Gryphon Pendragon - Manual (Page 16)

Adjusting lean angle
The feet on the panels can be adjusted in height; a back lean
will often result in a higher placed soundstage. If you are sea-
ted low, a forward lean may be required.
The bass towers are not sensitive to this.
Spikes
Due to the weight of the system and consequently, its solid
contact to the floor,. Spikes are not offering any performance
gain, unless the floor is very lively or the carpet is thick and
soft.
The woofer towers
In the old school systems, the woffers was often underestima-
ted and view as devises that should provide some “umph” to
the sound,. They lived their own life , often unhappily married
to a inferior muscle amp with PA qualities ( a contradiction of
words perhaps )
The Pendragon is a speaker system and shines with its rare in-
tegration between the piston drivers and the planar drivers.
This is achieved by using a number of special developed dri-
vers that due to its size are lightening fast to respond to com-
mand. Large drivers are heavy and takes time to start and most
of the time has trouble stopping thus creating the dreaded
“overhang” – the woofer is playing something that it was not
told to by the amplifier. By using this responsive drivers in a
large numbers in combination with a Gryphon amplifier de-
signed specifically to this purpose – rather than a all-round
performance - a exceptional degree of bass control is achie-
ved down to the notes that are more felt than heard. The signa-
ture of a deep bass system in absolute control is the absence
of bass unless the bass is required – it is never a constant
“rumble” creating a illusion of a bass that is not telling if it is a
cello or a bass – at best, it is just a deep sluggish tone.
The Bass tower electronics
Each tower has a amplifier capable of delivering 1000 watts to
the drivers.
It also has some adjustments to support precise integration
with panels and the room.
One of the towers is the master and the other is the slave.
The master tower houses all the intelligent circuits that res-
ponds to the remote control or other functions, these com-
mands are communicated to the slave with a data-only cable
between them. This set-up with only one master in charge se-
cure that no misunderstandings can occur.