Summary of Skyline
Page 2: 1. Warranty
1. Warranty 2. Unpacking/connections 3. Speaker placement and installation 5. Designer’s note 6. Cabinetry/our commitment 7. Specifications 8. Hook up cables 9. The amplifier 10. Troubleshooting.
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1 thank you for selecting a legacy loudspeaker system. These hand-crafted instruments will provide you with many years of listening enjoyment. Please take a few moments to read this brief manual to insure maximum benefit from your speaker system. Limited warranty legacy audio, inc. Extends to the or...
Page 4: Unpacking
2 unpacking your new speaker system has been very carefully packaged to insure that it travels to you safely. Each speaker is protected by a double-wall outer carton with heavy v-board corner protectors. Molded foam end caps are used to protect the elegant cabinetry, and a plastic liner is provided ...
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3 speaker placement and installation a pair of skylines can be mounted vertically or horizontally, along the top of a side wall, high in room corners or along the top of a rear wall. Note: ceiling height in most listening rooms ranges between 7 to 12 ft., so most of the recommendations here are base...
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4. Drill eight 1/8” (.32cm) diameter holes as marked. In some cases we’ve found that a satisfactory mount can be made just using the inner four holes, provided there is a stud present. 5. Fasten bracket to wall with wood screws provided. 6. If mounting in a three-wall corner, make sure to connect sp...
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Designer’s note from bill dudleston. Conveniently tucked away in room corners, skyline will disperse music evenly throughout the listening area. Legacy’s exclusive acoustic polar hybrid technology cancels early midrange reflections to avoid the “cardboard honk” sound characteristic of some in-wall a...
Page 8: The Cabinetry
6 the cabinetry beneath the surface of skyline’s elegant exterior lies rigid mdf construction. Interlocking joinery maximizes the strength of the cabinet parts. Polyester fiberfill is selected for internal damping. A sharp rap on the enclosure will leave you with little more than bruised knuckles. E...
Page 9: Specifications
7 specifications system type: acoustic polar hybrid. Tweeter: 1” neodome. Midwoofer: 5.25” kevlite-ti. Woofer: 7” carbon polymer. Recommended amplification: 15 - 200 watts. Dimensions: 8 1/4” w x 20” h x 4 1/2” d crossover frequencies (hz): 200, 3k frequency response: 100 hz - 22 khz +/-2 db binding...
Page 10: Hook-Up Cables
Hook-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 Ωs/ft pf/ft µh/ft 12 ga. 0.0033 24 0.21 14 ga. 0.0048 17 0.13 16 ga. 0.0079 16 0.18 18 ga. 0.0128 28 0.21 capacitance is considered...
Page 11: The Amplifier
The amplifier ideally the loudspeaker would be among the first components selected when assembling a playback system. This would allow the user to choose an amplifier capable of delivering adequate amounts of current into the frequency dependent load presented by the loudspeaker. However, when upgra...
Page 12: Troubleshooting
10 troubleshooting if no output is heard: 1. Check speaker connections. 2. Verify signal is actually being sent to the speaker. A. Check player status b. Check processor mode c. Check processor’s rear channel level setting d.Verify program material is encoded with rear channel information.