M-Audio Studiophile SBX, User Manual

Using the SBX without Stereo Bass Management

You may wish to use the SBX with an existing external bass management

system, or with bass management defeated on the SBX.  See section, “Setting

the HPF Bypass Switch” for more information on defeating bass management.

With bass management defeated, you may still use the speaker setup

illustrated above. With the HPF Bypass switch set to “On,” the L & R XLR Outputs

will operate in a “Thru” mode, passing the original signal at the Input section

directly through to the outputs.  In this setup, you will want to set the Subwoofer

LPF control knob to the desired cutoff frequency for the SBX. The Satellites HPF

control knob is not operational with the HPF Bypass switch set to “On.”

If you are using an external bass management device, or if you have an

auxiliary or subwoofer output send, you may want to connect this directly to

the SBX while connecting your main L & R outputs directly to your “Mains,” or

stereo L & R speakers. In this instance, you may use either the Input-L or Input-

R connections on the SBX.

In this setup, you will want to set the Subwoofer LPF control knob to the desired

cutoff frequency for the SBX. Once again, the Satellites HPF control knob is not

operational with the HPF Bypass switch set to “On.”

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