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For the ultimate sound experience at home, play it through Krix.
| Krix waveguide technology with high power tweeter
8” driver in LCR modules (92dB sensitivity) 11” woofer in subwoofer modules (90dB sensitivity) |
Spacer modules available to widen soundstage
Krix Infinite Baffle Wall for superior sound Recommended room depth: 3m – 6m (102dB) |
For the movie lover with a small to medium size room, the MX-5 provides a big sound in a small package and allowing the versatility of installation without taking up valuable space. Featuring the proprietary Krix waveguide for the mid and high frequencies, and a large mid-bass driver, your movie soundtracks will be delivered with a clarity and impact you’ve always wanted.
The MX-5 is made up of five compact modules, three modules for Left – Centre – Right (LCR) and two Subwoofer modules. The MX-5 system can be easily installed behind an acoustically transparent screen in a wall cavity, on a plinth or cabinetry. The MX-5 is compact enough to be installed below a normal projector screen. The front baffle of each module is covered with an acoustic absorbent material to absorb any sound reflecting off the back of the screen or from the room itself. This assists greatly with the acoustic treatment of the room and ensures greater voice intelligibility and overall sound performance.
The main speakers feature a 205mm mid-bass driver which has a 38mm voice coil wound on a high-powered aluminium former. The high frequency drive unit is a damped, high power, 26mm doped fabric dome tweeter, coupled with a proprietary Krix waveguide for optimum dispersion over the entire working frequency response.
The subwoofer modules feature 275mm (11”) drivers with 50mm edge-wound copper voice coil, dual spider assembly, and vented magnet assembly. These subwoofer provide an impressive amount of “Oomph” to satisfy any bass enthusiast!
For the ultimate cinema experience at home, play it through Krix.
The MX-5 is designed to mount into a screen wall and then have an acoustically transparent screen placed on in front of the speakers, but the MX-5 is a versatile speaker system and is equally at home in a custom made cabinet (see the Harmony options) or built into your cabinetry in your TV room, entertainment room or games room. Ask our consultants for the best options for your MX-5.
The following outlines the various methods of installing the MX-5 for large screen TV or a normal projector screen, and for screen wall mounting with an acoustically transparent screen.
The screen wall method requires detailed preparation, and our consultants are ready to help and advise on making your screen wall system a true cinematic experience.
There are a number of things to consider with the screen wall mounted MX-5 and these include the number of seats, how many rows of seats, the size of the screen and what acoustic treatment to use.
CDA Pro AV has interior designers on staff that can help you with the decor and style of your home cinema room.
For more information on a MX-5 screen wall mounted system. click here
While this is very retro and something from the 1960’s and 70’s, the console mounted MX-5, or Harmony, provides an excellent result is small rooms or small spaces.
Harmony is fully customizable to suit your decor. Harmony is offered in a wide range of paint finishes, real timber veneer finishes and in real timber.
The colour of the acoustically transparent cloth on the front of Harmony is also fully customizable with colours and styles to suit your decor.
Call our consultants to discuss Harmony for your living room or TV room.
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The MX-5 has a depth of only 190mm so designing the MX-5 into custom cabinetry is very straightforward.
The primary consideration with this type of solution is to reduce vibrations in the cabinet. The MX-5 provides a lot of “Oomph” is the bass frequencies so vibrations need to be dampened.
Our consultants can advise you on the best methods to install an MX-5 into your custom cabinet.
This discussion focusses on dedicated home cinema rooms and applications. Go here for Harmony and here for custom designs
Commercial cinemas are designed and calibrated to produce a “Reference Level” at the central seating area of the auditorium.
This Reference Level has been historically determined by organisations like Dolby® and THX® to be an ideal sound pressure level (SPL) required to deliver the dynamic range, impact and realism of modern movie soundtracks. To achieve ‘Reference SPLs’, room size, speaker sensitivity and amplification will determine what ‘Reference SPL’ can be achieved.
The Series MX loudspeaker systems have been designed to suit a wide range of room sizes to deliver a true cinematic experience. The table below illustrates the ideal room size range for each Series MX screen speaker system and expected SPLs.
The graph is divided into three performance levels, and represents a good reference when choosing the correct speaker system for your room. The graph only focusses on room depth and this adequate for this discussion because it is easy to visualize. As can be seen, the MX-5 will perform very well in rooms up to 6 metres in depth, and provide peak levels of 102dB/SPL effortlessly. In a lounge room or TV room this is more than enough to provide clean and crisp dialogue with an immersive experience from quietest background sounds to the largest explosions. Or enjoy stereo music with a huge dynamic range.
In a dedicated home cinema, the distance from the screen to the listener can become quite long, particularly if the screen is large and the room has multiple rows of seats. This requires that the speakers have a higher sensitivity and that the power amplifiers are capable of delivering the energy required without damaging the speakers. Other considerations become important in large rooms and this will be discussed later.
Smaller rooms provide more options when deciding which Series MX system to use, and our consultants can help you select the best Krix solution for your room.
Sound pressure levels should also be considered for surround and overhead effect speakers, to maintain the dynamic soundtage throughout the room. These speakers are generally closer to the listening position than the main front speakers, and therefore lower sensitivity speakers or less amplifier power may be sufficient.
The MX-5 is designed to fit into a niche or cavity within the wall behind the projector screen. This is called a screen wall, see the image below. This method creates an infinite baffle wall.
Alternatives to the screen wall is a plinth mounted structure, a custom cabinet, or a system that is designed into your cabinetry, and that is discussed later.
Overall dimensions
The choice of your MX system needs to be considered in conjunction with the screen size.
The picture below shows the overall dimensions of the MX-5 along with recommended cavity size. Use these dimensions as a guide to select your screen size.
For advice on construction, screen size or anything to do with your home cinema installation, call our consultants.
Vertical positioning
When planning a dedicated home cinema, your first consideration should be the seating locations followed by the screen size and position. Good planning at this stage is very important.
Once seating positions and screen size has been decided, the listening axis of the speaker system needs to be considered for the best audio performance. 500mm from base of of the Krix MX-5 will provide the best listening axis and this can be seen in the image below.
Try to position the speaker cavity behind the screen so that the listening axis of the speaker system is within 10 degrees of the listener’s seated ear level. If you are to install secondary viewing rows, it is recommended to keep this angle within 20 degrees.
Care should be taken to ensure the first row of viewers do not obstruct the sound path for viewers behind them. Installing a riser or platform for subsequent rows can help to alleviate these issues.
