Thor's Hammer Owner's Manual - Wilson Audio
Thor's Hammer Owner's Manual - Wilson Audio
Thor's Hammer Owner's Manual - Wilson Audio
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S e c t i o n 3 . 5 – S e t u p S u m m a r ythere are some advantages to placing the Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong> near the room boundaries ornear a corner. Some care is needed to avoid introducing upper-bass colorations causedby corner placement. While surround processors provide the low frequency equalizedsignal for the LFE Channel, it has been our experience that in some systems it is desirableto use the Low Pass crossover (via the <strong>Wilson</strong> Controller) to additionally limitupper bass range. This is particularly important and useful when the Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong> isplaced in the corner. Since all <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Audio</strong> Speakers are phase and time coherent, it isvery important to time align the Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong> in the room using the Phase Control onthe Controller (see Section 4 and the Controller owner’s manual for more details).Connection With a Surround ProcessorYou must use a dedicated amplifier to power your Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong>. The Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong>subwoofer can be used in conjunction with your surround processor without theneed of an additional crossovers. In those systems where the Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong> is beingused as the point one channel in a surround system, the subwoofer is connectedthrough the sub output of the surround processor. Connect this output to the input ofthe Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong>’s amplifier and, in turn, connect the amplifier output to the input ofthe Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong>.In systems where it is desirable to use the subwoofer in both the surround modeand to augment the main speakers when listening to music, the following connectionstrategy employing the <strong>Wilson</strong> Controller is recommended (see also the Controllerowner’s manual for further details).Section 3.5 – Setup SummaryWhen used in a home theater system as the LFE channel, the Thor’s <strong>Hammer</strong> canbe positioned in a variety of areas within the room successfully. Room boundaries andcorners enhance low frequency coupling with the room, but care is required in attend-W i l s o n A u d i o S p e c i a l t i e s25