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Sub Cardioid Configuration

A cardioid subwoofer cabinet uses a second sound source behind the main source to cancel out sound energy radiated to the rear, increasing directivity. A minimum TTSub Cardioid setup consists of three stacked subwoofer cabinets, with the rear-facing cabinet driven with a 5ms delay and phase reversed to compensate for the two front-facing cabinets. Proper mechanical alignment of the cabinets using rubber feet and recesses, identical amplifier settings including gain and crossover frequency, and rotating the bottom cabinet when stacked on the ground are needed to achieve the best sound cancellation to the rear.

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Sub Cardioid Configuration

A cardioid subwoofer cabinet uses a second sound source behind the main source to cancel out sound energy radiated to the rear, increasing directivity. A minimum TTSub Cardioid setup consists of three stacked subwoofer cabinets, with the rear-facing cabinet driven with a 5ms delay and phase reversed to compensate for the two front-facing cabinets. Proper mechanical alignment of the cabinets using rubber feet and recesses, identical amplifier settings including gain and crossover frequency, and rotating the bottom cabinet when stacked on the ground are needed to achieve the best sound cancellation to the rear.

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Using TTS28 in cardioid configuration

A cardioid subwoofer cabinet is a method of increasing directivity at low frequencies without


the need for very large arrays. The principle is the introduction of a second sound source at a
defined distance behind the main source which will cancel the sound energy radiated by it to
the rear.

In its minimum configuration a TTSub Cardioid set up consists of a stack of three subwoofer
cabinets. Due to the directivity of the cabinet arrangement only one subwoofer is needed to
compensate for the energy of the other two radiating to the front.
The front facing subwoofers are driven without any additional filtering and delay. The rear
facing cabinet has to be driven by a separate delay line set at 5 ms and phase reversed.

To achieve the best rejection to the rear the mechanical set up of the system has to be very
accurate. With TT+ subwoofers, use the rubber feets and recesses in the cabinet top to align
the cabinets. All amplifiers have to be set to the same input gain and the same crossover
frequency.
All other parameters of the amplifier channels have to be configured identically, including
“crossover add” if used.
If the array is stacked directly on the ground, which reflects low frequencies, symmetry is also
achieved by rotating the lowest cabinet in the column as shown below.
When wiring the system please note that front radiating subwoofers may not be daisy chained
with reversed
subwoofers. All reversed cabinets have to be driven from a separate delay line set at 5ms and
phase reversed. The gain and crossover settings (80/110 Hz) have to be identical.

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