™
T ICKET
user’s manual
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M ARTIN L OGAN
the loudspeaker technology company
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CONTENTS AND INTRODUCTION
Contents Introduction
Contents and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Contents
Introduction
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Placement
Horizontal Installation
Installing the Ticket
Removing the End Caps for Painting . . . . . . . . . . .8
Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting . .9
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Specifications
Warranty and Registration
Service
Glossary of Audio Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Congratulations! You have invested in a new world
of high performance audio!
The MartinLogan Ticket represents the culmination of an
intensive, dedicated group research program directed
toward establishing a world class reference monitor utilizing leading-edge technology, without compromising
durability, reliability, craftsmanship or aesthetic design.
The materials in your new Ticket speaker are of the highest
quality and will provide years of enduring enjoyment
and
deepening respect.
This User’s Manual will explain in detail the operation of
your Ticket speaker and the philosophy applied to their
design. A clear understanding of your speaker will insure
that you obtain maximum performance and pleasure from
this most exacting transducer. It has been designed and constructed to give you years of trouble-free listening enjoyment.
In accordance with the European Union WEEE (Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive effective
August 13, 2005, we would like to notify you that this
product may contain regulated materials which upon
disposal, according to the WEEE directive, require special reuse and recycling processing.
The lightning bolt flash with arrowhead symbol within
an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to
the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within
the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the user to the presence of important
operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in
the literature accompanying the appliance.
The fire within an equilateral triangle is intended to
alert the user to the potential of creating a fire hazard
if they do not follow the instructions.
The dollar sign within an equilateral triangle is intend-
ed to alert the user that they run the risk of causing
damage that could be potentially expensive to repair
if they don't follow the instructions.
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For this reason MartinLogan has arranged with our distributors in European Union member nations to collect
and recycle this product at no cost to you. To find your
local distributor please contact the dealer from whom you
purchased this product, email info@martinlogan.com or
visit the distributor locator at www.martinlogan.com.
Please note, only this product itself falls under the WEEE
directive. When disposing of packaging and other related shipping materials we encourage you to recycle these
items through the normal channels.
WARNING!
• Refer servicing to a qualified technician.
• To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not
expose this module to moisture.
• Turn amplifier off should any abnormal
conditions occur.
• Do not drive speaker beyond its rated power.
Required tools (included):
4mm Allen bit
(2) Push pins
Required tools (not included):
Stud finder
Sharp pencil or pen
Level
Dry wall knife/saw
Wire strippers
Electric drill (with clutch)
Tape measure
Depth required behind wall surface:
9
3
/16" (9cm)
Required wall opening (includes tolerance):
7
5
/8" x 14 1/4" (14.9cm x 36.2cm)
Figure 2. The Ticket is designed to mount anywhere between studs.
4 Installation
Figure 3. Side view.
Figure 4. Top view.
Figure 6. Installation step 4.Figure 5. Installation steps 1–3.
1 Using a stud finder, locate the final speaker position
between studs.
WARNING! Absolutely no part of the template
should overlap a stud.
2 Insert top push pin (provided). Level template. Insert
bottom pushpin (provided). Recheck level.
3 Mark cutout through slots in template. Remove Template.
4 Use a dry wall knife/saw to cut out the opening.
Installation 5
6 Installation
Figure 9. Installation step 7.
Figure 10. Installation step 8.
7 Use a 4mm Allen bit (provided) and an electric drill to
lock all 4 mounting locks in place. Use a low clutch
setting on the drill.
8 Gently press the grill cover into place.
Installation 7
Required tools (not included):
Philips head scrwedriver
1 Prepare a flat surface with a cushion and/or blanket to
protect the Ticket. Place the Ticket driver side up.
2 Using a Phillips head screwdriver remove two screws
from the bottom edge of the Ticket (see figure 11).
3 The end cap may now be safely removed (see figure 12).
NOTE: It is important that the end caps are lifted
straight up and away from the speaker body.
Repeat steps 2–3 to remove other end cap.
8 Removing the End Caps for Painting
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting
How do I clean my speakers?
Just use a dust free cloth or a soft brush to remove the
dust from your speakers. We recommend a specialty
cloth (available at the Xtatic shop at www.martinlogan.
com) that cleans your speakers better than anything
else we have tried. Do not spray any kind of clean-
ing agent on or in close proximity to the drivers.
What size amplifier should I use?
We recommend an amplifier with 100 watts per channel
for most applications. Probably less would be adequate when used in home theater where a subwoofer
is employed.
Could you suggest a list of suitable electronics and
cables that would be ideal for MartinLogan speakers?
The area of electronics and cable choice is probably
the most common type of question that we receive. It is
also the most subjective. We have repeatedly found that
brands that work well in one setup will drive someone
else nuts in another. We use many brands with great
success. Again, we have no favorites; we use electronics
and cables quite interchangeably. We would suggest
listening to a number of brands—and above all else—
trust your ears. Dealers are always the best source for
information when purchasing additional audio equipment
or cables and will be well versed in the subject of special
safety requirements for in-wall cable.
Output
• Check that all your system components are turned on.
• Check your speaker wires and connections.
• Check all interconnecting cables.
Will exposure to sunlight affect the life or performance of my speakers?
We recommend that you not place any loudspeaker
in direct sunlight. The ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun
can cause deterioration of grill cloth, speaker cones, etc.
Small exposures to UV will not cause a problem. In
general, the filtering of UV rays through glass will greatly
reduce the negative effects.
Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting 9
GENERAL INFORMATION
Warranty and RegistrationSpecifications
System Frequency Response
75–20,000 Hz ± 3 dB
Sensitivity
88 dB/2.83 volts/meter (mounted on wall)
Impedance
8 ohms
Crossover Frequency
2900 Hz
Components
Air core coils
Woofer Type
Two 4” (16.5cm) cast basket, high rigidity aluminum
cones with extended throw drive assembly
Power Handling
150 watts
Weight
5 lbs. each (2.3 kg)
Overall Size
7.25” inches W × 4.69” inches D × 15.67” inches H
(18.4cm W × 11.9cm D × 39.8cm H)
Required wall opening (including tolerance)
5.875" x 14.25" (14.9cm x 36.2cm)
Projection from wall surface
1.125" (2.9cm)
Depth required behind wall surface
3.56" (9cm)
Your Ticket speaker is provided with an automatic Limited
90 Day Warranty coverage.
You have the option, at no additional charge, to receive a
Limited 5 Year Warranty coverage. To obtain the Limited
5 Year Warranty coverage you need to complete and return
the Certificate of Registration, included with your speakers,
and provide a copy of your dealer receipt to MartinLogan
within 30 days of purchase.
For your convenience MartinLogan also offers online warranty
registration at www.martinlogan.com.
MartinLogan may not honor warranty service claims unless
we have a completed Warranty Registration on file!
If you did not receive a Certificate of Registration with
your new Ticket speaker, you cannot be assured of having
received new units. If this is the case, please contact your
authorized MartinLogan dealer.
Service
Should you be using your MartinLogan product in a country
other than the one in which it was originally purchased,
we ask that you note the following:
1 The appointed MartinLogan distributor for any given
country is responsible for warranty servicing only on
units distributed by or through it in that country in
accordance with its applicable warranty.
2 Should a MartinLogan product require servicing in a
country other than the one in which it was originally
purchased, the end user may seek to have repairs performed by the nearest MartinLogan distributor, subject
to that distributor’s local servicing policies, but all cost
of repairs (parts, labor, transportation) must be born by
the owner of the MartinLogan product.
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3 If, after owning your speakers for six months, you
relocate to a country other than the one in which
you purchased your speakers, your warranty may be
transferable. Contact MartinLogan for details.
GLOSSARY OF AUDIO TERMS
AC. Abbreviation for alternating current.
Active crossover. Uses active devices (transistors, ICs,
tubes) and some form of power supply to operate.
Amplitude. The extreme range of a signal. Usually mea-
sured from the average to the extreme.
Arc. The visible sparks generated by an electrical dis-
charge.
ATF. The abbreviation for advanced thin film.
Bass. The lowest frequencies of sound.
Bi-Amplification. Uses an electronic crossover, or line-
level passive crossover, and separate power amplifiers for
the high and low frequency loudspeaker drivers.
Capacitance. That property of a capacitor which determines
how much charge can be stored in it for a given potential
difference between its terminals, measured in farads, by
the ratio of the charge stored to the potential difference.
Capacitor. A device consisting of two or more conducting
plates separated from one another by an insulating material and used for storing an electrical charge. Sometimes
called a condenser.
Clipping. Distortion of a signal by its being chopped
off. An overload problem caused by pushing an amplifier beyond its capabilities. The flat-topped signal has
high levels of harmonic distortion which creates heat in a
loudspeaker and is the major cause of loudspeaker component failure.
CLS. The abbreviation for curvilinear linesource.
Crossover. An electrical circuit that divides a full band-
width signal into the desired frequency bands for the
loudspeaker components.
dB (decibel). A numerical expression of the relative loud-
ness of a sound. The difference in decibels between two
sounds is ten times the Base 10 logarithm of the ratio of
their power levels.
DC. Abbreviation for direct current.
Diffraction. The breaking up of a sound wave caused by
some type of mechanical interference such as a cabinet
edge, grill frame or other similar object.
Diaphragm. A thin flexible membrane or cone that vibrates
in response to electrical signals to produce sound waves.
Distortion. Usually referred to in terms of total harmonic
distortion (THD) which is the percentage of unwanted harmonics of the drive signal present with the wanted signal.
Generally used to mean any unwanted change introduced
by the device under question.
Driver. See transducer.
Dynamic Range. The range between the quietest and the
loudest sounds a device can handle (often quoted in dB).
Efficiency. The acoustic power delivered for a given elec-
trical input. Often expressed as decibels/watt/meter
(dB/w/m).
ESL. The abbreviation for electrostatic loudspeaker.
Headroom. The difference, in decibels, between the peak
and RMS levels in program material.
Hybrid. A product created by the marriage of two different
technologies. Meant here as the combination of a dynamic woofer with an electrostatic or ATF transducer.
Hz (Hertz). Unit of frequency equivalent to the number of
cycles per second.
Imaging. To make a representation or imitation of the
original sonic event.
Impedance. The total opposition offered by an electric
circuit to the flow of an alternating current of a single frequency. It is a combination of resistance and reactance and
is measured in ohms. Remember that a speaker’s impedance changes with frequency, it is not a constant value.
Inductance. The property of an electrical circuit by which
a varying current in it produces a varying magnetic field
that introduces voltages in the same circuit or in a nearby
circuit. It is measured in henrys.
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Inductor. A device designed primarily to introduce induc-
tance into an electrical circuit. Sometimes called a choke
or coil.
Linearity. The extent to which any signal handling process
is accomplished without amplitude distortion.
Midrange. The middle frequencies where the ear is the
most sensitive.
NAC. The abbreviation for natural ambience compensation.
Passive crossover. Uses no active components (transis-
tors, ICs, tubes) and needs no power supply (AC, DC,
battery) to operate. The crossover in a typical loudspeaker is of the passive variety. Passive crossovers consist of
capacitors, inductors and resistors.
Phase. The amount by which one sine wave leads or lags
a second wave of the same frequency. The difference is
described by the term phase angle. Sine waves in phase
reinforce each other; those out of phase cancel.
Pink noise. A random noise used in measurements, as it
has the same amount of energy in each octave.
Polarity. The condition of being positive or negative with
respect to some reference point or object.
RMS. Abbreviation for root mean square. The effective
value of a given waveform is its RMS value. Acoustic power
is proportional to the square of the RMS sound pressure.
Resistance. That property of a conductor by which it
opposes the flow of electric current, resulting in the generation of heat in the conducting material, usually expressed
in ohms.
Resonance. The effect produced when the natural vibra-
tion frequency of a body is greatly amplified by reinforcing
vibrations at the same or nearly the same frequency from
another body.
Sensitivity. The volume of sound delivered for a given
electrical input.
Stator. The fixed part forming the reference for the moving
diaphragm in a planar speaker.
THD. The abbreviation for total harmonic distortion. (See
Distortion)
TIM. The abbreviation for transient intermodulation distortion.
Transducer. Any of various devices that transmit energy
from one system to another, sometimes one that converts
the energy in form. Loudspeaker transducers convert electrical energy into mechanical motion.
Transient. Applies to that which lasts or stays but a short
time. A change from one steady-state condition to another.
Tweeter. A small drive unit designed to reproduce only
high frequencies.
Wavelength. The distance measured in the direction of
progression of a wave, from any given point characterized
by the same phase.
White noise. A random noise used in measurements, as it
has the same amount of energy at each frequency.
Woofer. A drive unit operating in the bass frequencies only.
Drive units in two-way systems are not true woofers but
are more accurately described as being mid/bass drivers.
Resistor. A device used in a circuit to provide resistance.
M ARTIN L OGAN
the loudspeaker technology company
2101 Delaware Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66046, USA tel 785.749.0133 fax 785.749.5320 www.martinlogan.com
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