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Hi Just bought a set of Snell 500 THX speakers but I dont have the user guide. Does anyone know where I could find info on these speakers. Also I dont know if they are magneticaly shielded. As I intend to use them close to a plasma tv can anyone tell me if plasmas are effected by speakers ? I dont fancy moving one close enough to the tv to find out the hard way | ||
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: DM7020S ~ DM500s ~ sg2100 ~ Gemini  If he were not a wizard, from head down to the root, you would have got to worry-your DB only boots | Plasma TVs aren't affected by magentic fields. Did you try a google search? _http://www.snellacoustics.com/ProductDetails/InRoomSpeakers.asp | ||
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I have emailed their customer support to see if they can help me. Good to know that plasma TV's are not damaged by magnetic fields though. | |||
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: DM7020S ~ DM500s ~ sg2100 ~ Gemini If he were not a wizard, from head down to the root, you would have got to worry-your DB only boots | Are they these speakers: _http://www.audioreview.com/mfr/snell-acoustics/floorstanding-speakers/PRD_120564_1594crx.aspx Are they the front or rear speakers from the 500 range (the rear surrounds are di-pole)? The top post for "snell 500 thx" on google is currently yours  | ||
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: DM7020S ~ DM500s ~ sg2100 ~ Gemini If he were not a wizard, from head down to the root, you would have got to worry-your DB only boots | What are you looking for in the user guide? I haven't seen them but in your AV amp I'd set the size for the fronts to small (the subs will deal with LF) and put the rears in line with your seated position i.e. on a line through your ears, at about 5 ft. high, as this is a good place for dipole surrounds. And then set the distance to seated postion in your AV amp setting. | ||
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My System: Echostar ad3600ipva Technomate Tm5500cip Sky+ Technisat DVB pci 2.3 & 2.6 running on XP & Vista with Prog DVB 1.5 prime focus dish on polar mount Invacom C120 quad LNB T Rex cam, Diablo cam & Matrix reloaded cam Cas 3 plus programer | What im looking for is this The LCR 500's have 2 sets of binding posts on the back & a sticker that reads "Right terminals for normal operation Left terminals compensated see manual before use" There is also a dial that says "Front tweeter optimal at upright" So I wanted to know what the componsation on the left terminals was also how powerfull an amp I would need to drive the two passive subs Last edited by scooter123; 24-03-2008 at 11:35 PM. Reason: change in wording | ||
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: DM7020S ~ DM500s ~ sg2100 ~ Gemini If he were not a wizard, from head down to the root, you would have got to worry-your DB only boots | I have no experience of passive subs and those are very specific questions to your speakers. I suggest you email Snell customer support. You can never had too big an amp(s) - stops it clipping when driven hard and destroying your drivers. As they're passive you're probably going to need to take the sub pre-out from the AV amp into a splitter and then into a 2-channel amp and run each amp from one channel (plus a sound meter to get the levels correct). This is a rough guess - I'm sure there are a million guides on google on how to power passive subs.
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25-03-2008
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