Illusonic IAP2 Manuale utente

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

Illusonic GmbH, 2011–2018

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 (>35C) or

low (<5C) 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.

Illusonic IAP Chapter 1 Introduction 3

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

4 Illusonic IAP Chapter 1 Introduction

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.

Illusonic IAP Chapter 1 Introduction 5

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.

6 Illusonic IAP Chapter 1 Introduction

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.

Illusonic IAP Chapter 1 Introduction 7

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.

8 Illusonic IAP Chapter 1 Introduction

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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