Wisdom AUDIO SYSTEM CONTROLLER SC-1 - Getting Ready to Calibrate; System Connections; Overview Of The Process

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Getting Ready to Calibrate
System Connections BeforeyoustarttocalibrateyourSC-1,double-checktheconnections:
• Allthebalancedoutputsofyourpreamp/processortothecorre-
spondingMainInputsoftheSC-1.
• AllthecorrespondingbalancedHighOutputsoftheSC-1tothe
amplierchannelsthataredrivingtheplanar(highfrequency)sec-
tionsofyourWisdomAudioloudspeakers.
• AllthecorrespondingbalancedLowOutputsoftheSC-1tothe
ampliersthataredrivingthewoofersectionsofyourWisdom
Audioloudspeakers.
• One,twoorthreeoftheSuboutputsoftheSC-1(depending
onhowmanysubwooferinputsyouused)connectedtothe
amplier(s)ofyoursubwoofers.
Ifyouhavenotdonesoalready,nowwouldbeagoodtimetoalsomakesure
thatallloudspeakercableconnectionsaresnugandcleanlymade,withproper
attentionbeingpaidtopolarity(+to+,and–to–)everywhere.
Asinanysystem,werecommendthatthepowerampliersbethelastcom-
ponentsturnedon,andtherstcomponentstobeturnedoff.Thatway,ifany
“upstream”componentsinthesystememitaturn-ontransientofsomesort,the
speakerscannotbedamaged.Ifyou“daisychain”yourDCtriggersfromthe
SC-1totheWisdomAudioSA-seriesampliers,theamplierswillturnonauto-
maticallyinseries,oneafteranother,aftershortdelays. (See Rear Panel, item 7.)
Overview of the Process YourWisdomAudioSC-1mustbesetupbyyourdealer,whohastherequisite
equipmentandsoftwareonalaptopcomputer.Briey,theprocessisasfollows:
1 UsingtheWisdomAudiosuppliedSystemCongurationsoftware,
conguretheSC-1tomatchthespecicsofyoursystem(soit
knowswhichspeakersitisworkingwith).
2 CalibratethesystemtotheroomusingtheAudysseyMultEQ
®
Pro
software(integratedwiththeWisdomAudioprogram)andanAu-
dysseyInstallerKit.Thiscalibrationprocessusesmultiplesetsof
measurementstakenwithaprofessionallycalibratedmicrophone
(thatisincludedintheAudysseyInstallerKit)toachieveamore
accuratecorrectionthatresultsinclear,well-balancedsound
withinthemeasuredlisteningarea.
3 Ifneeded,repeattheroomcalibrationprocess,savingtheresults
inuptothreememoriesintheSC-1.Thiscapabilityallowsyou
tooptimizethesystemtotheroomunderdifferentconditions(for
example,drapesopenvs.drapesclosed).
Forthepurposesofthismanual,wewillassumethattheinstalleralreadyowns
aregisteredAudysseyInstallerKitandhasinstalledtheWisdomSetupCongu-
rationprogrampriortoarrivingonsite.Thisisnecessarybeforehecanproceed
withthecalibrationofthesystem.