Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product II Classic QUAD
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Owner’ s Manu al Quad Electroacoustics Ltd, IA G House, Sover eign Court, Er mine Business P ark, Huntingdon PE29 6XU England www .quad-hifi.co .uk T el: 01480 447700 F ax: 01480 431767 Quad II Clas.
Service & Information Authorised QUAD Service Centres in the U .K . and North America www .quad-hifi.co .uk If your Q U AD equipment requires ser vicing (including valve rep lacement) you should retur n it to the dealer from whom the equipment was purchased.
USER GUIDE INTRODUCTION The QU AD II Classic power amplifier is a re-creation of the leg endar y QU AD II amplifier designed by Peter W alker , founder of QU AD and one of the guiding lights of early Hi-Fi reproduction. Lik e the QU AD II, the Q U AD II Classic uses the uniquely simple and timeless circuit topolog y developed by W alk er .
If this is your first v alve amplifier please familiarise y ourself with some important issues surrounding the safe use of the QU AD II Classic. V alves Get Hot V alve pow er amplifiers g enerate a lot of heat even with no input so it is vital to ensure adequate ventilation for y our power amplifiers .
An important point after buying a device QUAD II Classic (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought QUAD II Classic yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data QUAD II Classic - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, QUAD II Classic you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get QUAD II Classic will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of QUAD II Classic, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime QUAD II Classic.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with QUAD II Classic. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device QUAD II Classic along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center