Contact Martin-Logan for details. If you did not receive a Certificate of Registration with Aerius Specifications your Aerius speakers you cannot be assured of having received new units. If this is the case, please contact your Authorized Martin-Logan dealer.
This panel assembly houses a membrane 0.0005 of an premier loudspeaker systems! inch thick! Ruggedly constructed and insulated, as much as 200 watts of continuous power has driven the Aerius The result of cumulative technology gleaned from twelve energized diaphragm into massive excursions with no previous Research and Development projects, the Aerius deleterious effects.
Aerius. Be consistent when connecting speaker leads to the terminals on the back of the Aerius: take great care to assign the same color to the (+) terminal on both the left and right channels. If bass is nonexistent and you cannot discern a tight, coherent image, you may need to reverse the (+) and (-) leads on one side to bring the system into proper polarity.
Figure 2. Cut away view of a typical moving coil driver. the diaphragm, consequently Notice the complexity due to the high number of parts. times per second!). moving it back and forth, producing music. This technique Aerius User's Manual Page 5...
(plasma) speaker, and an electrostatic challenged by products developed during this new speaker. rebirth. After a short time, Rice and Kellogg had narrowed the In 1947, Arthur Janszen, a young Naval engineer, took Page 6 Aerius User's Manual...
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It's too bad Rice and Kellogg were never able not play very loud, it had poor bass performance, it to see just how far the technology would be taken. presented a difficult load that some amplifiers did not like, Aerius User's Manual Page 7...
The Aerius uses no crossover networks above 500 Hz because they are not needed. It consists of a single, In order to use multiple drivers, a crossover network is...
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Aerius a wide margin of safe operation. In addition to the dispersion or a serious compromise in sound quality. electrical insulation properties, this coating also provides...
Make operating the speakers. Substantially impaired perform- ance or severe damage may occur to a Aerius speaker if certain that all your connections are tight. operation is attempted from an incorrect AC power source.
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ESL + ESL + ESL + ESL + ESL + and - - - - - binding posts of the Aerius. Then connect a second set of wires to the Woofer + Woofer + Woofer + Woofer + Woofer + and - - - - - binding posts.
Can you hear a booming? You’ve just experi- and high frequencies. This is where voice and enced a cavity resonance. frequencies as high as the cymbals can occur. Page 12 Aerius User's Manual...
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The low frequencies can either be enhanced or nulled by quently result in blurred imaging and excessive bright- the position from the front wall. Your Aerius have been ness. Soft walls, curtains, wall hangings, or sound designed for the front of the speaker to be placed 2 to 3...
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Figure 1 Figure 1. Martin-Logan Aerius deliver a 30 degree wave launch Figure 2 Figure 2 Figure 2. Your Aerius speaker system is a 3.75 foot line source Figure 2 Figure 2 dispersion pattern distributed horizontally. when viewed vertically. Actual height above the floor is from one to 4.75 feet.
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Martin-Logan exclu- Martin-Logan exclu- Martin-Logan exclu- Martin-Logan exclu- Martin-Logan exclu- sive sive sive sive sive, offers optimal sound distribution with minimal room interaction. The re- sult is solid imaging with a wide listening area. Aerius User's Manual Page 15...
(i.e. wall hangings speakers slightly toed-in slightly toed-in slightly toed-in slightly toed-in so that you are listening to slightly toed-in and possibly even sound absorbing panels). the inner third of the curved transducer section. Page 16 Aerius User's Manual...
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After living and experimenting with your Aerius, you will enhance the quality of your imaging. then want to use the spikes included in your owners kit. The Aerius will become more firmly planted on the floor Bass Response. Bass Response.
We recommend an amplifier with 80 to 200 watts per channel for most applications. The Aerius will perform Our research department has literally punctured hun- well with either a tube or transistorized amplifier, and will dreds of holes in a diaphragm, neither affecting the reveal the sonic character of either type.
ON OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ELECTRO- STATIC ELEMENT. STATIC ELEMENT. STATIC ELEMENT. STATIC ELEMENT. STATIC ELEMENT. Lack of Bass Lack of Bass Lack of Bass Lack of Bass Lack of Bass Check your speaker wires. Is the polarity correct? Aerius User's Manual Page 19...
McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean: Steve Winwood: Back in the High Life ..Island 9 25548-2 It's About Time ........ Blue Note BT 85102 Yellowjackets: Shades ....MCA Records MCAD-5752 Dionne Warwick: Soulful ......Scepter SPS-573 Page 20 Aerius User's Manual...
Aerius Specifications The Aerius hybrid speaker Frequency Response Frequency Response Frequency Response Frequency Response Frequency Response system consists of a broad-range 40 - 20,000 Hz +/- 3dB single element electrostatic transducer integrated with a Electrostatic panel dimensions Electrostatic panel dimensions...
The flat-topped signal has high decibels/watt/meter (dB/w/m). distortion. levels of harmonic distortion which creates heat in a loud- ESL. Abbreviation for electrostatic speaker and is the major cause of loudspeaker. loudspeaker component failure. Page 22 Aerius User's Manual...
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Acoustic power is proportional to system to another, sometimes the square of the RMS sound one that converts the energy in pressure. form. Loudspeaker transducers convert electrical energy into mechanical motion. Aerius User's Manual Page 23...
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