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Owner’s Manual
M/S - 2150 X
True Digital Amplifier
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WARNING M/S-2150 X WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (ser- vicing) instructions in the literature accompa
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Safety M/S-2150 X Important Safety 1. Read these instructions entirely before installing or operating this equipment. Instructions 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Do not use this equipment near water or allow it to become wet. 5. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. CAUTION CAUTION 6. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other appliances (including amplifiers) that p
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Acknowledgments M/S-2150 X Acknowledgments © 2003 Tact Audio Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or other wise, without the prior written consent of Tact Audio Corporation. ® TACT is a registered trade mark of Tact Audio Corporation. ® DYNAMIC ROOM CORRECTION is a registered trade mark of Tact Audio Corpo- ration. The information contained in this document is subject to chang
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M/S-2150 X Table of contents Safety instructions 4 Acknowledgments/Registration 5 Unpacking the M/S-2150 X 7 CAUTION CAUTION Introduction 8 Dynamic Room Cirrection 9 M/S-2150 X Connections 12 Front Panel Controls 18 Remote Control 19 Front Panel Display 21 Main screen 21 MAIN menu 22 Saving Menu Settings 22 DELAY menu 23 LEVEL menu 23 POL menu 24 InOut menu 24 RCS menu 25 MSR menu 25 CRO menu 26 PAREQ menu 27 MODE menu 29 OPT menu 29 DISPL menu 30 REM menu 30 COMM menu 31 ADDR menu 31 ADC menu 3
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Unpacking M/S-2150 X Unpacking the M/S-2150 X Carefully remove the M/S-2150X and accessory kit from the carton and check for shipping damage. Contact both the shipper and TacT Audio immediately if the unit shows any sign of damage from rough handling. All TacT Audio equipment is carefully inspected before leaving our factory. KEEP SHIPPING CARTON AND PACKING MATERIALS for future use or in the unlikely event that the unit needs servicing. If this unit is shipped without the original packing, dam
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Introduction M/S-2150 X Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of your M/S 2150X. You have now acquired the most advanced stereo amplifier ever developed! How does it work? The digital input is taken to the central processor where it is reformatted into a pulse width modulated signal of extreme precision. The pulse rate is measured at precisely 384,000 pulses per second. Each pulse can have 256 different widths, CAUTION CAUTION with the narrowest pulse being a mere 10 nanoseconds wide. Th
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DRC M/S-2150 X Dynamic Room Correction M/S-2150 X is designed to support full range and subwoofer Dynamic Room Correction (DRC). All software necessary to perform this task is built into each M/S-2150 X. However M/S-2150 X does not have built in microphone preamp and it does require an external digital microphone preamp such as BOZ RCS-16M. With RCS-16M up to 16 channels of DRC can be performed. Each M/S-2150 X channel can be configured as main (full range) or subwoofer channel. After measuremen
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DRC M/S-2150 X Equal loudness curves represent the SPL that different frequencies need to have in order to be perceived as two tones of equal loudness. For example, a 200 Hz tone at SPL of 50 dB will have the same perceived loudness as a 1000 Hz tone at SPL of 40 dB. In this case both 200 Hz and 1000 Hz tones have a loudness of 40 phons, and they both belong to the 40 phons equal loudness curve. CAUTION CAUTION Fletcher-Munson equal loudness curves As it can be seen from the graph, in comparison
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Connections M/S-2150 X M/S-2150 X Connections Digital input The M/S-2150 X amplifier has 5 digital inputs: - three RCA (S/PDIF) ( D1, D2, D3) - one AES/EBU (XLR) (D4) - one TosLink (S/PDIF) (D5) CAUTION CAUTION All of the digital inputs support PCM audio data with sampling rates from 32kHz to 96kHz /16-24 bits, however, the AES/EBU and RCA/coaxial inputs support up to 192kHz. Digital Input Section Analog input The M/S-2150 X amplifier has 3 stereo analog inputs whith the optional ADC module (op
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Connections M/S-2150 X Digital output The M/S 2150 X amplifier has a digital pass through. The digital input signal is passed to the digital output without processing or volume control. The sampling rate is the native sampling frequency of the input. NOTE: that this output is not active when analog input is selected. Digital Output RS-232 interface The M/S 2150 X has two RS232 interface ports: ports - INPUT - AUX Use the INPUT port for communication with your Tact master controller or Personal C
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Connections M/S-2150 X Trigger outputs The M/S-2150 X has a trigger “IN” and “OUT” to provide on and standby control from a trigger device and to pass the trigger signal to another device. Trigger Connectors CAUTION CAUTION AC mains input Connect the M/S-2150 X to the AC mains wall socket. CAUTION: Use the supplied IEC mains cable, or a 3-prong grounded cable only. AC Main Input Speaker output The M/S-2150 X amplifier has one pair of high quality speaker terminals. These termi- (normal operati
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Connections M/S-2150 X Speaker output If you are using two or more M/S-2150 X amplifiers, and your speakers allow for multi- (Biamped operation) amping, you can configure the system to run in biamped, tri-amped or multi-amp mode. This type of setup allows for one amplifier channel to drive a specific driver or frequency region. The most commonly used setup is biamped (two channels to each speaker: high and low frequency range). The following are two examples of making a biamped connection: Horiz
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Connections M/S-2150 X Vertical Biamping LEFT RIGHT SPEAKER SPEAKER CAUTION CAUTION HIGH HIGH LOW LOW RIGHT LEFT SPEAKER SPEAKER HIGH HIGH + - + - LOW LOW + - + - 16 Tact Audio
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Connections M/S-2150 X Biamping - continued When two or more M/S-2150 X amplifiers are configured in a bi-/tri-amped setup, both the signal and the RS232 TacT System Bus must be daisy chained between the amplifiers. The same signal flow is applicable for both horizontal and vertical bi-amping. From source Digital signal (coax/SPDIF) From RCS2.0S, RCS2.2X or usually CD player output. TCS mkII *Optional RS232 AMP-1 Digital signal (coax/SPDIF) RS232 AMP-2 Digital signal RS232 (coax/SPDIF) 123456789
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Front Panel M/S-2150 X Front Panel Controls The front panel controls on the 2150 X amplifier will allow you to control all of the amplifiers main features. All secondary options are controlled with menus using the remote control or the supplied software. The exclusive “TacT wheel” is the master volume control. (The wheel is only available on the M-2150 X) Digital Input Selector Analog Input Selector Master Volume Mute CAUTION CAUTION ON/OFF Switch Input Display Main Display Volume Level Use the
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Remote Control M/S-2150 X Remote Control The remote control is used to access the front panel display controls and menus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 8 12 Tact Audio 19
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Remote Control M/S-2150 X 1 - STANDBY The STANDBY button will turn the M/S 2150 X “ON” or it will place it into “STANDBY” mode. When in standby mode, the unit is placed into a low power “idiling” state. The standby button is also used to save changes that were made in the menu editing parameters. By placing the unit into standby the current settings are saved. CAUTION CAUTION 2 - DIGITAL The DIGITAL button will scroll sequentially, allowing the selection of one of the 5 digital inputs. 3 - ANAL
