Emotiva X-Ref 12 Manual Do Utilizador

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No special configuration of your system is required for it to work perfectly with the 

Emotiva X-Ref 12 DSP Powered Subwoofer. Most bass management systems will cross 

over between the main or satellite speakers and the subwoofer at between 80 Hz and 

120 Hz (80 Hz is the THX™ standard crossover point). The X-Ref 12 DSP Powered 

Subwoofer is flat to above 200 Hz, and so will work perfectly with any crossover setting 

your bass management system chooses to implement. 
If you are configuring a preamplifier with bass management (like our Emotiva USP-

1) to work with satellite speakers, then choose the crossover point recommended by 

the manufacturer of your speakers (this is often 80 Hz for “satellite” speakers). If you 

are using full range speakers, then experiment with crossover points at or below 80 

Hz until you achieve a pleasing result (the goal is to choose a point at or above the 

frequency at which your main speakers sound strained or start to roll off in frequency 

response). 
If you are using a preamplifier without bass management, and you have full range 

main speakers, then you will be using the X-Over (crossover) configuration on the 

X-Ref 12 to configure the X-Ref to cut off at or about the frequency where your main 

speakers stop producing sufficient bass, and the Volume configuration on the X-Ref to 

match its level to that of your main speakers so the overall sound is continuous and 

smooth - with no sudden jumps in output level. Simply try different frequencies until 

you achieve a pleasing result.