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MartinLogan Odyssey User Manual

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  • Page 1 D Y S S E Y u s e r ’ s m a n u a l A R T I N O G A N...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Electrostatic Advantages ......15 Full Range Operation MartinLogan Exclusives ......17 Curvilinear Line Source...

  • Page 3: Installation In Brief

    We know you are eager to hear your new Odyssey loud- speakers, so this section is provided to allow fast and easy set up. Once you have them operational, please take the time to read, in depth, the rest of the information in this manual.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Assembling the Odyssey The Odyssey comes with easy to install woofer grille covers. To install the grilles, just line them up with the Odyssey and carefully push the grilles into place (see figure 1). Figure 1. Assembling the Odyssey...

  • Page 5: Operation

    Substantially impaired performance or severe damage may occur to an Odyssey speaker if operation is attempted from an incorrect AC power source. WARNING! The power cord should not be installed, removed, or left detached from the speaker while the other end is connected to an AC power source.

  • Page 6: Single-Wire Connection

    To bi-wire you must first loosen the binding posts and remove the jumper clips. Connect one set of wires to the upper set of binding posts which connect to the panel of the Odyssey. Then connect a second set of wires to the lower binding posts which connect to the woofer.

  • Page 7: Bass Control Switch

    (See Figure 5). Bass Control Switch On the rear panel of the Odyssey electronics module, beside the Signal Input binding posts, is a two position Bass Control switch that allows you to select the type of low fre- quency response you desire.

  • Page 8: Placement

    In long rooms, naturally, that relationship changes. The distance between the speakers will be far less than the distance from you to the speaker system. However, in a wide room, you will still find that if...

  • Page 9: Final Placement

    Enjoy Yourself The Odyssey is a very refined speaker and benefits from care in setup. With these tips in mind you will find, over your months of listening, that small changes can result in measurable differences.

  • Page 10: Room Acoustics

    Reflective Surfaces (near-field reflections) The hard surfaces of your room, particularly if close to your speaker system, will reflect some waves back into the room over and over again, confusing the clarity and imaging of your system. The smaller sound waves are mostly affected here, and occur in the mid and high frequencies.

  • Page 11: Dipolar Speakers And Your Room

    3/8" x 16 thread special version ETC (Energy Transfer Coupler) Spikes (See Figure 6). With the use of these spikes, the Odyssey will become more firmly planted on the floor and, conse- quently, bass will tighten and imaging will become more coherent and detailed.

  • Page 12: Dispersion Interactions

    That is why you see the gentle curve on our products. Figure 8. Your Odyssey speaker system is a 48” inch line source when viewed vertically. Actual height above floor is from 16” inches to 64” inches.
  • Page 13 Figure 13 –14. A controlled 30-degree cylindrical wave-front, which is a MartinLogan exclusive, offers optimal sound distribution with minimal room interaction. The result is solid imaging with a wide listening area.

  • Page 14: Home Theater

    Good subwoofers will provide a foundation for the rest of the system. Figure 14. Odyssey speakers as front channels, MartinLogan Theater as the center channel, MartinLogan Scripts as side surround (effects) channels.

  • Page 15: Electrostatic Advantages

    Since the diaphragm of an electrostatic speaker is uniformly driven over its entire area, it can be extremely light and flexible. This allows it to be very responsive to transients, thus perfectly tracing the music signal.

  • Page 16: Full Range Operation

    The Odyssey uses no crossover networks above 250 Hz because they are not needed. The Odyssey consists of a single, seamless electrostatic membrane reproducing fre- quencies above 250Hz simultaneously. How’s this possible? First we must understand that music is not composed of separate high, mid and low frequency pieces.

  • Page 17: Martinlogan Exclusives

    This proprietary coating insulates the stator to three times its actual needed working voltage and gives the Odyssey a wide margin of safe operation. In addition to the electrical insulation properties, this coating also provides the Odyssey with a durable, attractive finish that dampens the steel to prevent ringing.

  • Page 18: Electrostatic Loudspeaker History

    However, Lodge had no intention for his device to reproduce music because in 1898 there was no way to amplify an electrical signal! As a result, his speaker had nothing to offer over the acoustical gramophones of the period. It was not until 1906 that Dr. Lee DeForrest invented the triode vacuum tube.
  • Page 19 The test instrument needed an extremely accurate speaker, but Janszen found that the cone speakers of the period were too nonlinear in phase and amplitude response to meet his criteria. Janszen believed that electrostats...

  • Page 20: Frequently Asked Questions

    2 Ohms. Could you suggest a list of suitable electronics and cables that would be ideal for MartinLogan speakers? The area of electronics and cable choice is probably the most common type of question that we receive. It is also the most subjective.
  • Page 21 How do MartinLogan speakers hold up over a long term in the humidity of tropical climates? We should tell you that MartinLogan indeed has a very substantial number of customers in tropical regions of the world.

  • Page 22: Troubleshooting

    •Check your speaker wires and connections. •Check all interconnecting cables. Weak Output, Loss of Highs •Check the power cord. Is it properly connected to the speaker? Exaggerated Highs, Brightness •Check the toe-in of the speakers. Read Placement (pages 10–11) for more information.

  • Page 23: Service

    Specifications The Odyssey hybrid speaker system consists of a broad- range single element electrostatic transducer integrated with a quick-response woofer. This approach takes advan- tage of the benefits that both technologies have to offer. Dispersion is a controlled 30 degrees. This was achieved by curving the electrostatic transducer element itself, an elegantly simple solution.

  • Page 24: Glossary Of Audio Terms

    Impedance. The total opposition offered by an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current of a single frequency. It is a combination of resistance and reactance and is measured in ohms. Remember that a speaker’s impedance changes with frequency, it is not a constant value.
  • Page 25 Sensitivity. The volume of sound delivered for a given electrical input. Stator. The fixed part forming the reference for the moving diaphragm in a planar speaker. THD. The abbreviation for total harmonic distortion. (See Distortion.) TIM. The abbreviation for transient intermodulation distortion.

  • Page 26: Notes

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  • Page 27 Notes...
  • Page 28 A R T I N O G A N 2101 Delaware Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66046, USA tel 785.749.0133 fax 785.749.5320 www.martinlogan.com ©2001 MartinLogan, All rights reserved Rev. #011101...

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