M-Audio EX66 user manual

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• Active Loudspeaker Monitor • User Guide
User Guide

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Introduction EX66 Features Congratulations on your purchase of M-Audio’s EX66 reference monitor. Recording engineers and music producers around the world rely on M-Audio reference monitors to ensure their mixes are accurate. The EX series active monitors from M-Audio improve upon that reputation as a top-of-the-line solution for the most demanding applications. Engineered to the highest sonic standards, the new EX66 monitor addresses the needs of the most critical professional users. F

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What’s with the Two Silver � Woofers? �� Bass-Reflex Port The EX66 uses a midwoofer-tweeter-midwoofer (MTM) vertical Many loudspeaker enclosures use an air vent (or port) to form array configuration to provide an extraordinarily versatile sound radiation pattern (degrees of arc for the sound wave, vertically a Helmholtz resonator, which improves bass response. In some and horizontally). Consider the following: conventional 2-way ported speakers, however, you can hear friction noise from

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Setting up your EX66 Monitors Important - The EX66 works best in the vertical position. If you They’re only speakers, so how hard can it be... right? Depending place the speaker horizontally, you will lose many of the benefits of the on your experience with vertical array speakers, it may not be that MTM design and the sound image will deteriorate. simple. The following section can give you useful information on how to get the best acoustic response out of your EX66 monitoring se

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Protection Circuits Protecting Your Ears In order to safeguard your EX66 from accidental damage, we’ve As a musician, composer, or engineer, your hearing is one of your built in some protection mechanisms. most valuable assets. So we’d like to advise you about protecting yourself from high sound pressure levels (SPLs), which can lead Overload Protection to hearing loss. It is interesting to note that while hearing loss The EX66 can react to two types of electrical issues: “over-current”

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