Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product XP-30 Pass Labs
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1 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual pass TM XP-30 Owner’ s Man ual Nov ember 25, 2011.
2 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual In an area of electronics where it is often thought that ev er ything that can improv e the sound has already been done, where other designers are concentrating on mechanicals and eye-candy , we offer better sound. The XP-30 is the best preamplifier line stag e ev er made by P ass Labs .
3 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual The XP-30 is a modular preamplifier consisting of one control / pow er supply chassis and additional gain chassis , each containing the analog circuits of a single channel. The XP-30 is meant to typically be used as a tw o-channel product, but you can use the control c hassis to ser ve up to six c hannels .
4 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual volts to a balanced no-feedbac k follow er output stag e? The XP-30 is fully capable of both tasks at once. The inter nal gain of each stag e can be boosted another 16 dB via an internal jumper and the preamp can ser ve as the lo w source impedance front end to the new generation of Class A power follo wers .
5 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Setup and Operation So muc h for self-cong ratulation. Lets pla y some music! On a more sober note, please read and understand the operational instr uctions and safety issues associated with this product.
6 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Additional channels bey ond the nor mal two ma y require a different fuse v alue, please contact the factor y for y our specific application. The input frequency rating of the power -supply is presumed 50- 60 Hz in all instances .
7 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Connect the pow er supply / control chassis to the gain stag es b y the supplied DIN-25 umbilical cables . They must be pressed fir mly into the receptacles , keeping in mind that the connector shell is trapezoidal, which k eys the proper orientation.
8 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual The home theater “Pass-thru” command is simply a software setting that selects input 6 and sets the gain to 0 dB with a minimum of keystrokes . The keystrok e shor tcut selects input 6 and slo wly advances the v olume control to step 89, star ting from 0.
9 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual The monaural function is selected only from the front panel, it is not av ailable from the hand remote. When mono is selected, rather than creating a tr ue mono signal it creates a frequency dependent blend of signal from two chassis .
10 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual “P ass”, “ pass ”, “P ass Labs”, “P ass Laboratories”, Supersymmeter y”, “ Aleph”, and “Zen” and are all registered trademarks of Pass Laboratories , Inc., and all rights thereto are protected b y law .
11 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual W ater and moisture: Electrical devices should not be used near water ( as per example , near a bathtub , washbasin, kitc hen sink, laundr y tub , wet basement or swimming pool ).
12 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Pass Labs W arranty All P ass Laboratories products purchased new from an authorized P ass Laboratories dealer in North America are covered b y a transferable, limited 3-year warranty .
13 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual pass ® P ass Laboratories Inc. PO Box 219, F oresthill, CA 95631 voice: 530.367.3690 - fax: 530-367-2193 - w eb: passlabs .
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