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Page 1 Owners Manual For The Signature SE & Signature XD Loudspeaker System 1 of 31...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
The Cabinetry / Our Commitment Warranty Setup Unpacking Your Speakers Speaker Installation Hooking Up Cables Amplification 10-12 Foot Installation Connections Signature SE Connections & Fine Tuning 14-18 Signature XD 19-20 Full Range Powered Configuration Bi-Amp Configuration & Connections Diagram 22-23 Technology Designer’s Notes 24-25...
Page 3: Owners Record
Serial No: Date of purchase: Register your product at https://legacyaudio.com/register Share your Legacy speakers with the Legacy community. Post your Legacy experience and system photos at https://facebook.com/LegacyAudio Like the page to continue receiving the latest Legacy announcements. 3 of 31...
Page 4: The Cabinetry / Our Commitment
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.
Page 5: Warranty
Warranty Legacy Audio supports its customers and products with pride. We cheerfully warrant our loud- speaker products we manufacture from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of seven (7) years. Electronic components such as internal amplifiers and digital processors are covered for three (3)years.
Page 6: Unpacking Your Speakers
Please save this packing for future transportation. If cartons become damaged or misplaced, new ones can be purchased from Legacy Audio. 6 of 31...
Page 7: Speaker Placement
The amount of recommended "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 8: Hooking Up Cables
Hooking Up Cables 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.
Page 9 Hooking Up Cables 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.
Page 10: Amplification
However, when upgrading a system, audiophiles may find themselves matching their new loudspeakers to their existing amplification. 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.
Page 11 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 12 Amplification 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 13: Foot Installation
Installed Feet Your speakers will come with threaded adapters and rubber cone feet installed. Should you wish to purchase after-market products, the thread size specification for your vendor is M12, 1.25mm. 13 of 31...
Page 14: Signature Se Connections & Fine Tuning
Signature SE Speaker Connections The Terminal Plate At the rear of each of your Signature SE loudspeakers you will find two rows of jumpered binding posts. The positive (+) terminal of the amplifier should be connected to the positive terminal of the loudspeaker. The negative (-) terminal of the amplifier should be connected to the negative terminal of the loudspeaker.
Page 15 Fine Tuning 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”...
Page 16: Speaker Connections
Speaker Connections Biwiring Biwiring allows one to minimize the cable losses between the amplifier and the loudspeaker. This is accomplished with a single stereo amplifier by running separate sets of cables to the satellite section and the subwoofer section from the same channel of amplification.
Page 17 "control and weight" of solid state amplifiers on the subwoofer section. Differences in the input sensitivities of different model bass and treble amplifiers may be overcome by using Wavelet II, or this amp balancer, available from Legacy. This unit allows balancing of the bass section against the treble section.
Page 18 Maximize Performance The Signature loudspeaker may also benefit from active bi-amplification and the virtues of DSP room correction. Adding the Legacy Wavelet II processor can extend bass response, prevent excursion overload, and avoid room resonances. The versatile Wavelet II processor can also integrate a subwoofer or stereo pair of subwoofers with the Signature.
Page 19: Signature Xd
Signature SE, but a more versatile internally amplified version, facilitating both passive and active bi-amplification. The fully passive Signature SE will continue to hold its position in the Legacy line-up. The new Signature XD version includes a high quality internal 650 watt amplifier which provides some unique performance options: •...
Page 20 Signature XD Rear Panel Connections: Before configuring the Signature XD and making cable connections, be sure both the internal amplifiers and any external amplifiers are powered completely off. Disconnect from AC outlet if uncertain. 20 of 31...
Page 21: Full Range Powered Configuration
Configuration: Full Range Powered The internal amplifier will power the entire loudspeaker. Set the rocker switch of SIGNATURE XD in the downward position. Connect the female end (with 3 holes) of a balanced XLR cable to your Preamplifier’s LEFT channel balanced output. Be sure it is pressed in fully 4.
Page 22: Bi-Amp Configuration & Connections Diagram
Be sure it is pressed in fully. You may require a signal splitter (balanced Y-adapter, available from Legacy Audio) if you do not have dual outputs on your preamplifier. Connect the male end (with 3 pins) of the same cable to the BALANCED INPUT receptacle on the rear panel of the Left SIGNATURE XD rear panel.
Page 23 Signature XD Bi-Amp Connections 23 of 31...
Page 24: Designer's Notes
The cabinet walls are 1” thick to provide a rigid structure with adequate mass. The ribbon drivers are the very same used in the Legacy Focus (positioned at exactly the same listener height as the Focus) and employ planar and folded diaphragms suspended in high magnetic force field provided by neodymium.
Page 25 You may upgrade to XD level performance a number of ways: Passively bi-amp by adding a Legacy Powerbloc2 or iV2 to the bass section of each • Signature SE, while driving the upper section with your external amplifier. This method of passive bi-amplification minimizes current requirements from the upper range amplifier and reduces the presence of back EMF from the woofers.
Page 26: Continuing The Pursuit Of Perfection
Continuing the Pursuit of Perfection (Legacy Air Motion Ribbons) LEGACY Audio has been benefiting from low mass ribbon and leaf drivers since 1984. I have a col- lection of ribbon tweeters from the world over and always loved the way good ribbons reproduced the swishing sound of brushes on a snare- and the simple honesty in the reproduction of strings without imparting an edgy ringing effect found in most tweeters.
Page 27 It has offered moments of both humility and glory, but most gratifying is the reward of continual, stair- stepped successes even after 30 years. I sense that this is a never ending staircase to be followed for generations as we asymptotically approach unattainable perfection. Bill Dudleston, Chief Designer, Founder of Legacy Audio 27 of 31...
Page 28: Specifications
Specifications System Type: 5 drivers, 4 way Tweeter: Dual Air Motion Tweeter System - 1" AMT super tweeter, silver HF wire Midrange: Dual Air Motion Tweeter System -4" AMT tweeter Midwoofer: 7” Graphene filled carbon fiber cone with cast frame Woofer: 2 x 10"...
Page 29 Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC you purchased this product or EMC Directive 2004/108/EC the Legacy Audio Distributor in your country. A listing of Legacy Audio Distributors can be found on the Legacy Audio website www.legacyaudio.com or by contacting Legacy Audio at: 3023 E.
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