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Durable black carpet covering and heavy-gauge steel grills offer excellent protec- tion against wear and tear. As fixed sound reinforcement or as a durable, great-sounding road PA, the Resound RS15S and RS18S subwoofers are ideal for sound professionals and performers looking for serious low frequency output and studio monitor sound quality from a PA speaker system.
Resound RS15S and RS18S Features The Samson Resound series sub-woofers offer two models to manage a variety of live sound applications. With their high quality components, convenient sized enclosures, ergonomic carry handles and stand mounts, the Resound series sub-woofer will provide great sound with reliability. Here are some of their main features: •...
Configuring Your Speaker System Before you start plugging in cables, you should take a minute to decide how you want to interface your new sub- woofer. There are several ways you can interface the RS15S and RS18S, however most systems set-ups fall into two categories, Stereo or Mono (Common) sub operation.
Connecting the Resound Sub woofer Choosing the Correct cables The Resound series speaker connections are made via the rear panel 1/4-inch and/or Neutrik Speakon® connectors. Standard unshielded speaker wire, available at your local pro audio or music store, with either 1/4-inch phone or Speakon connectors (wire gauge of 12-14 is recommended).
Quick Set-Up In the following pages of this manual you will find a detailed diagrams of other system set-ups, but if you just want to get started quickly, you can follow the diagram and steps below to set up a basic stereo with mono PA system. NOTE: Before plugging in and turning on, it is important to remember the Golden Rule of audio …...
In many instances when using the Resound as a monitor system, you may choose to use an external equalizer like the Samson S Curve 131 to increase the volume and reduce the chance of feedback.
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RS15S and RS18S System Set-ups RS15S and RS18S Stereo Sub with Passive Satellites ��������� ��������� ������� ��� ������� ��� This is example shows a system with a single power amplifier connecting the subs and satellites in stereo. The mixer’s left and right outputs are connected to the inputs of the power amplifier using shielded cable.
Operating the RS15S and RS18S RS15S and RS18S Stereo Sub, Bi-amp System with Passive Satellites This example shows a stereo, bi-amp system with an active crossover and separate amplifiers for the mid-high satellites and subwoofers. The mixer’s left and right outputs are connected to the inputs of the stereo crossover using shielded cable. The crossover’s High Frequency outputs are connected to the inputs of the mid-high power amplifier using shielded cable.