Legacy Whisper XD Owner's Manual

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Page 1 Owners Manual For The Whisper XD S Loudspeaker System...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Page Registration Owners Record The Cabinetry / Our Commitment Warranty Setup Speaker Placement Hooking Up Cables Amplification 9-11 Speaker Connections 12-13 Installer Calibration Instructions Whisper Wave Launch Processor 15-23 Technology Designer’s Notes 24-25 Continuing the Pursuit of Perfection 26-27 Specifications...
Page 3: Owners Record
Refer to this when calling your dealer regarding this product. Model: Whisper XDS Serial No: _________________________ Date of purchase: ___________________ Thank you for selecting a Legacy Loudspeaker System. These hand- crafted instruments will provide you with many years of listening en- joyment.
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. Your purchase of this product is backed by the renowned “Legacy...
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: Speaker Placement
Speaker Placement Positioning Whisper for good performance is quite a bit easier than for most speakers. Remember that whisper is actually an acoustic gun with a highly controlled directivity pattern. Corner place- ments are actually quite workable though not necessarily optimal. Whisper will not become “boomy”...
Page 7: 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 s/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 8: Hooking Up Cables
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. Since the cilia of the ear requires 25,000 times longer than this just to transmit phase information, phase shifting is obviously not the primary concern when considering speaker cables.
Page 9: 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. Often there is much confusion regarding amplification and loudness levels. It should be under- stood that the role of the amplifier goes beyond that of driving loudspeakers to a given sound pressure level.
Page 10 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 advan- tage of “high-powered” amplifiers, so don’t be afraid to put them through their paces.
Page 11 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 12: Speaker Connections
Speaker Connections The Terminal Plate At the rear of each of your loudspeakers you will find a terminal plate housing one pair of binding posts and two XLR Con- nectors. Hook the high level speaker inputs from the main amplifier to the pair of binding post. Be sure that you observe polarity when making the connections.
Page 13 Left Channel of Customer Provided Amplifier Feeds to Left Legacy Whisper Back Processor Output 5 Right Legacy Whisper 15” Drivers (Bottom XLR) Processor Output 6 Right Legacy Whisper Front 15” Drivers (Top XLR) Processor Output 7 Right Channel of Customer Provided Amplifier Feeds to Right Legacy Whisper...
Page 14: Installer Calibration Instructions
Installer Calibration Instructions Be sure to feed left input to both 1,3 and right input to both 2,4 with XLR splitter cable off preamp Step 1: Step 9 -start with everything muted Un-mute inputs 1,2 -un-mute input 1 Un-mute outputs 1,5, the low bass should sum up -un-mute output 1 and verify the rear left woofers are all playing.
Page 15: Whisper Wave Launch Processor
Whisper Wave Launch Processor The high definition Digital Wavelaunch Processor hosts a LEGACY custom algorithm which automatically loads when the proc- essor is powered on. Factory settings are ‘plug and play’, and do not require a computer to utilize. Connections between the preamp, power amplifier, and speakers should be as shown on previous page.
Page 16 Whisper Wave Launch Processor Downloading and Installing the XConsole software Downloading From Included CD Your Wave Launch Processor will come with a CD or USB drive containing the XConsole software. Insert the CD and find the install file. Move/Save the install file to your computer.
Page 17 Whisper Wave Launch Processor The XD processor will allow you to make adjustments to your system from a laptop computer from your listener position. Connecting Your Computer with the Xilica Processor - Connecting will require a long USB Device cable. These can be found at most electronic or big box stores. It is the same cable that a USB printer would use.
Page 18 Whisper Wave Launch Processor - Go back to the XConsole software. At the top of the screen click “Setup” then “Port Connections” This bring up a new dialog box. Select the COM port number you obtained from the device manger and click “OK.” The software will warn you that you must restart the software for your changes to take effect.
Page 19 Whisper Wave Launch Processor Making Adjustments with Wavelaunch Processor After installing the included software, connect the processor to the computer via a USB cable. Launch the XConsole software. When asked if you want to connect to the device, click yes. In the Device List, click on the device that is connected.
Page 20 Whisper Wave Launch Processor In the Device List, click on the device that is connected. This will launch the program that is currently on the processor. Adjustments to the processor can be made to “Input 1: Left” and “Input 2: Right”. Clicking on “In 1: Left”...
Page 21 Whisper Wave Launch Processor Making a boost with the parametric EQ In this example, we have selected Parametric EQ 2 (PEQ2) by clicking in its box, which will turn red to indicate your selection. Once highlighted, locate the blue boxes with up and down arrows, at the bottom of the interface. These arrows are used to in- crease or decrease the gain, frequency and Q of the selected parametric EQ.
Page 22 Whisper Wave Launch Processor Making a cut with the graphic EQ In this example, we have selected Graphic EQ 8 by clicking in its box which will turn red to indicate your selection. Once high- lighted, locate the blue boxes with up and down arrows, at the bottom of the interface. These arrows are used to increase or de- crease the gain of the selected graphic EQ.
Page 23: Whisper Wave Launch Processor
Whisper Wave Launch Processor Adjusting using the EQ plot Adjustments made to both the parametric and graphic EQ are reflected in the graph occupying the upper portion of the screen. You can select them by clicking on their number, and dragging up to boost, and down to cut. Dragging to the left decreases the frequency, while dragging to the right increases the frequency.
Page 24: Designer's Notes
The sweet spot is much wider with the Whisper XD S design, allowing the listener to move outside the left speaker and still hear a balance with the right speaker, and vice versa. Our manual recommends a strong toe-in, to cast the strongest acoustic shadow across the face. It explains that the imprint of the shadow of the nose into the opposite ear is the other portion of the stereo signal that is usually washed out by excessive room reflections with con- ventional speakers.
Page 25 All drivers used in Legacy speakers are custom designed in house for our exact requirements. We then select fabricators based on the type of driver. We work with material suppliers from Florence, Munich, Ontario, and several cities in North America. Much of the rare earth elements are from Russia.
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...
Page 28: Specifications
Specifications System Type: 11 driver, 4 way Dual Air Motion Tweeter Tweeter System- 1” AMT super tweeter Midrange: Dual Air Motion Tweeter System- 4"AMT tweeeter Mid woofer: ( 4 ) 7" Silver Graphite, cast frame Subwoofer : ( 4 ) 15” cabon/pulp composite , synchronized launch (1) 12”...
Page 29 Legacy Audio Distributor in Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC your country. A listing of Legacy EMC Directive 2004/108/EC 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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