Installation manual

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HOOK-UP INFO
If you’re a professional installer — or just hate manuals and have some
experience with hooking up car stereos — simply hook the ESP-2 between your
head unit’s pre-amp outputs and the power amplifier. Period. If you have an
AudioControl Epicenter, it goes
BEFORE the ESP-2. If you
have an equalizer, it should go
AFTER the ESP-2. If you’re
using the ESP-2
with an electronic
crossover such as
the 2XS, 4XS or
the built-in one in
the EQX, they go
AFTER the ESP-
2. See? This IS
more complicated
than you thought
it was. Better
relent and just read all of the instructions before proceeding.
SPATIAL RESTORATION TONE
SETTINGS
These adjust only the spatial restoration effects, not the overall sound. The
best way to find what you like is to experiment (and read the section later on in the
manual). These settings are a good starting point.
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THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR:
• Your system should have good treble output. The most optimal set-up is
separate tweeters mounted relatively high in the front passenger area: for example,
at the top of the door panels or on the dashboard. If you just have two 6½” coaxials
playing at your pant legs out of the bottom of your doors, the ESP-2 won’t do its job
as dramatically.
• You need a good STEREO sound source. The old proverb “Garbage in,
garbage out” applies here. Lots of tape hiss or multipath-ridden FM will frankly be
exaggerated by the ESP-2’s circuitry. It can’t take a tape with very little stereo
separation and work wonders on it. Just thought we’d warn you. The ESP-2 is
pretty amazing but it’s not a miracle worker.
• Tone control and graphic equalizer settings can affect the ESP-2’s SPATIAL
enhancement ability. More on this later.
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