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INSTALLATION MANUAL

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  • Page 1 MX-10 INSTALLATION MANUAL...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Congratulations on choosing Krix CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ROOM SUITABILITY ACOUSTIC CONSIDERATIONS ROOM SIZE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM DIMENSIONS SYSTEM POSITIONING SCREEN WALL CONSTRUCTION SUBWOOFER SETUP AND CONFIGURATION WIRING EQUALISATION...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    Krix also undertaken extensive cinema at home. right screen loudspeaker modules and two research and development on horn loaded Wallis Cinema, Noarlunga, South Australia. Commerical cinema installation featuring a ‘Baffle Wall’, Krix commerical 4-Way loudspeakers and dual 18” subwoofers.
  • Page 4: Room Suitability

    ROOM SUITABILITY The Series MX systems are designed for firing down the length of the room. The slim cinema and disturbing other members of dedicated home cinema rooms, rather than design of the Series MX main speaker and the household or neighbours. open plan living spaces.
  • Page 5: Acoustic Considerations

    Conversely, a room which has an excess of with an acoustic engineer to assist with the http://www.krix.com.au/acoustictreatment/ heavy acoustic treatment around every wall acoustic treatment of the space. Some can sound flat and unnaturally dead.
  • Page 6: Room Size

    Therefore, the criteria. Selecting an MX-10 system for a room and therefore the listening distance sensitivity of the speakers and the power room 10 meters in length will result in a less...
  • Page 7: Amplification

    Each MX-10 main speaker has a continuous power handling of 250 Watts per channel. MX SUBWOOFER SPEAKER AMPLIFIER POWER It is recommended that each MX-10 subwoofer should be powered by 400 - 500 Watts. To avoid damage to the subwoofer drivers, it is recommended to not exceed 500 Watts.
  • Page 8: System Dimensions

    MX system. Use these dimensions as a guide to match up to your selected screen size. Figure 1 MX-10 SYSTEM MAIN MAIN MAIN 1000 mm [ 39” ] Cavity Height 940 mm [ 37”...
  • Page 9: System Positioning

    SYSTEM POSITIONING Vertical positioning When planning a dedicated home cinema, Listening Axis consideration should first be made for seating locations and then screen size. Once these have been decided, due consideration should then be given to the vertical positioning of the cavity behind the screen, so that the seated ear level of the viewers is within 10 degrees of the listening axis of 20°...
  • Page 10: Screen Wall Construction

    SCREEN WALL CONSTRUCTION 1. Fix the cavity frame to the rear wall. The construction of the false wall to suit Fixing the cavity directly to the rear wall is the MX system is fairly straight forward. It the simplest method, although increases the (Figure 5) is recommended that the designer should likelihood of sound transmission through...
  • Page 11 SCREEN WALL CONSTRUCTION Isolated from rear wall Using this construction method, objective is to de-couple the false wall and speakers from the adjoining room wall. The shelf studwork supporting the MX modules is fixed securely with construction adhesive in conjunction with screws or nails to the baffle wall but is not directly connected to the adjoining rear wall.
  • Page 12: Subwoofer Setup And Configuration

    SUBWOOFER SETUP AND CONFIGURATION The MX-10 system features a dual subwoofer configuration. It is possible to wire up a pair of subwoofer loudspeakers in the following ways: Output Output Outputs INDIVIDUAL CHANNEL SERIES PARALLEL Stereo Power amplifier Mono Power amplifier Mono Power amplifier...
  • Page 13: Wiring

    If in doubt, not designed to be connected to an amplifier for best performance. consult your Krix authorised dealer or system in a bi-amp configuration. Each main speaker designer for recommendations regarding the has only one set of speaker terminals, so gauge of cable.
  • Page 14: Equalisation

    EQUALISATION Speaker size Dynamic Compression / Night Listening Due to the use of Krix constant directivity horns and waveguides, the MX systems have The MX systems are capable of reproducing Automated setup procedures may also be an advantage over conventional speakers as...
  • Page 15 EQUALISATION Standing-wave issues Automated room correction Manual graphic equalisation. and speaker equalisation. Small to moderate size rooms with standard height ceilings are prone to standing wave Manual graphic equalisation allows for a There are many room equalisation products issues below 500Hz, resulting in peaks and gentler equalisation curve to be applied on the market that attempt to combat the dips in the system response.
  • Page 16 Krix Loudspeakers Pty Ltd 14 Chapman Road Hackham SA 5163 Australia T 61 8 8384 3433 F 61 8 8384 3419 listen@krix.com Rev #01 krix.com...

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