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Rane AC 23 (1993 version) User Manual

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Delay vs. Frequency Table

If you do not have the equipment necessary to electroni-

cally align the system as described in previous sections, you
may use the table below to obtain a rough and approximate
phase alignment of your drivers. Measure the horizontal
displacement between the voice coils of the two adjacent
drivers sharing the same crossover point, then find the
column in the table nearest your actual displacement. Move
down this column to the proper crossover frequency as
indicated on the left of the table: the corresponding delay
knob setting will then be the closest for your system. For
example, if you have a two-way system crossed over at 800
Hz with the compression driver voice coil located about 9"
behind the woofer voice coil, the delay knob setting corre-
sponding to a 9" displacement at 800 Hz on the table would
be “5” as indicated on the front panel.

In order to phase-align two drivers you must observe only

the crossover frequency, which is common to both drivers.
Pink noise can be used if all other frequencies are disre-
garded, since room acoustics and imperfect driver response
will cause erroneous alignment attempts. Using pink noise as
a source, each driver is individually tuned to an arbitrary 0 dB
level on the analyzer display only at the crossover frequency.
When both are turned on simultaneously, the combined
response of the two drivers should read +3 dB higher at the
crossover frequency on the display. If the drivers are not
phase-aligned, some cancellation will occur on-axis, resulting
in a combined response less than +3 dB. Turning up the
DELAY control causes the lower driver to electronically
move backward until the analyzer reads +3 dB; then the two
drivers are electronically aligned and the on-axis cancellation
is eliminated.

Crossover Frequency

Voice Coil Displacement (Inches)

(Hz)

.75"

1.5"

3"

6"

9"

12"

15"

18"

21"

24"

70

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5

6

7

8

MAX

80

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5

6

7

8

MAX

100

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5

6

7

8

MAX

150

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5

6

7

MAX

200

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5

6

7

MAX

250

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5

7

8

MAX

300

1

1.5

2

2.5

3.5

5.5

7

MAX

400

1

1.5

2

2.5

4

6

8

MAX

450

1

1.5

2

2.5

4

6

8

MAX

500

1

1.5

2

2.5

4

6

8

MAX

800

1

1.5

2

3

5

7

MAX

lk

1

1.5

2.2

3

6

MAX

1.2k

1

1.5

2.2

3.5

MAX

1.5k

1

1.5

2.3

3.5

MAX

2k

1

1.5

2.3

MAX

2.5k

1

1.5

2.3

MAX

3k

1

1.7

2.4

MAX

3.6k

1

1.7

MAX

4k

1

1.8

MAX

6k

1

2

MAX

7k

1.2

MAX

Displacement

Fig. 3 Vertical Driver Displacement