Summary of Silhouette
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Owners manual for the loudspeaker system silhouette.
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2 table of contents page registration owners record 3 the cabinetry / our commitment 4 warranty 5 setup speaker installation 6 hooking up cables 10-11 amplification 12-14 silhouette on wall installation 7 silhouette pro on wall installation 8 silhouette pro in wall installation 9 speaker connections...
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3 thank you for selecting a legacy loudspeaker system. These hand- crafted instruments will provide you with many years of listening en- joyment. Owners record model: silhouette serial no: _________________________ date of purchase: ___________________ the serial number is located on the rear of the...
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The cabinetry / our commitment handcrafted beneath the surface of silhouette’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...
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5 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)...
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6 speaker installation there are several ways to install silhouette, depending on which version you are using. Select the wall locations for the silhouette system. Try to create a 60 degree angle horizontally between the speaker pair, relative to the listening position. This usually results in a 10 ...
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Silhouette on wall installation 7.
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Silhouette pro on wall installation silhouette pro rear when mounting silhouette pro flat on the wall, use the included pair of z- clips as shown with the longer bar clip anchored to wall studs. 8.
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Silhouette pro in wall installation after positioning the speakers, use a drywall saw to cut an opening slightly larger than the 12.15" x 35.5" cabinet body. The outer baffle is 37" long and 17.5" wide. Six mounting screws are to be installed through the center of the grille cups into the wall frami...
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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 insignificant ...
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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...
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Ideally the loudspeaker would be among the first components selected when assembling a play- back 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 upgrading a syste...
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How much power will your new speakers need? That ultimately depends on your listening environment and musical tastes. As little as five watts per channel should drive them to a level satisfactory for background music. A typical 45 watt per channel receiver may fill a room with the compressed mid-ban...
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The average acoustical power developed by a person speaking in a conversational tone corresponds to a mere 0.00001 watts. The power that would be developed by the entire population of the city of new york speaking at once would barely illuminate a single 100 watt light bulb. Amplification 1 4 when a...
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The terminal plate speaker connections 1 5 at the rear of each of your silhouette loudspeakers you will find a terminal plate housing one pair of binding posts. 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 c...
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16 developing a reference class on-wall the key to this three-way is the crossover frequency between the 10” and 7” is established precisely where the wall dip occurs when a woofer is boundary plane mounted. The dip is the result of an out of phase relationship at that frequency between driver and b...
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Developing a reference class on-wall in summary, the natural dip in frequency response that wall mounted speakers suffer is the result of phase difference between the direct radiation and the boundary reflection at the listener. Legacy employs the additional filter poles created by this acoustic phe...
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In summary, the natural dip in frequency response that wall mounted speakers suffer is the developing a reference class on-wall 1 8 result of phase difference between the direct radiation and the boundary reflection at the listener. Legacy employs the additional filter poles created by this acoustic...
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1 9 developing a reference class on-wall on a personal level i have been curiously surprised by the depth of image and precision the silhouette provides. I honestly did not realize that an on-wall could be this convincing spatially. Hmmm. Learn something new every day. -bill dudleston president, chi...
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Frequency response: specifications sensitivi ty (room db@2.83v): 92 db crossover frequency: 250, 2.5k inputs: 1 pair binding posts, recessed cup low frequency alignment: 10" passive radiator 42hz – 28khz system type: three way, passive radiator mounting: wall mount with bracket system directivity: 6...
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Legacy audio 3023 e. Sangamon ave. Springfield, il 62702 usa 800-283-4644 states that this product is in conformity with the with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of: low voltage directive 2006/95/ec emc directive 2004/108/ec ce declaration of conformity weee compliance produ...
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©201 5 legacy audio 3023 e sangamon ave. Springfield, il 62702 phone: 800-283-4644 fax: 217-544-1483 23.