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To our valued customer and music enthusiast,
With the purchase of your
PREAMP I
– MK 3
from
ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
you have opted for a product
which incorporates the most modern technology to achieve excellent sound and quality. To make sure
that you have pleasure for as long as possible with your preamplifier we kindly ask you to thoroughly
read this instruction manual through to the end.
We wish you many enjoyable hours of listening to music with your new unit.
SCHUNK AUDIO ENGINEERING
– The home of
ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
1 PREAMP I
– MK 3 highlights
Fully balanced premium preamplifier
with professional exceptionally low ohm and extremely
low distortion
Class A output stage
using technology derived from studio engineering
Premium quality ICs: 4 x selected
Burr Brown
®
OPA 627
for fully balanced signal paths; 4 x
selected
Burr Brown
®
OPA 2107
for unbalanced signal paths
Circuit topology optimized for very short signal paths
Magnetically shielded and encapsulated 75 VA toroidal core transformer for high output reserves
3 x fully balanced high level inputs (XLR)
2 x unbalanced high level inputs (RCA)
1 x unbalanced input (RCA) is configured as “SURROUND BYPASS”
2 x fully balanced outputs (XLR) e.g. for Bi-Amping configurations
1 x unbalanced output (RCA) e.g for a separate active subwoofer
Premium quality relays and premium quality switch
(“Made in Germany”) with gold-plated silver
contacts for the input selection
Encapsulated high grade volume potentiometer for regulating the volume
Fully aluminium-made remote control for volume
ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
PREAMP I
– MK 3 is “
Handmade in Germany
”
