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  • Page 1 Owner’s Manual Phantom...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    C O n t e n t s A Message from the Designer Phantom B7 Specifications About the Phantom B7 Phantom B7 Features Connecting the Phantom B7 Speaker Placement Stereo Image Switch Settings Listening Levels and Power Handling Phantom B7 Maintenance and Care Limited Warranty...

  • Page 3: A Message From The Designer

    Thank you for choosing Snell. The Snell Acoustics Phantom B7 is the product of extensive research, development, refinement, listening, prototyping, and more. And because it evolved from the award-winning Illusion A7, the Phantom B7 also rises from the simple proposition, “What is the best we can do, without reference to costs, practicality of manufacture, availability of existing components, or common practices?”...

  • Page 4: Phantom B7 Specifications

    Illusion A7, modestly downsized in both form and cost. And ideal arrangement of dynamic transducers. Finally, in com- like the A7 the Phantom B7 traces its lineage to the very mon with both its oldest and its most recent forerunners...
  • Page 5 Phantom B7’s exceptional sound. and resists any reactive driver motions, inhibiting reso- nances. Woofer-mounting construction similarly maintains Needless to say, this arrangement of the Snell Phantom B7’s impressive rigidity and dimensional accuracy. A secondary midrange and high-frequency drivers is a classic “D’Appolito rear tweeter contributes, a bit counter-intuitively, smoother array”...

  • Page 6: Phantom B7 Features

    Its special injection-molded alloy basket is strong, tuned by a Snell technician to within ±0.5dB of the rigid, and ideally suited to Phantom’s sealed midrange Phantom B7 Master Reference, ensuring perfect sub-enclosure.
  • Page 7 10 Snell’s renowned wood shop handcrafts and hand- dimensional depth, and offers an effectively limitless finishes each Phantom B7, producing cabinets of un- variety of custom colors on request. equalled workmanship. Phantom is available in select wood veneers and paint finishes.

  • Page 8: Connecting The Phantom B7

    C O n n e C t i n g t h e P h A n t O M B 7 Choosing Cable Snell recommends the use of high-quality speaker cabling The selection of wire termination of substantial weight (gauge); longer runs should receive is similarly individual.
  • Page 9 By removing one or both metal jumper straps from each Use equal lengths of identical or at least similar cabling Phantom B7, you may elect to run multiple cables, i.e. bi- or when bi- or tri-wiring each speaker. Your Snell Acoustics tri-wiring.
  • Page 10 When the Tweeters only 4 ohms (rear tweeter on) Phantom B7 is used as a full range speaker, i.e., when all the Midranges only 8 ohms (rear tweeter off) terminal jumpers are connected, its nominal impedance is...
  • Page 11 Biamplifying (using one amplifier for the low-frequency, and one for the mid/high-frequency sections: Unscrew the Woofer and Mid terminals and remove the jumper straps; be sure to retain the jumper straps bridging the Mid and Tweeter terminals, and re-tight- en the Midrange terminals. Connect the cable from the Woofer terminals to the low-frequency amplifier, i.e.
  • Page 12 Triamplifying (using one amplifier for the low-frequency, one for the mid- frequency, and a third for the high-fre- quency sections: Unscrew the Woofer and Midrange terminals and remove the jumper straps. Unscrew the Tweeter terminals and remove the jumper straps bridging the Midrange and Tweeter terminals.

  • Page 13: Speaker Placement

    (a corner), bass output increases geometri- being on the scene we at Snell Acoustics can only advise cally. you as to general principles; there are no “rules.” Your Snell Acoustics installer/specialist will be happy to help you Unfortunately, these increases are not smooth and linear.

  • Page 14: Stereo Image

    s t e r e O i M A g e The distance between the Phantom B7s will largely dictate Toe-in-the angling of the speakers inward toward the lis- breadth of stereo image. If the speakers are placed too close tening position-is a matter of room acoustics and individual together the image will be too narrow;...

  • Page 15: Switch Settings

    3 An on/off switch allows the rear tweeter to be de- switches are no substitute for proper placement and feated when the Phantom B7 is placed close to a rear wall. We recommend selecting “On” for most 2-chan- patient setup experimentation. Derive your room’s best...

  • Page 16: Listening Levels And Power Handling

    Phantom B7s that is adequate to the may tempt very high listening levels. The Phantom B7’s will needs of your room, your listening habits, and your musical happily oblige, but until you become familiar with their tastes, with a generous margin of headroom.

  • Page 17: Phantom B7 Maintenance And Care

    P h A n t O M B 7 M A i n t e n A n C e A n D C A r e The exterior of the Phantom B7 is finished in either an oiled The Phantom B7 has been deliberately engineered to look...

  • Page 18: Limited Warranty

    2 Chambers Street tive, and to present proof of purchase from an authorized Binghamton, NY 13903 USA Snell dealer in the form of your sales slip when requesting service. We will promptly advise you of what action to take. Excluded from this warranty is damage that results from...
  • Page 20 ©2010 Snell Acoustics. 2 Chambers Street All Rights Reserved. Binghamton, NY 13903 USA Specifications are subject phone: 607-352-2488 to change without notice. fax: 607-352-2498 Covered by patents issued email: info@snellacoustics.com and or pending. web: www.snellacoustics.com Part #542-1064...

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