GoldenEar Triton Three - Manual (Page 9)

GoldenEar Technology Triton Three Manual
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Speaker Connection
Your Triton speakers have a set of speaker level (high level) 5-way binding posts and, in addition, each
speaker has an LFE input. This input can be used with surround sound decoders (Receivers, A/V
Processors) to separately feed the discrete “Low Frequency Effects” chanel into each subwoofer (which then
combines with the low bass present separately in the left or right channel signals). Unlike a conventional
system, where the subwoofer is driven only by a subwoofer signal, the Triton speakers are driven by the left and/
or right channel low frequency signal also. The use of this connection method will allow you to adjust, from your
receiver/processor, the LFE channel volume level for movie playback (or any source with a “.1” channel). If the
Triton speakers are your main set of speakers, you will hook up the left main/front channel red(+)
terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the red(+) terminal of your left loudspeaker and the left main/front
channel black(-) terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the black(-) terminal of your left loudspeaker.
Connect the right channel main/front channel red(+) terminal of your amplifier or receiver to the red(+)
terminal of your right loudspeaker and the black(-) terminal of the right main/front channel of your
receiver or amplifier to the black(-) terminal of your right loudspeaker. It is essential that both speakers be
connected in the same way (in phase) to its own channel of the amplifier. If you experience a great lack of bass,
it is likely that one speaker is out of phase (+ and – reversed) with the other.
If you are using the Triton speaker as surround speakers, hook up the left surround red(+) terminal of your
receiver or amplifier to the red(+) terminal of your left surround speaker and the left surround black(-)
terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the black(-) terminal of your left surround speaker.
Connect the right surround red(+) terminal of your amplifier or receiver to the red(+) terminal of your right
surround loudspeaker and the black(-) terminal of the right surround channel of your receiver or
amplifier to the black(-) terminal of your right surround loudspeaker. Again, it is essential that both
speakers be connected in the same way (in phase) to its own channel of the amplifier.
Hooking Up With Speaker Wire Only
The simplest setup is to just hook-up your Triton speakers with
speaker wire only, as described above. If using a home theater
receiver or processor, simply set your receiver or processor’s
speaker setup menu to indicate “Large*” for left and right main
speakers and “No” for subwoofer. The bass management system
will then send all low frequencies (including the LFE “.1” channel)
into the left and right channels and it will be reproduced by the
subwoofers in your Triton speakers giving you all the benefits of
your two built-in subwoofers. (The speakers have a special circuit
that takes the signal from the speaker level input and converts it
to a low-level signal which then drives the subwoofer
power amp.)
*Some receivers use the term “Full-Band”, or similar,
instead of the more standard “Large” terminology.