DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS This document contains general safety, installation, and operation instructions for the Wisdom Audio STS High Output RTL® Subwoofer. It is important to read this document before attempting to use this product. Pay particular attention to: WARNING: Calls attention to a procedure, practice, condition or the like that, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in injury or death.
Factory Personnel Overview Your Wisdom Audio STS subwoofer uses a modern implementation of an old idea for high quality, low distortion bass reproduction. While the roots of the Regenerative Transmission Line go back to the 1950’s, it is the combination of modern computer...
The results are quite stunning. Low frequencies are strikingly dynamic and responsive, and integrate quite seamlessly with the fast and detailed Sage Series planar magnetic hybrids. As an example, the STS is only -3 dB at 15 Hz and can output in excess of 130 dB at 20 Hz.
Wisdom Audio builds.) This leaves you with eight “first reflections” that you should consider minimizing somehow. These points are easily found by having an assistant slide a small mirror along the four walls of the room, while you sit at the listening position.
Find someone who specializes in and has a great deal of experience designing home studios, home theaters, and the like. Your Wisdom Audio dealer may be such a person; failing that, he/she can help you find such a professional.
Dr. Floyd Toole, Focal Press Setting up the STS There is no escaping the fact that the STS is a large subwoofer. That being said, it is designed to have remarkable installation flexibility for something so large. It may be used standing upright, or laying down on its broad side, in which case it can be built into a set of risers or as part of a “stage”...
Connect the outputs of your amplifier to the subwoofer, taking care to get the polarity correct. Connect the positive (+) terminals on your amplifier to the positive (+) terminals on the STS; likewise, connect the negative (–) terminals on the amplifier to the negative (–) terminals on the STS.
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• Maximum SPL: 130dB / 20 Hz /1m • Dimensions: See appropriate dimensions drawings on next page • Shipping weight, each: 350 lbs. (159 kg) For more information, see your Wisdom Audio dealer or contact: Wisdom Audio 1572 College Parkway, Suite 164 Carson City, NV 89706 wisdomaudio.com...
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