Paradigm Prestige 15B Manual - Page 20

SPEAKER CONNECTION (continued) Passive bi-amping offers a dramatic improvement in clarity, openness and detail, with much better bass solidity and definition. The presentation of music and movie soundtracks is simply more intelligible and transparent. With passive bi-amping, the speaker's internal passive crossovers remain connected. An external electronic crossover is not required and cannot be used (there is no direct electrical access to individual drive units). This saves expense and setup difficulties. Passive bi-amping optimizes your speaker to achieve the best possible high-end performance. To bi-amplify, two power amplifiers are required. Connection can be either vertical or horizontal. Horizontal Bi-Amplification Horizontal Bi-Amplification (shown on previous page) dedicates one amplifier to your speakers' mid/low-frequency inputs and another to their high-frequency inputs. This configuration can maintain better clarity when listening at loud levels-if low-frequency demands cause amplifier clipping, distortion will still be kept away from high-frequency drivers. Connect your speakers to one amplifier at a time. Vertical Bi-Amplification Vertical Bi-Amplification (not shown) dedicates one amplifier to each speaker. This configuration provides complete channel separation, which optimizes your system's imaging ability. Connect your speakers to one amplifier at a time. FINE TUNING Once you have your speakers positioned in the room and have set speaker distances and calibrated speaker levels through your A/V Processor or A/V Receiver, it's time for a little fine tuning. Following the instructions in this Owner's Manual, once you have your speakers positioned in the room and have set speaker distances and speaker level calibration with your A/V Processor or A/V Receiver, it's time for a little fine tuning. Since Paradigm Prestige™ speakers are designed to provide exceptional high-end performance in a variety of room settings, fine tuning is simply a matter of making slight adjustments to their placement in the room, if necessary. Start with just the front speakers and listen to familiar music in stereo. The soundstage will be both wide and deep, but this can be tuned to your personal preference by adjusting the toe-in (the amount the speakers are turned toward the listening area). More toe-in will increase image depth and localization; less toe-in will increase image width. Adjust the toe-in in small increments, listening each time, until you achieve the soundstage balance you prefer. Toe-in is not applicable to the other speakers in your system since their position and sound distribution pattern is fixed. Fine tuning for the center channel is simply a matter of making level adjustments that may be required for any particular multichannel music or movie program. If required, adjust A/V Processor or A/V Receiver levels to ensure that there is always a cohesive overall soundstage. 18