MartinLogan Vantage User Manual
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- Page 1 A N T A G E ’...
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Page 2: Serial Numbers
Serial Numbers: ________________ / ________________ Record your serial numbers here for easy reference. You will need this information when filling out your warranty registration. Vantage’s serial number is located near the bottom of the backplate and on the shipping container. Each individual unit has a unique serial number. - Page 3 Thank you—to you the MartinLogan owner, for loving what we do, for making it possible for us to do what we love.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Full Range Operation......18 MartinLogan Exclusives ......19 XStat™... -
Page 5: Installation In Brief
Attach your speaker cables to the signal input section on the rear panel. Be consistent when connecting speaker leads to the terminals on the back of the Vantage. Take great care to assign the same color to the (+) terminal on both the left and right channels. -
Page 6: Introduction
The materials in your new Vantage speakers are of the high- est quality and will provide years of enduring enjoyment and deepening respect. The cabinetry is constructed from the highest quality composite material for acoustical integrity and features hand rubbed wood veneers. -
Page 7: Controls And Connections
Vantage is initializing. This also indicates if the Vantage’s temperature has exceeded nominal operating range. If the Vantage over- heats, please allow the Vantage to cool and reset it by unplugging the unit and plugging it back in. AC Power Connection... -
Page 8: Ac Power Connection
WARNING! Turn your amplifier off before making or breaking any signal connections! Break-In When you first begin to play your Vantage speakers, they will sound a bit bass shy. This is due to the high quality, long-life components used in our woofer. Our custom... -
Page 9: Single-Wire Connection
(–) wire from your ampli- fier to either black binding post (see figure 2). Bi-Wire Connection Bi-wiring the Vantage is not necessary. The Vantage is provided with a bi-wiring option to allow consumers who already own quality bi-wire cables to use their existing cables. -
Page 10: 35Hz Level Control
(see pages 11–12) you will want to adjust the 35Hz level control On the rear of the Vantage is a knob that control the 35Hz frequency responses by ±10db. MartinLogan engineers have found this frequency area (30–50Hz) to be problem- atic. -
Page 11: Placement
The Side Walls A good rule of thumb is to have the side walls as far away from the speaker sides as possible. However, MartinLogan’s unique controlled dispersion electrostatic transducer inherently minimizes side wall reflections—a position as little as two feet from the side walls often proves adequate. -
Page 12: Final Placement
Enjoy Yourself The Vantage is a very refined speaker and benefits from care in setup. With these tips in mind you will find, over your months of listening, that small changes can result in measurable differences. -
Page 13: Room Acoustics
Ideally, your room should not contribute to that information. However, every room does contribute to the sound to some degree. Fortunately MartinLogan had designed the Vantage to minimize these anomalies Let’s talk about a few important terms before we begin. -
Page 14: Dipolar Speakers And Your Room
After living and experimenting with your Vantage’s, you may want to use ETC (energy transfer coupler) spikes sup- plied with the Vantage (see figure 5). With the use of these spikes, the Vantage will become more firmly planted on Placement the floor and, consequently, bass will tighten and imag- ing will become more coherent and detailed. -
Page 15: Dispersion Interactions
As you can see from the illustrations, your Vantage speak- ers project a controlled dispersion pattern (see figure 11). Each Vantage is a 44 inch line source beginning 15 inches above the base. This vertical dispersion profile minimizes interactions with the floor and the ceiling. -
Page 16: Home Theater
Good subwoofers will provide a foundation for the rest of the system. Figure 12. Vantage speakers as front channels, the Stage as the center channel, Script i speakers as side surround (effects) channels, and Descent subwoofers as 0.1 (effects) channel. -
Page 17: Electrostatic Advantages
Since the diaphragm of an electrostatic speaker is uniform- ly driven over its entire area, it can be extremely light and flexible. This allows it to be very responsive to transients, thus perfectly tracing the music signal. -
Page 18: Full Range Operation
The Vantage uses no crossover networks above 400 Hz because they are not needed. The Vantage consists of a single, seamless electrostatic membrane reproducing all frequencies above 400 Hz simultaneously. How is this... -
Page 19: Martinlogan Exclusives
It is significant to note that the XStat™ transducer in the radical new Vantage loudspeak- er supports the bandwidth and dynamics associated with traditional electrostatic panels nearly twice its size. -
Page 20: Electrostatic Loudspeaker History
However, Lodge had no intention for his device to repro- duce music because in 1898 there was no way to amplify an electrical signal! As a result, his speaker had nothing to offer over the acoustical gramophones of the period. It was not until 1906 that Dr. - Page 21 The test instrument needed an extremely accurate speaker, but Janszen found that the cone speakers of the period were too nonlinear in phase and amplitude response to meet his criteria. Janszen believed that electrostats were inherently more linear than cones, so he built a model using a thin plastic diaphragm treated with a conductive coating.
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Page 22: Frequently Asked Questions
Will my electric bill go ‘sky high’ by leaving my speak- ers plugged in all the time? No. A pair of MartinLogan’s will draw about 8 watts maximum (idle). There is circuitry to turn off the static charge when not in use; however, actual consumption will remain close to the same. - Page 23 How do MartinLogan speakers hold up over a long term in the humidity of tropical climates? We should tell you that MartinLogan indeed has a very substantial number of customers in tropical regions of the world.
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Page 24: Troubleshooting
Do they have the same amount of toe- in? Try moving the speakers away from the back and sidewalls. • Check the polarity of the speaker wires. Are they con- nected properly? • Try switching the left speaker with the right. -
Page 25: General Information
If this is the case, please contact your authorized MartinLogan dealer. Serial Number Vantage’s serial number is located near the bottom of the backplate. Each individual unit has a unique serial number. Service Should you be using your MartinLogan product in a country... -
Page 26: Glossary Of Audio Terms
It is a combination of resistance and reactance and is measured in ohms. Remember that a speaker’s imped- ance changes with frequency, it is not a constant value. - Page 27 Sensitivity. The volume of sound delivered for a given electrical input. Stator. The fixed part forming the reference for the moving diaphragm in a planar speaker. THD. The abbreviation for total harmonic distortion. (See Distortion) TIM. The abbreviation for transient intermodulation distortion.
- Page 28 WARNING! Do not use your Vantage loudspeakers outside of the country of original sale—voltage requirements vary by country. Improper voltage can cause damage that will be potentially expensive to repair. The Vantage is shipped to authorized MartinLogan distributors with the correct power supply for use in the country of intended sale.