User Manual
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Phonitor
CROS./SPK., Center Level, Center Off/On
Control Elements
CROS./SPK.
With CROS/SPK. you switch on or off Crossfeed and Speaker Angle
functions globally. This provides for direct A/B comparisons.
Your impression may at first be that the results are not so spectacular
as expected – until you consider that the Phonitor is not an effects ma-
chine. Instead, reevaluate your aural impression by thinking about this:
normal headphone monitoring confronts you with a 180-degree sound
stage – the “super stereo width” has so little to do with loudspeaker
playback. Now you can gradually reduce this in 15 degree steps with
the Speaker Angle switch. Subsequently, using the Crossfeed function,
you can simulate the acoustic effect of room size and ambient charac-
teristics on a given listening device.
Center Level
With the Center Level control you may regulate the intensity of center
signals to compensate for the stereo signal processing with Crossfeed
and Speaker Angle.
This Center Level signal is produced as a mono sum of the left and right
channels. Changes in these values are regulated through a finely gradu-
ated, six steps switch (0,3, 0,6, 0,9, 1,2, 1,6 and 2 dB).
In a normal headphone listening experience, the center signal is typically
quieter than the stereo signals, which appear much louder due to the
super stereo effect. If the signal width is narrowed through changes in
Crossfeed and Speaker Angle (so as to correspond to your actual loud-
speaker setup), the headphone center may likely sound too intense now.
Lowering the center levels will again return the center signal to the cor-
rect volume in relation to the L/R stereo image.
Center Off/On
This switch activates or deactivates the Phonitor Center Level cir-
cuitry. In conjunction with both CROS./SPK. Off/On and CENTER Off/
On switches, it offers the choice between (conventional) headphone
amplifier setup and the Phonitor’s unique headphone monitoring am-
plifier setup.
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