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MONITOR LINE

User’s manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Safety

2. General information

3. Directivity

4. Guidelines for using passive monitors

4.1 Amplification and constraints

4.2 Connections between amplifiers and speakers

4.3 Power cables

5. Guidelines for using active monitors

6. XT-NET

6.1 XT-NET management functions

6.2 Sensitivity

6.3 Limiters

6.4 Presets

1. SAFETY

It is very important to comply with safety standards when using elec-
tric loudspeakers. Professional electroacoustic systems are capable
of producing very high levels of sound pressure and for this reason
they must be used with proper care and attention. Hearing loss is a
gradual process and can be triggered by long periods of exposure
to levels of sound pressure in excess of 90 dB. Never remain next to
loudspeakers operating at high volumes. Always check the floor is flat
and stable before placing speakers on the floor. Do not stack multi-
ple speakers too high outdoors, as they are a potential safety hazard
since the wind may compromise the stability of the stack. Suspended
systems must be assembled by qualified personnel who have proper
experience and are assisted by professional riggers.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION

A good stage monitor has to feature several basic, essential requisites:
uniform frequency directivity, good angular coverage, control of feedback,
stage presence, stability and low weight. When the engineers at X-Treme
were designing the new

Monitor Line (the 450W and 500W XTMON12

and

XTMON15, plus the very demanded XTMON12/A, XTMON15/A

amplified versions), they treasured tips and suggestions from professional
musicians. These products are the result: an attractive design, cutting
edge components, on board amplifiers with the latest generation DSP
and a level of detail and finish that reflects the almost fanatical attention
to specific aspects that has always been a distinctive feature of X-Treme’s
business unit (just think of the raised X-Treme logo).
The new X-Treme monitors are not only fine looking, but the are also
extremely steady, always literally “fastened down to the stage”. They
are also totally free of any vibration, even when operating at high pow-
er, guaranteed by the special design of the chassis in Canadian birch
plywood and its 18 mm thickness. Their ergonomic handle and light
weight make the speakers very easy to handle, whilst the shape of the
cabinet, the control of the internal stationary waves and high transpar-
ency grid guarantee utter precision, even at the furthest extremes of
the sound band played.
The decision to use components that guarantee absolute reliability
and sound quality, without compromise or budget constraints, has
resulted in products whose efficiency is at the top of their category:
this is also possible thanks to the coaxial loudspeaker with a neodym-
ium magnet and titanium tweeter, 3’’ coil and 80° scattering angle.
Furthermore, the crossover network of passive speakers minimises
phase rotations, and consists of air coils, high insulation capacitors
and armoured resistors with aluminium heat sinks.
This new generation of stage monitors will fully satisfy the most de-
manding musician and convince the most punctilious audiophile!

transducer

HF, MF

and HF

transducers

Passive

version

input config.

Active (/A)

version

amplifier

XTMON12

XTMON12/A

1 X 12”

Neodimium

1 X 3”

(Voice coil)

(Titanium)

Full Range,

8 Ohm

Bi Amp

800+800 W

(@8Ohm)

Class D

XTMON15

XTMON15/A

1 X 15”