Phoenix Gold 65CS User Manual

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ELITE

ELITE.65CS

OWNER’S MANUAL

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ELITE.65cs Owner’s Manual

INPUT

TWEETER

WOOFER

ELITE

A few words ABOUT Design

Thank you for purchasing the Phoenix Gold Elite.65cs speaker system. It features a 25mm pure silk dome tweeter that resides in an anodized aluminum housing that has been CNC’d from a single block of raw aluminum. The 6.5” midrange also features a dual roll surround that eliminates unwanted resonances, acoustical artifacts and dampens mechanical vibrations. The tweeter and midrange has been specically engineered with complex FEA analysis that perfectly optimizes the motor structures. Engineering a great tweeter and midrange is not enough to guarantee excellent sound quality. The Elite passive crossovers are computer modeled and then real world (in car tested and further tweaked) to provide a seamless transition from the midrange to tweeter.

The overall result is ultra smooth, linear musical output with excellent spectral clarity without delivering overly bright or fatiguing high frequencies commonly found in most car audio component systems. The Elite speaker system provides breathtaking dynamic range and precision musical realism.

CrossOver WIring and Internal Switches

Wiring Connections:

To Amplifier

Tweeter Protection: Most component speakers oer

a simple one stage ” tweeter shut down” for protection. The Elite system provides two stages (polyswitch and lightbulb) that variably optimizes the signal to the tweeter when automatically activated. This protection system adapts to the dynamic signal level of the music, so it always provides just the “right” level of protection.

The Elite protection circuit is also constantly monitoring the signal without actually running the signal through these components until the protection circuit is engaged. Most other two stage or complex tweeter protection circuits require the signal to run through these components, this can degrade audio performance.

MIDBASS ENHANCEMENT

ON OFF

Midbass Enhancement EQ Switch

Tweeter Level Switch: Allows the tweeter’s output

level to be adjusted -2dB, 0dB and +2dB.

Midbass Enhancement EQ Switch: If set to “On” this will enhance midbass output and contour down the midrange output. This is the best setting for end users that listen to modern music styles and mostly MP3 material.

Set to “O” the system will have a truly at frequency response, perfect for the sound quality competitor or pure audiophile.

For most sound boards, we recommend to set the tweeter to 0dB or +2dB and Midbass Enhancement EQ to “On” for best performance. Results and ears may vary.

Tweeter Level Switch

TWEETER LEVEL

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ELITE.65 Owner’s Manual

TWeeter Mounting

Mounting Baffle Area

Threaded Retaining Nut

One Piece Aluminum Housing

Installation Instructions:

1. Find a proper mounting location that is at and has a mounting depth clearance of roughly 21mm.

2. Cut a 47mm mounting hole in the door panel or mounting bae.

3. Mount and secure the tweeter to the door panel or bae using the threaded retaining nut.

4. Connect the tweeter wires to the amplier.

TWEETER WIRING NOTE: BLACK = POSITIVE (+) BLACK W/WHITE STRIPE = NEGATIVE (-)

Specifications

T/S Parameters:

Re (Dcr)

FS (Hz)

Sd (SqM)

BL TM

Qms

Qes

Qts

Vas (liters)

Cms (uM/N)

Mms (gms)

*Midrange Driver Only **Specifications subject to change

ELITE.65cs

3.6

.0135

5.5

5.38

.607

.545

13.24

581.08

15.26

Specications: ELITE.65cs

RMS Power Handling 150 watts

PEAK Power Handling 300 watts

Nominal Impedance 4 ohms

Tweeter HP Acoustical Crossover 3.5kHz @ 24dB (LnkRly)

Midrange LP Acoustical Crossover 2.95kHz @ 12dB (BTW)

(Mounting and Physical Dimensions are located on the back page)

FEATURES:

• 25mm Silk Dome Tweeter

• Fully Machined Aluminum Tweeter Housing

• Dampened Polypropylene Cone

• Smooth Termination Dual Roll Rubber Surround

• Powder Coated Diecast Aluminum Basket

• Custom Tooled Crossover Housing with Direct Wiring Connections

• Audiophile Crossover with Tweeter and Midbass Adjustments

• Two Stage Light Bulb Tweeter Protection Circuitry

• Integrated Phase Plug

• Interwoven Tinsel Leads

• High Temperature CAE/CAD Motor Structure

Note on Fully Active Crossover Systems: For the best performance we always recommend the use of the provided passive crossovers with an external high pass electronic crossover usually located on the amplifier or headunit. The passive crossover design is extremely complex as it “blends” and “smoothes” the tweeter and midrange’s response and impedances together.

Running the system fully active with an external electronic crossover (instead of the passive crossovers) for the tweeter and midrange eliminates all this smoothing and transitional circuitry. The reality is that it almost guarantees worse performance unless the system is perfectly EQ’d with precision crossover points. It also eliminates the tweeter protection. Unless you are sound quality and tuning expert, using the provided crossovers will deliver the best performance.

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DIMENSIONS

Tweeter depth measurement provides extra space for protruding speaker wire that is not shown.

(Mounting Hole Cutout = 47mm)

All measurements in Millimeters

Phoenix Gold

A Division of AAMP of America™

13190 56th Court

Clearwater, Florida 33760

P: 866-788-4237 [email protected] www.phoenixgold.com

Designed and Engineered in the USA

LIMITED WARRANTY

Phoenix Gold warrants this product to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase. This warranty is not transferable and applies only to the original purchaser from an authorized Phoenix Gold dealer in the United States of America only. Should service be necessary under this warranty for any reason due to manufacturing defect or malfunction, Phoenix Gold will (at its discretion), repair or replace the defective product with new or remanufactured product at no charge. Damage caused by the following is not covered under warranty: accident, misuse, abuse, product modification or neglect, failure to follow installation instructions, unauthorized repair attempts, misrepresentations by the seller. This warranty does not cover incidental or consequential damages and does not cover the cost of removing or reinstalling the unit(s). Cosmetic damage due to accident or normal wear and tear is not covered under warranty.

INTERNATIONAL WARRANTIES

Products purchased outside the United States of America are covered only by that country’s Authorized Phoenix Gold reseller and not by Phoenix Gold. Consumers needing service or warranty information for these products must contact that country’s reseller for information.