FL, FR, FLH, FRH...
  • Page 41 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 4-II If you do not want to have center and rear loudspeakers, this setup enables FLWH FRWH an enhanced sound experience with only front loudspeakers (FL, FR, FLW, FRW). The various options are: Loudspeaker Setup...
  • Page 42 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 5-III This is a 4-I (Quad) surround setup with an additional rear center (RC) loud- speaker for improved immersion and a larger optimal listening area. The vari- ous options are: Loudspeaker Setup Used Loudspeakers 5-III...
  • Page 43 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 6-II This is a 7.1 surround setup, but without a front center (FC) loudspeaker. FLWH FRWH Compared to Setup 4-I, this setup has two more loudspeakers between front and rear, beneficial for improved immersion and a larger optimal lis- tening area.
  • Page 44 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 7-I (Cinema and Blu-ray 7.1) RLCH RRCH This is a 7.1 surround setup. Compared to a 5.1 setup (5-I), this setup has two more surround loudspeakers, beneficial for improved immersion and a larger optimal listening area. Depending on your room and requirements, you may also want to consider Setup 7-II (described next).
  • Page 45 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 7-III This is a 6-II setup with an additional rear center (RC) loudspeaker for im- FLWH FRWH proved immersion and a larger optimal listening area. The various options are: Loudspeaker Setup Used Loudspeakers 7-III FL, FR, RL, RR, FLW, FRW, RC...
  • Page 46 Illusonic Chapter 6 Loudspeaker Setups 8-II This is a 7.1 surround setup (7-I) with an additional rear center (RC) loud- FLWH FRWH speaker for improved immersion and a larger optimal listening area. The vari- ous options are: Loudspeaker Setup Used Loudspeakers...
  • Page 47 USB connector for firmware updates (microcontroller, DSP, HDMI, Ethernet) and external control Outputs 1 HDMI HDMI with HDCP (various versions), HDMI input audio removed Analog XLR balanced 2/4 and 8 Vrms Analog RCA unbalanced 2 and 4 Vrms (only IAP 2 and IAP 4)
  • Page 48 Illusonic Chapter 7 Hardware Specifications Analog Audio Performance (IAP 2, IAP 4) Input SNR unweighted: 110 dB, A-weighted: 112 dB (22 Hz – 22 kHz) Input Distortion -101 dB THD+N (XLR, 1 kHz, 4 Vrms, 22 Hz – 22 kHz) Output SNR unweighted: 117 dB, A-weighted: 121 dB (22 Hz –...
  • Page 49 6, 17 firmware update, 10, 20 Outputs, 25 button front panel, 13 Sound Settings, 24 < >, 13 Illusonic Processing, 16 Menu, 13 gain and delay, 30 Mute, 13 Center, 16 getting started, 9 Clarity, 17 Rotary (Push), 13...
  • Page 50 SNR, 46 operating conditions, 45 loudspeaker setup, 33 Sound Settings, 14, 16 optical input, 21 details, 35 Illusonic Processing, 16 output channel map, 26 IAP 16, 34, 35 other settings, 18 output connectors, 22 IAP 4, 33 tone control, 17...

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