Conaratulations!
You
now own the Soundstream RUBICON amplifier, the product of
compromising design and engineering philosophy. Your Soundstream
RUBICON amplifier will outperform any other amplifier in the world.
To Maximize the performance of your system, we recommend that you thoroughly acquaint yourself with its capabilites and features. Please retain
manual and your sales receipt
for future reference.
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Table of Contents
Design Features
Rubicon
Amplifier Diagram
Crossover Adjustments
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Soundstream amplifiers are the result of American
innovation and the highest quality control standards. When properly installed, they will provide you
with many years of listening pleasure. Should your amplifier ever need service or replacement due to theft, please record the following information which
will help protect your investment.
Model and Serial #
Dealer’s Name
Date of Purchase
Installation Shop
Installation Date
Hawkins Bass
Installation: Speaker Output Modes
Installation: Balanced / Unbalanced Inputs
Installation: Wiring and Diagram
Installation: Mounting
ControlTM
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Theory and Use
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Installation: Level Setting and Front Spoiler.
Protection Circuitry and Troubleshooting
Service
Specifications
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RUBITM(_Rapid-Be _Branched -Impulse)
This new proprietary power supply topology eliminates “power sags” during low frequency reproduction
by rapidly increasing the duty cycle, stabilizing the power supply and
allowing it to deliver the power required when reproducing low frequencies. Also, greater reserve gate power is stored for low voltage conditions that occur during extreme conditions.
Output Clipping Indicators indicate clipping on the output stage of
the amplifier. Monitoring the clipping indicators allows the user to achieve
maximum Sound Pressure Level without clipping the amplifier.
Dynamically Optimized Power Grid
TM.Power grid is evenly distrib-
uted between primary and secondary power supplies, providing greater
dynamics and improved RF filtering.
STACTTM (STabilized
Apex
orrent _Topology)
Reduces power supply
stress by 50%. Typical designs degrade the stereo image due to phase
reversal of even-order harmonic distortion that occurs between the inverted channels. In the STACT design, inversion is done at the power
amplifier drive stage. Since the fully symmetrical power amplifier produces no even-harmonic distortion itself and all preamplifier circuitry is
run completely in-phase, no even harmonic distortion phase reversal
occurs.
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TridentTM
Protection Topology
provides three types of protection:
1. Output protection against short circuits or improper loads.
2. Ground fault detection: Shuts down the amplifier when a significant
voltage (> Welts) fluctuation occurs between electrical (turn-on lead)
and battery ground.
3. Thermal Protection: Puts the amplifier into thermal rollback or shuts
the amplifier down in extreme thermal conditions.
Hawkins Bass Control - Fully adjustable subwoofer equalizaton circuit
providing frequency and boost (“Q”) adjustment for optimum subwoofer
performance. A frequency tracking subsonic filter protects woofers from
potentially
harmfull
low frequency information and maximizes output in
a usable range.
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Harmonic Bass Alignment
The 2nd and 3rd order harmonic peaks
are critically aligned to fundamental peaks at low frequencies. This
produces tighter, more accurate bass reproduction.
Auto High
CurrentTM
automatically matches the amplifier to the load
being driven allowing greater system flexibility, greater output, higher
reliability, and high efficiency 1 ohm (stereo) operation.
ChassisinkTM
tween the circuit board and the heatsink to provide coo
All transistors are ideally located and sandwiched be-
efficient ampli-
fiea operation.
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Differentially Balanced RCA Input eliminates grou
loop related
noise in the audio.
Fully Balanced 6-pin DIN Input
for professional-quality performance
and noise cancellation. The 6-pin DIN plug carries (*) signal information for Left and Right channels, audio ground, and
the Soundstream
BLT / BLT4
Balanced Line Transmitters.
Continuously Variable Crossover Networks:
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Vdc to operate
12 dB/Octave highpass
variable from 70 to 160 Hz, and 24 dB/Octave lowpass crossovers variable from 55 to 220 Hz.
Flexible Dual Input Level Control allows 300 mV to 5 V input sen-
sitivity Separate Left and Right level controls allow user to optimize
system level control.
Symmetrical Discrete Balanced Class A Drive Boards
Auto-adjust
for linear performance while driving low impedance loads.
TM
Drive Delay II
Amplifier section powers up 2 to 3 seconds after the
power supply eliminating turn-oncand off pops. The turn off process is
reversed: Amplifier section turns off first, followed by the power
supply.
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Removable Front Spoiler allows for stealth installation of RCA, Balanced Line, Speaker and Power wiring.
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