Wisdom AUDIO SYSTEM CONTROLLER SC-1 - Special Design Features; Advanced Room Correction; Multiple Setup Memories; Bi- Or Tri-Amplification

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Special Design Features
Advanced Room Correction AudysseyMultEQ
®
XTisaroomequalizationsolutionthatcalibratesanyaudio
systemsothatitcanachieveoptimumperformanceforeverylistenerinalarge
listeningarea.MultEQ
®
XTcapturesacousticalinformationatmultiplelocations
throughoutalisteningareainboththetimeandfrequencydomains.Itusesa
sophisticatedclusteringalgorithmtocombinethisinformationsothatacousti-
calproblemsareaccuratelyanalyzed.Basedonthesemeasurements,MultEQ
XTcalculatesanequalizationsolutionthatcorrectsforbothtimeandfrequency
responseproblemsinthelisteningareaandalsoperformsafullyautomatedsur-
roundsystemsetup.Theresultisclear,well-balancedsoundforeverylistener.
Multiple Setup Memories Wethenwentfurtherandprovidedsupportforrecallinguptothreecomplete
andindependentsetupcalibrations,anyofwhichcanbeselectedasneeded.
Whileasinglesetupisallthatisnecessary,havingtheabilitytorecallanyof
multiplesetupscansolvesomeotherwisedifcultsituations.Forexample,you
mightwanttohaveselectablesetupsfor
• differentroomconditions(e.g.,drapesopenvs.closed)
• slightlydifferenttargetcurves(e.g.,musicvs.gaming)
• variousseatingarrangements
Onlyyouandyourdealercandecidewhetheryouwouldbenetfromtaking
advantageofanyofthesepossibilities.Mostpeopleobtaineverythingtheyneed
fromasinglesetup;buthavingtheexibilitytoaddressunusualcircumstances
canbeinvaluable.
Bi- or Tri-amplication Peoplewhohavewantedtoextractthehighestperformancefromtheirsystems
haveknownforalongtimethatdrivingeachsectionofthespeakerdirectlyand
separatelyyieldsthenestresults.Ofcourse,thisrequireshavingadedicated,
activecrossovertodividethefrequencyrangeappropriatelybeforethepower
ampliers,sothattheycanthendrivethespeakersdirectly.
Biamplicationmakesuseoftwochannelsofamplicationtodrivedifferent
portionsofasinglechannel.Themostcommoninstanceof“bi-amping”today
isinhometheaterapplications,whereinadedicatedsubwooferhandlesthe
deepestbass,whiletheremainingaudiblerangeishandledbythevariousfront
andsurroundspeakers.Butyoucanalsobiamplifyafullrangeloudspeaker,
drivingthewooferseparatelyfromthedriversthathandlethemidrangeand
treblefrequencies.
Logically,youcancombinethesetwoapproaches,andtheresultis“triampli-
cation.”A“tri-amped”systemusesseparateamplicationforthreeaudible
ranges.Inourcase,thethreerangesare:
• deepestbass(oneormoresubwoofers)
• mid-bass(thewoofersinthefrontandsurroundspeakers)
• midrangeandtreble(theplanarmagneticpanels)