Sunfire 12 User Manual

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If your preampliÞ er does not 
have a sub/LFE output, you can 
use “Y” cables to send its main 
outputs to both the sub woof er and 
your am pli Þ  er.
The subwoofer will play the low 
frequency range and your front 
speak ers will play the full range.
Although bass is com mon ly dis-
 trib ut ed evenly between left and 
right chan nels (L+R bass), movie 
soundtracks often contain dif-
ferential (L-R) bass. The opening 
scene in “Top Gun”, for example, 
has loads of L-R bass in for -
ma tion. If this is not 
preserved, the bass 
in these scenes 
sounds anemic. The 
SunÞ re Subwoofer 
utilizes dif fer en tial 
gain on the left and 
right inputs to retain 
both the L+R and 
L-R in for ma tion. 
There fore, sys tems 
which do not have a 
dedicated sub/LFE 
output should use 
both the left and the 
right inputs as shown, for the great est 
bass impact. 
An alternative connection method 
without using Y cables is shown on the 
next page.
If your preamp/receiver has a dedi-
cated sub/LFE output, then only the Left 
(Mono) input is used, as shown on the 
previous page.
Connections to a preampliÞ er using Y cables
DIM - STANDBY
BRIGHT - ON
Solitaire 10
PREAMPLIFIER
MAIN
OUTPUTS
L
SUB/LFE OUT
L
R
R
AMPLIFIER
INPUTS
TO