Summary of Contents for Legacy studio
- Page 2 Registration 3. Owners Record 4. The Cabinetry / Our Commitment Setup 5. Unpacking Your Speakers 6. Speaker Placement 7. Hook up Cables 9. Amplification 12. Speaker Connections 13. Fine-tuning Technology 14. Designer’s Note 17. Specifications...
- Page 3 Serial No. _______________________________ Date of purchase: _________________________ Thank you for selecting a Legacy Loudspeaker System. These hand- crafted instruments will provide you with many years of listening enjoyment. Please take a few moments to read this brief manual to insure...
- Page 4 Our Commitment A great deal of forethought, love and satisfaction is instilled in each piece of Legacy workmanship. We take pride in getting to know many of our customers on a first name basis. Your purchase of this product is backed by the renowned “Legacy...
- Page 5 V-board corner protectors. Molded foam end caps are used to protect the elegant cabinetry, and a plastic liner is provided as waterproofing. Please save this packing for future transportation. If cartons become damaged or misplaced, new ones can be purchased from Legacy Audio.
- Page 6 "toe-in" is a function of the listening angle. As the overall listening angle increases from 40 degrees, the amount of toe-in should increase. Your Legacy speaker is optimized for a flat response in the far field. Best results are obtained vertically with the listener's ear at tweeter level with the loudspeakers gently toed in toward the listener.
- Page 7 The ideal conductor would have negligible resistance, inductance and capacitance. The table below shows how a few actual speaker cables measure up. Cable Ωs/ft pF/ft µH/ft 12 ga. 0.0033 0.21 14 ga. 0.0048 0.13 16 ga. 0.0079 0.18 18 ga. 0.0128 0.21 Capacitance is considered insignificant in each cable because its effect is...
- Page 8 What about phase shift due to frequency dependent travel times down the speaker cable? Measurements show that 100 Hz waves will be delayed about 20 billionths of a second behind 10 kHz waves when traveling to the end of a 10 foot speaker cable. Since the cilia of the ear requires 25,000 times longer than this just to transmit phase information, phase shifting is obviously not the primary concern when considering speaker cables.
- Page 9 For this reason, extensive measures have been taken to ensure that each Legacy speaker system represents a smooth, non-reactive load to virtually any amplifier. Often there is much confusion regarding amplification and loudness levels.
- Page 10 Some audiophiles feel that 200 watts per channel is the bare minimum to avoid audible clipping distortion when reproducing music at “live” playback levels. Your Legacy speakers are designed to take advantage of “high-powered” amplifiers, so don’t be afraid to put them through their paces.
- Page 11 When an amplifier is unable to fulfill your loudspeakers demands, a damaging harmonic spike may be leaked to the high frequency drivers. Another important point regarding loudness is that the dB scale is a logarithmic one. This means that a 150 Watt amplifier will potentially sound only twice as loud as a 15 Watt amplifier.
- Page 12 The Terminal Plate At the rear of each of your loudspeakers you will find a terminal plate housing two gold binding posts and two heavy duty toggle switches. Connect each channel of your amplifier to a loudspeaker via the five-way gold binding posts provided.
- Page 13 To facilitate proper set-up of your speakers in a variety of room situations, we have included several heavy duty toggle switches on the terminal plate, located on the back of the loudspeaker. All switches in the “up” position represent the “anechoic flat” position. Switch 1: can be used in the “down”...
- Page 14 The Studio loudspeaker system is among the finest compact monitors available. Capable of reproducing even the most subtle nuances, the Studio is a perfect addition to any stereo or multi-channel system. Each Studio contains a 8” Kevlar® mid bass driver.
- Page 15 When used as main front channels, stands with a height of 20” to 24” are ideal for listener distances of 8 feet or greater. The design objectives are to provide good sensitivity and broad dynamic range in a compact and affordable design while maintaining uniform power response on axis.
- Page 16 When coupled with an active high pass filter, this switch will allow a bit of slope contouring for acoustically blending with the sub. The system also compensates diffraction loss by applying approximately a 1 dB/octave roll-out (with rising frequency) in the woofer stage. This is verified by near-field measurement of the woofer.
- Page 17 System Type: 2-way, vented Tweeter: 1”Titanium dome Midwoofer: 8” KEVLAR ® Sensitivity: 90.5 dB. Frequency response: 44 Hz - 22 kHz +/- 2 dB Crossover frequency (Hz): 2.4 Recommended Amplification: 10 - 200 watts/channel Impedance: 4 ohms Dimensions: 13.5” H x 9.8”W x 10.2” D Weight: 28 lbs...
- Page 18 © 2003 Legacy Audio 150 Locust Street. Macungie, PA 18062 Phone: 610 965 0494 Fax: 610 965 4915...