Jbl IS8C, IS6, SS8C, SS8, SSLCR User Manual

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PERFORMANCE SERIES

Harman Consumer Group, Inc., 8500 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, CA 91329 © 2006 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Part No. PERFFULLSYSLIT Printed in USA 9/06 Designed, edited and digitally produced by Harman Consumer Group Marketing & Design Center, Woodbury, NY.

JBL, Harman International, Bi-Radial, Creature, EON, K2, Logic 7, Synthesis and VerTec are registered trademarks, and Performance Series, Pro Cinema Comes Home, Baffle Isolation System, Elliptical Oblate Spheroidal, FreeFlow, PolyPlas, SoundEffects, Straight-Line Signal Path, Vented Gap Cooling, VGC, WeatherEdge and WeatherPlas are trademarks, of Harman International Industries, Incorporated.

The trademark On Stage is used with permission of OSA International, Inc.

A.M.P.A.S. is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

CES is a registered trademark of the Consumer Electronics Association.

Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories.

DTS and Neo:6 are registered trademarks of DTS, Inc.

GRAMMY is a registered trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Lucasfilm is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd.

The maximum recommended amplifier power rating will ensure proper system headroom to allow for occasional peaks. We do not recommend sustained operation at

these maximum power levels.

PERFORMANCE™SERIES

THE MUSIC THAT BRINGS YOU TO YOUR FEET IN THE WORLD’S LEADING CONCERT VENUES? It’s a

joint production of your favorite bands and their favorite audio brand. From the

Royal Albert Hall to the Grand Ole Opry and all the best-known halls, stadiums

and amphitheaters in between, JBL®has been the recognized authority in the

amplification of live music for more than 60 years. But when the concerts

are over and the equipment packed up, JBL brings the excitement home.

JBL Performance™Series home theater and music systems utilize technologies,

materials and engineering that duplicate professional-performance characteristics,

letting you enjoy them day in and day out. With a variety of in-wall, on-wall

and traditional loudspeakers, not to mention advanced electronics components,

distortion-free, arena-quality JBL sound now fits into your life – and your living

space – as never before.

Table of Contents: Intro 04 • Technologies 06 • The Systems 08 • In-Wall Systems 10 On-Wall Systems 16 • Hybrid Systems 20 • Loudspeaker-Only Packages 24 • Specifications 29

YOUR HOME, THE ARENA.

MOVIES AND MUSIC AS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD THEM AT HOME. Individual tastes in movies and music vary widely, of

course. But critical listeners demand a consistently high level of sonic accuracy,

whatever the program material and wherever they listen. Rock or jazz, thrillers

or love stories, in large rooms or small – even outdoors – JBL Performance Series

components are designed and manufactured to deliver uncompromised,

full-spectrum sound anywhere in your home. Choose systems with unobtrusive

built-in loudspeakers that outperform many high-end traditional systems. Or

choose hybrid systems that match in-wall surrounds to shelf- or wall-mounted

front-channel monitors. Or design your own home theater or distributed-music

system from more than 30 different speaker configurations. Performance Series

systems are designed to satisfy your passion for movies and music, as well as

to accommodate where and how you live.

AV1 7.1-Channel Surround Processor/System Controller

AVA7 7-Channel Power Amplifier

The SOFTWARE-UPGRADEABLE, HDTV-compatible AV1

speaks THX and EX, not to mention

and THX Ultra2™, DTS-ES®and Neo:6®, and Dolby®DPL, DPL II

JBL’S EXCLUSIVE LOGIC 7

PROCESSING, which can create discrete multichannel sound from

two-channel sources. And with eight analog audio inputs, four coaxial and four optical digital audio inputs, five S-video, five composite and three component video inputs, it plays well with others.

With 7 X 120 WATTS OF POWER, the AVA7 delivers superb sonic performance, and INTERFACES DIRECTLY

WITH THE AV1, enabling superior remote control. It’s also vented

from the rear and the sides, rather than the top, for direct stacking above or below the AV1.

BETTER IN-WALL PERFORMANCE

These scanning laser vibrometer images compare wall-panel resonances with and without JBL’s Baffle Isolation System™.

Note: More extreme colors indicate increased vibration.

With the Baffle Isolation System

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Without baffle isolation

EASY INTEGRATION

Front-panel controls provide convenient access to speaker finetuning for personal preferences, integration with other speakers, and placement considerations.

ADJUST, COMPENSATE, CONTROL Precisely tailor

bass compensation, high-end level and output, and off-axis frequency response to the acoustic characteristics of your listening area.

THE POWER TO PERFORM.

THE INSIDE INFORMATION.

To appreciate the full impact of today’s most popular digital media – to achieve the highest possible resolution and fidelity – takes versatility, connectivity and more than a little raw power from your system’s electronics. The state-of-the-art electronic components of the Performance Series deliver brilliantly on all counts.

The JBL PERFORMANCE AVA7 seven-channel power amplifier uses forced-air cooling to ensure the highest level of performance, durability and longevity, even under extended high-power-output demands.

ELLIPTICAL OBLATE SPHEROIDAL™(EOS) WAVEGUIDES

First developed for JBL

FORCED-AIR COOLING

Two variable-velocity fans pull cool air from the back of the AVA7 chassis, over the unit’s heatsinks and out the sides.

OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS

Continuous tracking of the input signal strength and the amplifier temperature determines optimal airflow, which increases durability and longevity

SIDE-VENTED

Because the AVA7 is vented from the sides, it can be stacked directly on or under the AVA1.

Professional LSR studio monitors, they evenly disperse high frequencies over a wider area, for better imaging anywhere in the listening area.

TITANIUM TWEETERS

Driven by powerful neodymium magnets, these lightweight domes are slavishly literal to the highest frequency sounds, and fast enough to reproduce them effortlessly.

TITANIUM INVERTED-DOME MIDRANGE DRIVERS

Precisely driven from their centers, they deliver nearly perfect pistonic motion for flat frequency response well beyond the crossover point.

STRAIGHT-LINE SIGNAL PATH (SSP) NETWORKS

This crossover design provides the shortest route from the input terminals to the transducers.

Minimizes signal loss and noise.

BENEFIT: Ensures that a

strong, precise signal arrives at each driver.

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INVERTED-DOME WOOFERS

Pure, undistorted bass even at the highest listening levels, enabled by rigid castaluminum frames that are sonically neutral.

FREEFLOW™-PORT ARCHITECTURE

Couples internal air motion to a computer-designed aperture that allows for maximum air flow without audible “port noise,” extending bass response.

IN-WALL SYSTEMS

ON-WALL SYSTEMS

EVERY ROOM A VENUE.

THE SYSTEMS

HYBRID SYSTEMS

LOUDSPEAKER-ONLY PACKAGES

9811

BEST IN SEVERAL CLASSES. Three 3-way, 9-inch P941 in-wall loudspeakers up front. Four 2-way, 8-inch P81 in-wall

loudspeakers around you. Two 12-inch HTPS-400 1,000-watt powered subs somewhere out of sight. And the AV1 processor and AVA7 amplifier to make the most of all of them. The Performance IW-One system isn’t just extraordinary for a built-in entertainment

(3) P941 (4) P81 (2) HTPS-400 (1) AV1, (1) AVA7

system. It’s extraordinary by any standard, outperforming many high-end traditional systems, even in the largest rooms.

JBL PERFORMANCE IN-WALL: IW-ONE SYSTEM

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