Summary of AV-20
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Fundamental acoustic research owner’s manual active monitor av-20(c).
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 2 thank you for choosing the far av-20(c) active three way monitor. In order to obtain the best performance from this active monitor, please be sure to read this owner’s manual and use your speaker only in accordance with its instruction. Contents...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 3 thank you for choosing a far active monitor. This unit is an exceptional product that will give you years of superb performance. Do not open the cabinet. Do not attempt to service this unit. Tampering with internal components can cause fire or s...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 4 technical description av-20(c) sensitivity db spl maximum pressure level (2 cabinets @ 1 m) 124 frequency range hz ± 3 db 35 22000 active filter low pass section crossover frequency 250 hz 24 db/octave control -1db/flat/+1db/+2db mid pass sectio...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 5 components woofer 25cm/10 inch medium 13cm/5inch tweeter soft dome 1 inch listening position cm 100-250 amplifier specifications power (peak) w tweeter: power 100 medium: power 150 woofer: power 220 power (nominal) w tweeter: power @ 8 ohm 70 me...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 6 characteristics power bandwidth 20 - 25000 hz slew rate 35 v/µs sn ratio > 100 db distortion intermodulation 0,01% total 0,05% input sensitivity 0 db impedance > 10 kohm connectors input (symmetric) xlr & jack link xlr remote rj-45 external dime...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 7 technical drawing.
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 8 low frequency control high frequency control flat -1 db -2 db -3 db +1 db +2 db flat +1 db +2 db -1 db preset curves academy academy curve 0 10k -3 hz db 0 200 500 5 8k -3 hz db tv curve tv mains for continued protection against risk of fire rep...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 9 fine frequency tuning for fine frequency tuning use the dip switches on the rear panel. One for high frequencies (figure 1) and one for the low frequencies (figure 2). High pass section settings the dipswitch can be set to one of the six db leve...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 10 limiter function the av-20(c) has a built in limiter developed to protect the drivers against harmful signals. The limiter acts directly on the input signal by decreasing it when it reaches the clipping level. To activate the limiter turn it to...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 11 troubleshooting this section is designed to trouble free technical operation. Most of the problems encountered by the users are due to operating mistakes .Please check this list first for a possible solution. If the problem persists, consult yo...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 12 optional curves innovation remains our most important consideration. Thus we have created tuning possibilities with the ability to recreate what the final listener hears. Integrated into the loudspeakers, these tuning curves reproduce a sound u...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 13 the curve we obtained replicates the limitations of the television speaker. Courbe tv -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 20 40 63 100 160 250 400 630 1000 1600 2500 4000 6300 10000 16000 fréquence (hz) amplitude (db) the advantages of this system are : ...
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Fundamental acoustic research owners manual av 20(c) 14 remote control rc-2 / rc-3 academy curve 0 10k -3 hz db club curve db +5 0 90 300 4k5 hz car curve +5 0 hz 50 1k5 5k db 0 200 500 5 8k -3 hz db tv curve the optional remote control will let you choose the environment you want to work with . The...