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Page 3 - CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................2 SPEAKER PLACEMENT .................................................................................................3 CONNECTING THE SPEAKERS TO THE REST OF YOUR SYSTEM.............

Page 4 - INTRODUCTION; THX ® LICENSED HOME AUDIO SYSTEM:; When used with a Home THX controller; HIGH POWER COMPRESSION HORN:; Horns are commonplace in movie theaters; ACCURATE MID-BASS DRIVERS AND SUBWOOFERS:; This tweeter provides well-defined high frequency out-

INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this JBL Synthesis Three home theater speaker. Thisproduct represents the synthesis of everything that JBL has learned about the emo-tional power of audio and video in over fifty years of preeminence in the field. It setsnew benchmarks in the use of “high t...

Page 5 - SPEAKER PLACEMENT; LEFT AND RIGHT SPEAKERS -; If you have purchased the Synthesis Three Home; VIEWING

COMMON VOICING: Synthesis Three uses common voicing across the front three channels. Since identical drivers are used, each speaker has the same tonal qualities,thus as a sound is panned from one side to the other, there will be no change in timbre. MAGNETIC SHIELDING: All front speakers are magneti...

Page 6 - CENTER CHANNEL SPEAKERS; OR

The speakers have been designed to integrate well with rear projection 35” and 45” tele-vision sets. The subwoofers can be placed on both sides of the television set, with theleft and right speakers stacked on top. This arrangement lends itself nicely because itplaces the center of the horns at appr...

Page 7 - The ambient surround speakers work optimally

right speakers. The horn in the center channel speaker should be no more than twofeet higher or lower than the horns in the left and right speakers. This preserves the“localization integrity” of “sound pans”, in which the sound appears to move from left tocenter to right. Having it also appear to go...

Page 9 - CONNECTING THE SPEAKERS TO THE REST OF YOUR SYSTEM; PREPARING THE HOOKUP WIRE; Strip of 3/8” of insulation from both ends of each conductor.

CONNECTING THE SPEAKERS TO THE REST OF YOUR SYSTEM To connect theSynthesis Three loud-speakers to thereceiver or poweramplifiers, use two-conductor insulatedspeaker wire. We rec-ommend #14 AWGwire as a minimumsize. Your JBL dealercan recommend suit-able cables, or youcan buy this type ofwire at most...

Page 10 - FINE TUNING YOUR AUDIO SYSTEM; ACOUSTICAL PROBLEMS IN LISTENING ROOMS

are connected identically. Unscrew the binding post, insert the wire into the hole, andretighten. If you are using banana plug type wire connectors, insert them directly intothe posts making sure the lug on the negative (-) side of the banana plug is placed intothe black binding post. For each chann...

Page 11 - ROOM REFLECTIONS

ROOM REFLECTIONS The most troublesome room reflections are usually the early reflections of the LCRspeakers off the floor, ceiling and side walls. These reflections reach the listener’s earsdelayed with respect to direct sounds and blur the perceived image. They can alsodegrade dialog intelligibilit...

Page 12 - laserdisc. If you can move the; EXCESSIVE USE OF ABSORPTIVE MATERIALS

Commercially built diffusers are available but large bookcases and irregularly shapedfurniture will also serve the same purpose. They reflect sounds in a highly randomizedway which effectively “scatters” the sound in all directions. Place the diffuser where youwould otherwise place the absorptive ma...

Page 13 - “SLAP” ECHOES; if

In particular, the surround speakers depend on non-absorptive surfaces for their opera-tion, since they radiate virtually no sound directly at the listeners. The best arrangement of the absorptive and non-absorptive surfaces in the room canbe seen in the diagram below. Most of the room surfaces are ...

Page 14 - RATTLES; extremely; BACKGROUND NOISE

RATTLES Rattles in the room are structural resonances (as opposed to standing waves, which areairborne resonances) which the system may stimulate due to its broad frequencyresponse and wide dynamic range. They are particularly prominent for sounds in thelower frequencies, and can sound like distorti...

Page 15 - BACKGROUND NOISE SOLUTIONS; • Double or triple layers of sheet rock (gypsum board)

Constant background noise also obscures, or masks, low-level signals which are fre-quently important in films. Many scenes use subtle ambient noises to set the moodprior to an important event—without the full perception of the whispered secret or thebarely-heard creaking of a door, the impact of the...

Page 18 - TROUBLESHOOTING

16 Symptom Probable Cause Solution No sound coming • Amplifier not turned on • Turn on amplifier from speaker • Amplifier gain is low • Make sure that there is • Correct source not amplifier gain for that selected or turned on channel • Defective patchcords to • Select proper source amplifier • Chec...

Page 19 - SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATIONS 17 S3M-Cinema S3M-Music S3VC S3HC S3S (L+R) S2A Frequency 70Hz-18kHz, 70Hz-18kHz, 70Hz-18kHz, 70Hz-18kHz, 32Hz-1kHz, 80Hz-12kHz Response (-3dB) (-3dB) (-3dB) (-3dB) (-3dB) (-3dB) Power 150 watts 100 watts 150 watts 150 watts 250 watts 100 watts Handling Sensitivity 87dB 87dB 87dB 87dB...