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W orkingman’s Series BASS SPEAKER ENCLOSURES OWNER’S MANUAL WORKINGMAN’S 1X10T WORKINGMAN’S 2X15T WORKINGMAN’S 2X10T WORKINGMAN’S 4X10T WORKINGMAN’S TOWER SWR • CORONA, CA • USA[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 1 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of an SWR WorkingMan’s Series bass speaker enclo- sure. By placing an SWR cabinet in your bass amplification system you have made a sound desicion that could ver y well be the best of your life! Just a little humor there, but tr ue nonetheless. For [...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 T able Of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 General Infor mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Input Panel Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 3 GENERAL INFORMA TION Connection Only one amplifier at a time can be connected to your W orkingMan’s speaker enclosure. DO NOT plug two amplifiers into one speaker enclosure, as it will not work and may damage your system. Always complete your amplifier-to-speaker and speaker-to-speaker connecti[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 4 INPUT P ANEL DIAGRAM All Models (except W orkingMan’s T ower) INPUT P ANEL DIAGRAM W orkingMan’s T ower Tweeter Attenuator Switch 1 / 4" Input 1 / 4" Output Tweeter Attenuator Control 1 / 4" Input 1 / 4" Output Speakon Input Speakon Output[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 5 WORKINGMAN’S 1X10T Specifications Description: 1x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 100 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms F r equency Response & SPL: 96 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–3dB @ 70Hz and 18KHz) Speaker Complement: (1) Custom Designed, Stamped Steel Frame, 10" SWR Driver (1) Cust[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 6 WORKINGMAN’S 1X15T Specifications Description: 1x15 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 200 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 100 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–6dB @ 40 Hz and 18KHz) Speaker Complement: (1) Custom Designed, Stamped Steel Frame 15" SWR Driver (1) Custo[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 7 WORKINGMAN’S 2X10T Specifications Description: 2x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 200 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 98 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–3db @ 63 Hz and 18.5 KHz) Speaker Complement: (2) Custom Designed 10" SWR Drivers (1) Custom Designed Tweeter[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 8 WORKINGMAN’S 4X10T Specifications Description: 4x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 400 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 100 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–3dB @ 50 Hz and 18KHz) Speaker Complement: (2) Custom Designed 10" SWR Drivers (1) LCustom Designed Tweeter [...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 9 WORKINGMAN’S TOWER Specifications Description: 8x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 800 watts RMS Impedance: 4 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 93 dB @ 1W1M (–3dB 60 Hz & 13.5 kHz) Speaker Complement: (8) Custom Designed, Stamped Steel Frame, 10" SWR Drivers (1) Custo[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 10 WORKINGMAN’S TOWER (continued) Tweeter Attenuator Control The lar ge dial found on the input panel of the cabinet is the Tweeter Attenuator Contr ol (see dia- gram, page 4). This control is used to adjust the level of high fr equency signal present at the tweeter . A nor mal setting for this c[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 11 IMPEDANCE: A GENERAL OVER VIEW The following ter ms will be helpful in understanding the infor mation in this section: Impedance: The resistance of a device to the flow of alter nating cur r ent. Often used to rate the resistance of a speaker's voice coil. Ohm: A unit of electrical resistan[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 12 IMPEDANCE (continued) one 8 ohm enclosure, you know you can add one mor e 8 ohm speaker safely (8 divided by 2 = 4). Although much less common, you could also add one, or even two, 16 ohm cabinets: two 16 ohm cabinets in parallel have the same total impedance as one 8 ohm speaker . T o get the m[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 13 than one cabinet, check all cable connections in the chain. If you then suspect that the problem may be a bad cable, you can use a 9 volt batter y as a cable-tester . T o do so, plug one end of the questionable cable into your speaker cabinet, and then touch the phone plug on the other end to th[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 14 SWR LIMITED WARRANTY SWR W orkingman’s Series Speaker Enclosures are w ar ranted to the original consumer pur chaser for ONE YEAR fr o m the date of purchase (with the exception of the WorkingMan’s T ower which is war- rantied for TWO YEARS) against defects in materials and workmanship, pr o[...]
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W orkingman’s Series Bass Speaker Enclosures • 15 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: TO REDUCE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. PLEASE REFER TO A QUALIFIED SERVICE TECHNICIAN. A. Read Instructions: All safety and operation instr uctions should be read before the pr oduct is operate[...]