Wisdom Sage C150i Owner's Manual

Wisdom Sage C150i Owner's Manual

Biamplified planar magnetic hybrid loudspeakers
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  • Page 1 Owner’s Manual Sage C150i & C150m Biamplified Planar Magnetic Hybrid Loudspeakers...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ....................4 About this manual ....................4 Please register your system ..................4 Description .....................5 Planar magnetic panels ..................5 Free from compression..................5 More reliable ....................5 Easy on amplifiers ...................6 Line source behavior ..................6 Dynamic woofers....................7 Big bass in small boxes? ..................7 Extraordinary drivers ..................7 Designed for biamplification ..................8 SC-1 System Controller ..................8...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    SC-1 is essential to the speakers’ proper operation. In addition, the SA-series amplifiers are specifically designed to meet the needs of the unique bass system of your Sage C150i speakers. It is truly a “system” design, and not merely a collection of loudspeaker drivers in a box.
  • Page 5: Description

    When you become accustomed to the sound of your new Sage C150i speakers, conventional speakers sound a bit bland and lifeless.
  • Page 6: Easy On Amplifiers

    By contrast, the Sage C150i speakers radiate sound as a “line source.” The sound moves into the room as an expanding cylinder, rather than as an expand- ing sphere —...
  • Page 7: Dynamic Woofers

    For more detailed information on the loudspeaker drivers in general, and planar magnetic drivers in particular, please refer to the Planar Magnetic Technology white paper that can be found on the Wisdom Audio web site, at www.wisdomaudio.com. Authoritative, deep bass requires that you move a lot of air. We have chosen...
  • Page 8: Designed For Biamplification

    But you can also biamplify a full range loudspeak- er, driving the woofer separately from the drivers that handle the midrange and treble frequencies. Your Sage C150i is such a speaker, designed to use separate amplifiers for the woofer and the planar sections of each loudspeaker.
  • Page 9 Unpacking & Installing the C150i Your new Wisdom Audio Sage C150i in-wall speaker is a substantial piece of equipment. Please exercise caution when unpacking your C150i to ensure that you do not strain yourself from its (perhaps unexpected) weight. Caution! Do not attempt to lift your C150i by yourself.
  • Page 10 Important Note: The Wisdom Audio C150i is a biamplified speaker that requires five sets of speaker wire to each location. One pair of connections is for the planar magnetic module, whereas the woofer module uses four sets of connections, one each for four sets of four woofers.
  • Page 11: Unpacking & Installing The L100I

    Unpacking & Installing the C150m The Wisdom Audio Sage C150m on-wall speaker is a substantial piece of equip- ment. Please exercise caution when unpacking your C150m to ensure that you do not strain yourself from its (perhaps unexpected) weight. Caution! Do not attempt to lift your C150m by yourself.
  • Page 12 a. Using a #2 Phillips bit in your cordless drill, spin the E-Z Toggle Anchor into the drywall until the head of the anchor is seated flush and the arrows on the head of the anchor point up and down. Repeat this process for each anchor location. b.
  • Page 13: Room Acoustics & Placement

    Room Acoustics & Placement Wisdom Audio believes in equalization. Assume for a moment that you had a “perfect” loudspeaker: as soon as you place it in your room, its perfection is gone. In fact, even good rooms often introduce deviations of 20 dB to the re- sponse of the system, particularly at low frequencies.
  • Page 14: Speaker Placement

    SC-1. Your Wisdom Audio dealer can help you with optimizing your speaker place- ment, which is never quite as simple as it seems it should be. The characteristics...
  • Page 15: Surround Speakers

    Left and Right speakers while minimizing the change in image height as a sound is panned across the front stage. Wisdom Audio has designed horizontally-ori- ented planar magnetic hybrid speakers that will match your C150i loudspeaker superbly;...
  • Page 16: Room Treatment

    (The minimization of these reflections is one of the strongest arguments for the tall, line source loud- speakers that 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.
  • Page 17: References

    Find someone who specializes in and has a great deal of experi- ence 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 pro- fessional.
  • Page 18: Optimizing The System

    Optimizing the System A Wisdom Audio loudspeaker system is just that: a system, designed to provide the highest calibre of performance, in the widest variety of possible settings. As such, simply connecting all the wires does not mean the system is optimized.
  • Page 19: Care & Maintenance

    Care & Maintenance To remove dust from the cabinet of your C150, use a feather duster or a lint-free soft cloth. To remove stubborn dirt and fingerprints, we recommend isopropyl alcohol and a soft cloth. Lightly dampen the cloth with alcohol first and then clean the surface of the C150i with the cloth.
  • Page 20: North American Warranty

    The warranty will not apply to any Wisdom Audio loudspeaker that has been misused, abused, al- tered, or installed and calibrated by anyone other than an authorized Wisdom Audio dealer.
  • Page 21: Obtaining Service

    If the packaging to protect the unit is, in our opinion or that of our dealer, inade- quate to protect the unit, we reserve the right to repackage it for return shipment at the owner’s expense. Neither Wisdom Audio nor your dealer can be respon- sible for shipping damage due to improper (that is, non-original) packaging.
  • Page 22: Specifications

    62 lbs. (28 kg) ■ Shipping weight, bass section 32 lbs. (14.5 kg) ■ Shipping weight, planar section For more information, see your Wisdom Audio dealer, or contact: Wisdom Audio 1572 College Parkway, Suite 164 Carson City, NV 89706 www.wisdomaudio.com information@wisdomaudio.com Ph: 775.887.8850...
  • Page 23: Notes

    Notes...
  • Page 24: L100I Bass Section Dimensions

    C150i Bass Section Dimensions...
  • Page 25: L100I Planar Section Dimensions

    C150i Planar Section Dimen- sions...
  • Page 26: L100M Bass Section Dimensions

    C150m Bass Section Dimensions...
  • Page 27: L100M Planar Section Dimensions

    C150m Planar Section Dimensions...
  • Page 28 WISDOM and the stylized W are registered trademarks of Wisdom Audio. Wisdom Audio 1572 College Parkway, Suite 164 Carson City, Nevada 89706 USA Telephone: 775.887.8850 Fax: 775.887.8820 C50OM-1.0 © 12/2009 Wisdom Audio, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

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