Illusonic IAP2 Manual de usuario
Illusonic IAP Owner’s Manual
Illusonic IAP 1
Version 5.0.0
Illusonic GmbH, registered offices:
Bahnstrasse 23, 8610 Uster, Switzerland
www.illusonic.com
Illusonic is a registered trademark of Illusonic GmbH
Copyright c
Illusonic GmbH, 2011–2018
All rights reserved
Printed in Switzerland
IAP features and specs may change without notice
Safety Notice
Make sure to respect the following rules:
– Install the IAP on a stable base.
– Do not install the IAP near water.
– Do not expose the IAP to any kind of liquid.
– Do not install the IAP near any heat source
or in direct sun light.
– Do not install the IAP in a confined space and
make sure sufficient air can flow around it.
– Do not operate the IAP under high (>35C) or
low (<5C) ambient temperature. See operating
conditions in Chapter 7.
– Do not operate the IAP under extremely high
humidity. See operating conditions in Chapter 7.
– Do not open the IAP nor try to service it by
yourself. Always refer to a qualified technician
for service and maintenance. Failure to do so
will void the warranty.
– Make sure to use 3 terminals (phase, neutral, and
earth) power cables with ground conductor. Make
sure your local AC voltage matches the voltage
printed next to the IAP’s AC power connector.
Contents
Safety Notice ............................................. 1
FCC Notice .............................................. 2
Disposal – Environmental Care .............................. 2
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Foreword ........................................... 3
1.2 How To Use This Manual .............................. 4
1.3 IAP Overview ........................................ 5
2 Getting Started 9
Step 1: Unpacking ........................................ 9
Step 2: Installing the AC Power Cable ........................ 9
Step 3: Configuring IAP .................................... 10
Step 4: Connecting Audio/Video Devices ..................... 11
Step 5: Using IAP ......................................... 12
3 Usage 13
3.1 Front Panel and Remote Control ........................ 13
3.2 Common Usage ...................................... 14
3.3 Sound Settings Menu ................................. 16
3.4 Ad Hoc Settings ..................................... 18
3.5 Configuration Menu ................................... 19
3.6 Back Panel .......................................... 20
3.7 Cleaning, Maintenance, and Service ..................... 22
4 IAP Configuration Software 23
4.1 Loudspeaker Setup ................................... 24
4.2 Sound Settings ...................................... 24
4.3 Inputs .............................................. 25
4.4 Outputs ............................................ 25
4.5 General ............................................. 26
5 IAP Calibration Software 27
5.1 Setup .............................................. 28
5.2 Measuring .......................................... 29
5.3 Calibrating .......................................... 30
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6 Loudspeaker Setups 33
6.1 Configuring IAP 4 .................................... 33
6.2 Configuring IAP 8 and 16 .............................. 34
6.3 Loudspeaker Setups Details ............................ 35
7 Hardware Specifications 45
Index 47
FCC Notice
This equipment has been tested and found to comply
with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular
installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:
– Adjust or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment
and the receiver.
– Connect the equipment into a mains outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV
technician for help.
Disposal – Environmental Care
Directive 2002/96/EG of the European Parliament
requires consumer electro-technical appliances to be
disposed separately and have to be indicated with the
symbol on the left. Should you dispose this
component, please do so in conformity with local and
global legal and environmental regulations and
according to best practices. We strongly encourage
you to recycle any batteries used with this component.
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Introduction
1.1
Foreword
Conventionally in high end audio, people “mix and match” devices. They
may use a DAC, an analog pre-amplifier, a phono stage, an equalizer, and
a processor.
Illusonic Audio Processors integrate these functionalities - because they be-
long together from a quality, technical, and usage perspective. The number
of signal transmissions and conversions (AD, DA, digital clock sync) are
minimized.
Use IAP 2 as a preamplifier and DAC to refine the sound of a conventional
stereo system. IAP 4, IAP 8, and IAP 16 feature four to sixteen channels and
allow optimization of systems with more than two channels. The channels
can be used flexibly for surround, center loudspeaker, active crossovers, sub-
woofers, and height loudspeakers. World-class signal processing is built into
IAPs to make the most out of almost any configuration.
The following pages give an overview of IAP’s features.
I hope you’ll enjoy countless hours of quality listening and entertainment!
Yours truly,
Christof Faller
Founder and Owner of Illusonic
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1.2
How To Use This Manual
– The manual is structured to be read through from beginning to end.
– In case you read the manual only punctually, there are many pointers
within the text, referring to related information and chapters. Detailed
contents in the beginning and an index in the end help you find desired
information quickly.
– You will find text and figures with additional information and insights
placed in the info margin.11This text is in the info margin.
This symbol indicates important information.
General knowledge and tutorial information is indicated with this symbol.
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1.3
IAP Overview
Inputs
IAP can connect to a variety of sources. There is usually no need for a device
between the source and IAP. In addition to conventional analog and digital
inputs, IAP features a phono stage, USB audio, network media rendering,
and four HDMI inputs with multi-channel LPCM support (up to 192 kHz,
24 bit, 8 channels).
Analog, Digital Hi Res
HDMI, USB, Network Phono Stage
Outputs
IAP 2 and IAP 4 feature each of its channels as symmetric XLR and corre-
sponding RCA line outputs. IAP 8 and IAP 16 feature symmetric XLR outputs
only. These can be converted to unbalanced RCA by means of an adapter
cable.1
1Make sure the adapter connects XLR pin 1 to RCA
shield, XLR pin 2 to RCA signal, and keeps XLR pin 3
unconnected. Connecting XLR pins 1 and 3
short-circuits IAPs line-out amplifiers and can
cause damage.
IAP’s HDMI output connects to a TV or projector, if needed.
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Volume Control
In order to be able to connect directly to power amplifiers or active loud-
speakers, IAP features volume control, implemented digitally. Volume control,
using 32-bit floating point arithmetic and dithering, is applied just before the
DACs.
Calibration
IAP Calibration software and IAP are a system for acoustic measurement,
analysis, and optimization. Each IAP channel features gain, delay, polarity,
and fully parametric equalizers, which can be used for linearization, time-
alignment, room EQ, and crossovers.
Tone Control
While room equalization has the goal to mitigate dominant characteristics of
the room, Tone Control is used to subjectively adjust the level of low and high
frequencies.
Not only bass and treble gain can be adjusted, but also their frequencies.
With this flexibility, Tone Control can also be used to optimize sound for a
zone far off sweet spot (e.g. dinner table, other room, etc.). IAP Calibration
software includes means of optimizing Tone Control.
Clarity
A good musician can adapt, the way how he plays, to the room. For example,
in a room with bass resonances, a bass player can play “shorter” to reduce
resonances. This also works at higher frequencies, a violin can adapt its play-
ing to reduce negative effects of a bad room.
Similarly, Clarity adapts the music, such that it excites a room’s resonances
less, making the sound more transparent and bass more dry.
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Center Loudspeaker
IAP 4/8/16 support a center loudspeaker. For stereo audio, IAP can repro-
duce phantom center over the center loudspeaker, for precise and interference-
less audio reproduction. The Sound stage is stable beyond the sweet spot.
When IAP receives a center channel via HDMI, it will reproduce it over the
center loudspeaker.
Depth/Immersion
Immersion
Depth
The specific room, loudspeakers, and loudspeaker positions determine how
a room reacts to the sound. Depth/Immersion adds freedom to modify the
perceived spaciousness beyond the traditional physical parameters.
Surround
Center
Height
Depth/Immersion works great for stereo systems. Additional surround, height,
or center loudspeakers can make Depth/Immersion more natural and spec-
tacular. Depth/Immersion also makes movies greatly immersive.
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Bass Management
IAP 4/8/16’s versatile bass management enables optimal use of different
loudspeaker sizes and/or subwoofers. If a loudspeaker is smaller than oth-
ers, or for room acoustic reasons, the bass can be removed from it and be
reproduced over other loudspeakers and/or subwoofers.
Crossovers
IAP 4/8/16 support implementation of active crossovers with as many chan-
nels as are available in the IAP model.
Multiroom
IAP 4/8/16 can use their channels to reproduce sound in different rooms.
Each room can be calibrated individually.
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