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To our valued customer and music enthusiast,
with the purchase of your new ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
POWER I 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.
ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
/ Lauffen (Germany)
C o n t e n t
1 POWER I highlights ____
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2 Important safety instructions ____
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3 Unpacking ____
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4 Positioning ____
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5 Installation and start-up ____
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5. 1 Connection to mains power
5. 2 Use and start-up of an analog input
5. 3 Use of INPUT 5 as SURROUND BYPASS
5. 4 Use of the PRE-OUTPUT
5. 5 Use of the headphone output PHONES
5. 6 Loudspeaker cables
5. 7 Correct phases for the loudspeakers
5. 8 Replacing damaged mains fuses
6 How to start the POWER I ____
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7 Menu setting ____
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8 Looking after your equipment ____
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9 Troubleshooting ____
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10 Specifications (selection) ____
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11 Copyright, trademarks, warranty ____
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1 POWER I - highlights
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Audiophile integrated stereo power amplifier with high output performance
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12 selected bipolar output transistors of highest quality
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Encapsulated 500 VA toroidal core transformer of premium quality for high output reserves; separate
windings for preamp section and for power amp section
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Integrated, switchable headphones amplifier of premium quality
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Very good smoothing thanks to more than 54.000 µF power supply capacity
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High damping factor for high output reserves
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Integrated protective circuit switches ascents off when clipping, HF oscillations or too high DC offset
occurs
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Constant low operating temperature due to generously dimensioned heat sink
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2 x balanced high level inputs (XLR)
