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    ® Owner’ s Manual Part # 335158-001 High-Performance Loudspeaker Center -Channel Loudspeaker Models HPS-1.5, HPS Center HPS HPS-1.5/4.5/Center OM 3/4/99 9:58 AM Page 1[...]

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    2 ◆ HPS-1.5/Center – Owner’ s Manual The Infinity HPS-1.5 bookshelf loudspeaker features advanced acoustic technology , the highest quality components and superior enclosure design. While the HPS-1.5 is, on its own, an excellent loudspeaker , it is ideal for use with the wide variety of subwoofer systems available today . When combined with a[...]

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    HPS-1.5/Center – Owner’ s Manual ◆ 3 S TEREO S PEAKER P LACEMENT ... Figur e 1. Experiment with speaker placement to obtain the best bass level and ster eo imaging in your room. W ALL M OUNTING ... Figur e 2. Integrated wall-mount bracket. P LANNING Y OUR S YSTEM Before deciding where to put your HPS-1.5 bookshelf speakers, survey your r oom,[...]

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    4 ◆ HPS-1.5/Center – Owner’ s Manual H OME -T HEA TER P LACEMENT ... Figur e 3. This overhead view shows a typical home-theater plan. C ENTER -C HANNEL P LACEMENT ... P LANNING Y OUR S YSTEM ( CONT ’ D ) HPS-1.5 bookshelf speakers are suitable for use in repr oducing sound from fr ont left channels and front right channels, as well as for u[...]

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    HPS-1.5/Center – Owner’ s Manual ◆ 5 T URN O FF A LL P OWER ... Figur e 4. This example shows how to connect bar e wires to the terminals. Banana plugs may also be inserted dir ectly into the rear of the connector . Figur e 5. Wiring diagram shows polarity connections for one channel of a ster eo or home-theater system. I MPOR T ANT ! W IRING[...]

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    6 ◆ HPS-1.5/Center – Owner’ s Manual Bi-W iring The HPS-1.5 outer connection panel and internal dividing network are designed so that separate sets of speaker cables can be attached to the low-frequency transducer and midrange / high-frequency transducer portions of this dividing network. This is called bi-wiring . Bi-wiring can provide sever[...]

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    HPS-1.5/Center – Owner’ s Manual ◆ 7 Final Adjustments Check the speakers for playback by first setting the system volume control for a minimum level and then applying power to your audio system. Play a favorite music or video segment, increasing the system volume contr ol to a comfortable level. NOTE: Y ou should hear balanced audio r eprodu[...]

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    S PECIFICA TIONS P ERFORMANCE D ATA R ECOMMENDED A MPLIFIER P OWER F REQUENCY R ANGE S ENSITIVITY : (2.83V @ 1m) N OMINAL I MPEDANCE D RIVERS L OW -F REQUENCY T RANSDUCER H IGH -F REQUENCY T RANSDUCER D IMENSIONS H EIGHT , W IDTH , D EPTH W EIGHT ( EACH ) HPS-1.5 15 ~ 125W 100Hz ~ 20kHz 89dB spl 8 Ω 5- 1/4 " (133mm) 1 " (25mm) Silk dome[...]