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EX SERIES
POLK AUDIO
5601 METRO DRIVE
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21215
(800)377-7655
Polk Audio
POLK AUDIO EUROPE LTD.
EX Series II Owner's Manual
TYTTENHANGER HOUSE
COURSERS ROAD
ST. ALBANS AL4 OPG
GREAT BRITAIN
TEL: 1727.827311
POLK AUDIO GERMANY
UNTERTUERKHEIMER STR. 24
D - 66117 SAARBRUECKEN
GERMANY
TEL: (49) 681 5800 888
http://www.polkaudio.com
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trademarks of Britannia Investment Corporation used
under license by Polk Audio Incorporated.
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A WORD FROM MATTHEW POLK Dear Music Lover, Thank you for purchasing Polk Audio speakers. Designing and building speakers is more ATTACH YOUR RECEIPT than just a business for the people of Polk Audio – it is our passion. We are all dedicated to HERE AND FILE FOR your complete satisfaction and delight. FUTURE REFERENCE X Your new Polk speakers include the latest loudspeaker technology to assure outstanding performance and unmatched quality. Please take a moment to read through this manual for in
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EX SERIES II SUBWOOFER FEATURES: BUILDING YOUR OWN SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURE The EX Series II subwoofers use the latest technologies and highest quality materials to Since the subwoofer enclosure is so critical to getting the best performance from your EX provide you with the best bass response and greatest reliability possible. The EX Series II subs, you should ask yourself the following questions: subwoofers have been optimized to give skull-collapsing performance from a wide variety of 1. Do I real
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ACOUSTIC SUSPENSION ENCLOSURES FIGURE 1. together and cancel themselves out, making no bass at all. If you plan on building an The acoustic suspension cabinet is a sealed airtight box, infinite baffle system you must plan on sealing all of the air passages between the trunk and and is the simplest, easiest box to build. It is a very the passenger compartment (not an easy job). Also the metal used on the rear decks of cars predictable enclosure with easily calculated does not make for a very goo
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PARTS YOU WILL NEED TO BUILD YOUR ENCLOSURE Second, designing band-pass boxes is as much art as science, just because a computer There are three choices of enclosure material: program says that a certain design will work is no guarantee that you will like the performance of the finished design. Third, all subwoofer enclosures exhibit a phenomenon 1. Particle board known as “group delay”. It means that the sounds from the subwoofer will lag in time from 2. Medium density fiberboard (MDF) the soun
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DESIGNING YOUR POLK EX SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURE STEP BY STEP FIGURE 5. 1.) How much room do you have to work with in your car or truck? 2.) Which of the above enclosures sounds the best to you? When designing your subwoofer enclosure, the first thing you need to figure out is just how large an enclosure will fit in your vehicle. When an enclosure is going in the trunk of a car, you first need to measure your trunk to find the maximum height, width, and depth available. Pay attention to trunk hinges
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AMPLIFIER POWER REQUIREMENTS When building a ported enclosure we suggest that, whenever possible, you locate the port on Your speakers will work well with a variety of electronic components. As little as 50 watts the same baffle as your subwoofer. Your port should be unobstructed both in front of and per channel will deliver adequate listening levels in most cars. If you have a noisy car or behind it by at least 1 to 2 times the diameter of the port. If, on the inside of your enclosure, intend t
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EX SERIES II SUBWOOFER SPECIFICATIONS EX SERIES II 1 YEAR WARRANTY EX8 EX10 EX12 Polk Audio, Inc. warrants the original purchaser only that this Polk Audio EX Series II THIELE/SMALL PARAMETERS Product (the Product) will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period Type subwoofer subwoofer subwoofer of (1) one year from the date of original retail purchase from a Polk Audio Authorized Driver Complement 8" 10" 12" Dealer. However, this warranty will automatically terminate prior
