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4 Corner Fine Tuning: (When Seng up for Stereo Serie T/x it is Possible that Placement is Not Corner Loaded
and this Step May be Omied). The next step is to determine precisely how far from the corner the sub
should be placed to achieve the most ecient output, as well as the lowest frequency extension. With the
REL fully into the corner, and poinng straight out along the diagonal coming out of the corner, connuing
to play the music, slowly pull the REL from the corner on the diagonal, equidistant from both side and rear
wall. At a certain point (somemes a maer of only a few inches, in rare cases a foot or more) the REL will
audibly go lower, play louder, and, if it truly locks on to the room and is fully pressurizing it, the air around
the REL will seem to be energized, stop right there! This is the correct posion from the corner for the REL.
5 Orientaon: Once the posion from the corner has been established, the orientaon of the woofer
must be determined by rotang the REL from an imagined centre point at the rear of the REL. As the REL is
moved from one side to the other listen for the greatest level of output and bass linearity. In eect, the REL
should be le in the posion where it is playing the loudest and lowest.
6 Crossover and Level Sengs: To determine the crossover point, take the volume of the REL (using the HI/LO
Level control) all the way down, and put the crossover to 30Hz. At this point, bring the REL’s volume back
up slowly to the point where you have achieved a subtle balance, i.e. the point at which you can just hear
the Serie T/x even with the main speakers playing. First, bring the crossover point up unl it is obviously
too high; now gently reduce frequency to the appropriate seng. For all intents and purposes, this is the
correct crossover point. Once this stage has been reached, subtle changes to volume and crossover may be
accomplished to provide the last bit of complete and seamless integraon. With that, set-up is complete.
Hint: There may be a tendency to set the crossover point too high and the volume of the Sub-Bass System
too low when rst learning how to integrate a REL with the system, the fear being one of overwhelming the
main speakers with bass. In making this common error, the resulng set-up will be lacking in bass depth and
dynamics. The proper crossover point and volume seng will increase overall dynamics, allow for extended
bass frequencies, and improve soundstage properes.
Note: volume adjustments may need to be made to oset the eects of crossover changes. In general, when
selecng a lower crossover point, more volume may need to be applied. Higher crossover frequencies will
generally necessitate less gain.