Niles Audio SW-800 User Manual

TECHNICAL DATA SHEET

SW-800 WOOFER SPE CIF ICATIONS

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

35 Hz to 150Hz +/- 3 dB

RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER POWER

10 to 150 watts

SENSITIVITY 88 dB 2.83V @ 1 meter.

IMPEDANCE 6 Ohm nominal

HEIGHT X WIDTH (With frame)

14-1/4"H x 10- 3/16" W

HOLE CUTOUT 13-1/8" H x 9-1/8" W

DEPTH BEHIND WALL (Assumes 1/2” drywall)

Without In-Wall Enclosure SW-800 3-1/8"

CONNECTIONS Accommodates up to

12 gauge wire

INTRODUCTION

The SW-800/SA-100/SW-800 Enclosure, together comprise an in-wall powered subwoofer system. This system is ideal anywhere additional bass response is desired, but bulky traditional floor standing subwoofer enclosures just won't work. Because of it’s modular design the system can be configured for the exact requirements of your application.

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Component System Design

A system can consist of up to four SW-800 in-wall subwoofers, each with SW-800 in wall enclosures, and one SA-100 subwoofer amplifier. Vary the number of SW-800’s to the size of the room. For example, in a large Home Theater you would place three or four SW-800’s and one amplifier. In a small room like a den you would place one SW800, controlled by one SA-100 amplifier.

Mica-Filled Polypropylene Woofer

The mica-filled polypropylene cone achieves new standards in transient speed and dynamic range because of its phenomenal rigidity and high stiffness to mass ratio. The inverted butyl surround, the BumpBack

magnet and the rigid steel basket are all optimized for large excursions of

the cone. In this way, an SW-800 delivers exceptionally deep and detailed bass at realistic sound pressure levels, without the mechanically induced limiting and distortion of typical designs.

X-Matrix™ Reinforced Baffle

The X-Matrix baffle design uses specially molded ribs to add rigidity to the baffle. Rigidity reduces resonance and coloration, resulting in more detail and more realism at high volume levels.

Absolutely Flush to the Wall Appearance

The unique mounting system of the SW loudspeakers powerfully clamps the frame to the bracket, sandwiching the wall material between them. Because the clamping action is totally uniform around the frame, there are no shadows or gaps between the wall and the frame.

Weather-Proof Construction

The subwoofer, the frame and the baffle are all weather-proof. The MicroPerf

™

aluminum grille is rust proof and the mounting screws are all stainless steel.

Three Stage Installation System Prevents Theft and Simplifies Painting

You install only the parts you need for a particular stage of construction. When the framing and wiring are finished, you install the SW-800

in-wall

enclosure and bracket

. After the drywall is up, but before the painter begins to paint, you install the

frame and provide the

rustproof aluminum

grilles to the painter so that they can be painted to match the surroundings. Only when construction is completely finished do you put the valuable

SW-800 subwoofer

in the wall.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

B LENDING H IGH F IDELITY

AND

A RCHITECTURE

SW SUBWOOFER

— Designed for low frequency enhancement.

800

SUBWOOFER

INTRODUCTION

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

SW-800 Subwoofer

SW-800 In-wall

Enclosure

SA-100 Subwoofer Amplifier

POWER

FULL

MAIN

RANGE

PASS

IN OUT

OUT IN

PROTECTACTIVE BYPASS

FRONT

SPEAKER LEVEL

FULL RANGE

SUB

AMP

OUT

INPUT OUTPUT

SENS

GAIN

REAR

BYPASS PHASE

LEVEL

NORMAL

REVERSE

SUB WOOFER

OUTPUT

SA-100

MAIN C.B.

RAILS

3.0 AMP

Infrared Sensor Mount

The speaker baffle has a locator designed for the Niles MS-1 MicroSensor,™ a miniature infrared sensor. The MS-1 installs discreetly behind the aluminum grille and therefore minimizes wall clutter in your home. When you want to control your equipment, you simply point your remote control at the speaker with the MS-1 installed from up to 15 feet away.

Low Diffraction, Paintable Aluminum Grilles

The MicroPerf™aluminum grille has hundreds of precisely sized perforations, creating an

acoustically transparent grille. It is rustproof and can be repainted to match your walls.

SA-100 Subwoofer Amplifier

The SA-100 incorporates an electronic crossover which divides the signal into deep bass (for the SA100/SW-800) and the midrange and treble (for your main amplifier and speakers). Your existing amplifier and speakers will no longer attempt to reproduce deep bass tones. As a result, there will be a huge (approximately 6dB) increase in their dynamic capability. Your system will sound much better (in the highs and lows) at higher volumes!

There are level, phase and bypass controls enabling you to calibrate the system to any room configuration. With built in music sense circuitry, it turns itself on when you start playing the music, and it shuts itself off when you’re through listening.

Up to four SW-800s are powered by a single SA-100 power amplifier. The SA-100 delivers over 140 watts to two subwoofers connected in parallel. Additional subwoofers can be added by combining series and parallel connections to maintain a nominal four Ohm load impedance. The SA100 has thermal, DC offset and overload protection.

SW-800 In-Wall Enclosure

In developing the Subwoofer system, Niles targeted a problem inherent in conventional in-wall subwoofers_they radiate as much as 50% of their bass output into the surrounding wall. But that’s not all. This wayward bass is out of phase with the bass projected forward. When the two waveforms combine, some cancellation occurs, which translates to weakened and unbalanced bass. With the SW-800 enclosure, Niles solves this problem.

SA-100 AMPLIFIER SPE CIF ICATIONS

FREQUENCY RESPONSE 20 Hz to 100Hz

POWER 100 watts RMS into 8

Ohms at less than .05% THD. 140 watts RMS into 4 Ohms at less than

0.1% THD

SIGNAL TO NOISE Greater than 90dB

CROSSOVER FREQUENCY

100Hz @ 24dB per octave

OVERALL DIMENSIONS 17" Wide x 3- 7/8" High x

12" Deep

SW-800 IN-WALL ENCLOSURE SPE CIF ICATIONS

DESIGN Acoustic Suspension

CONSTRUCTION Glued and internally

braced 1/2” medium density fiber board, vinyl wrapped

MOUNTING Supplied screws are

driven through adjoining studs into the enclosure.

OVERALL DIMENSIONS 14-1/4"wide x 42-1/4" high

x 3-1/4" deep (mounts in a standard stud wall)

SW-800 In-Wall Subwoofer System

©1996 Niles Audio Corporation, Inc. Blueprint Series In-Wall Loudspeakers, Niles and the Niles logo are registered trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation, Inc. Blending High Fidelity and Architecture, X-Matrix, MicroPerf and MicroSensor are trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation, Inc. Note: Because Niles believes in constantly improving its products, Niles reserves the right to change product specifications without notice. Printed in USA LT00031A

FEATURES AND BENEFITS (CONTINUED)

APPLICATION NOTES

TAPE CD AUX VID

101.5

From the Pre-Outs of

the Receiver

To the Main-Ins

of the Receiver

Left Main

Speaker

Right Main

Speaker

SW-800 #1 SW-800 #2

SA-100

Receiver

From the Front Main

Speaker Outputs

of the Receiver

SW-800 Subwoofer System Connected to a

Receiver with a Pre-Out/Main-In loop.

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