Cambridge SoundWorks BassCube 10S Powered Subwoofers - Manual (Page 13)

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LOW PASS CONTROL SETTINGS
Dolby Digital ® sound systems
A Dolby Digital decoder provides its own pro-
cessing when you activate the decoder’s
Subwoofer Out jack. Set the BaseCube’s
LOW
PASS FREQUENCY control at it’s fully-clockwise
position; this will effectively bypass it (see exam-
ples below).
Note: A Dolby Digital receiver has a large/small
speaker selector and a Subwoofer Out jack
On/Off selector. We recommend setting the first
option to SMALL for the Front, Center and Rear
speakers in your system, unless the speakers are
floor-standing, with a ten-inch woofer or larger.
Dolby Surround (Pro Logic) and
Stereo sound systems
Follow the guidelines in the next column when
both your main speakers and your subwoofer are
driven by a full range signal. This is the case in a
stereo component system or a Dolby Surround
with Pro Logic system.
The BassCube 10S LOW PASS FREQUENCY
control is shown in the next column. The guide-
lines apply equally to the BassCube 8S
LOW
PASS FREQUENCY control.
Use a 140 Hz setting for small “satel-
lite”-type main speakers (“minispeak-
ers”) or any speaker with a single
four-inch low frequency driver or
smaller. Use this setting with these
Cambridge SoundWorks
main speakers:
Ensemble III satellites
Ensemble IV satellites
Use a 120 Hz setting for larger satel-
lite main speakers and the smallest
bookshelf speakers. Use this setting
with these Cambridge SoundWorks
main speakers:
Ambiance 52
MovieWorks
® satellites
Ensemble ® satellites
Ensemble II satellites
Newton Series
™ MC200
Use a 100 Hz setting for medium size
bookshelf speakers. Use this setting
with these Cambridge SoundWorks
main speakers:
Model 17
Ambiance
® 62
Ambiance 82
Newton Series M50
Newton Series MC300
Use an 85 Hz setting (or 80 Hz on
BassCube 8S) for large size book-
shelf speakers and small floor-stand-
ing speakers. Use this setting with
these Cambridge SoundWorks
main speakers:
Model 6
Tower III
Newton Series M60
Newton Series M80
Newton Series MC500
Use 75 Hz for large floor-standing
speakers. Use this setting with
these Cambridge SoundWorks
main speakers:
Tower II
Tower
The LOW PASS FREQUENCY control on a BassCube is continuously variable. The following
recommendations describe specific settings, but feel free to choose an intermediate setting if it
sounds best to you.
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
75
85 120
140
100
140 Hz
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
75
85 120
140
100
120 Hz
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
75
85 120
140
100
100 Hz
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
75
85 120
140
100
85 Hz
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
75
85 120
140
100
75 Hz
(BassCube 10S only)
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
80
100 160
200
120
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
75
85 120
140
100
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