User Manual

STEREO

MK2-T

When setting up the Stereo Vitalizer MK2-T for the first time, it is

wise to approach the controls in a specific order to avoid confu-

sion and to achieve positive results right from the start. Use a CD

as source.

Starting set-up positions (see front panel picture):

• Drive to zero (centre position)

• Bass Sound to zero (centre position)

• Bass Compression to Off (counter clockwise)

• Mid-Hi Tune to 3.5kHz (centre position)

• Process to Off (counter clockwise)

• LC-EQ to 2kHz (counter clockwise)

• Intensity to Off (counter clockwise)

• Stereo Expander to Off (counter clockwise)

1. Press the Active switch. You will yet hear no audible change in

the sound.

2. Slowly move the Process control in from the extreme left. You

will find that starting from the 9 o'clock position all frequencies

above 3.5kHz (initial setting Mid-Hi Tune) are becoming more

intense. Freqencies below this point are diminished. First set

the Process control at 1 o'clock.

3. The next step is to shift the Bass Sound control from the zero

position to both sides. Turn to the right: The bass sounds tight

and dry.Turn to the left:The bass sounds soft and round. Decide

on a bass sound of the desired amplitude.

4. Now start varying Mid-Hi Tune. The original setting is 3.5kHz.

Turn to the right:The programme material sounds brighter and

gets more mids from about 1.5kHz. The Mid-Hi Tune control

sets a starting frequency above which all frequencies are

processed. If this starting frequency is lowered, the frequency

spectrum included in processing increases. The programme

material then sounds brighter and clearer. Turning the control

to the left shifts the starting frequency from 3.5kHz to higher

frequencies.The programme material then sounds increasingly

dull, because fewer and fewer frequencies are being included

in the process, the higher the frequencies become. The setting

you choose is a matter of personal taste.

5. The LC-EQ is variable in frequency and amplitude. This section

helps you to give voices or other instruments in improved

presence. Leave the LC-EQ control in the set-up position

(counter clockwise) and turn in the Intensity to around 12

o´clock. This makes the processed signal more natural with a

soft, silky-sounding top-end.

6. Finally, turn the Stereo Expander control to the 12h-position.

Note the soft spreading stereo image.

First Steps