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Phono Amplifier

                 

brinkmann         

«EDISON»

 

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Manual  

 
 

 
Preface 

 
We  congratulate  you  on  the  purchase  of  our  «EDISON»  phono 
amplifier. 

Brinkmann’s relentless dedication to 

Quality

 is your assurance that 

you will receive many years of musical enjoyment from this unit.

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Please  take  a  short  time  to  read  the  information  in  this  manual. 
We want you to be as familiar as possible with all the features and 
functions of your new 

«EDISON». 

 
 
 

 
Contents 

 

  

 

Unpacking 
Description  
Power supply 
Set up of the Phono amplifier 
Connections  
Operation  
Optimizing the sound  
Maintenance  
Safety  
Cleaning 
Warranty 
Specifications 
 
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Unpacking  

 
The Phono amplifier is delivered in a double-carton shipping box. This 
packaging will protect the phono amplifier and the power supply and will 
prevent shipping damage. Please keep the packaging and the including 
protective packaging inlay material to have maximum protection for your 
«EDISON» if it ever needs to be shipped!  
 
Please find in the top layer of the protective packaging inlay :  
> this manual  
> the Edison phono amplifier  
> the remote control  
> the power supply including the connection cable with a 6-pole plug  
In the bottom layer :  
> the granite base for the phono amplifier  
> a bag with 2 adapter plugs from XLR to RCA  
> a power cord  

 
 

 
 

Summary of Contents for EDISON

Page 1: ...timizing the sound Maintenance Safety Cleaning Warranty Specifications Unpacking The Phono amplifier is delivered in a double carton shipping box This packaging will protect the phono amplifier and the power supply and will prevent shipping damage Please keep the packaging and the including protective packaging inlay material to have maximum protection for your EDISON if it ever needs to be shippe...

Page 2: ...the socket for the power cord and the socket for the ground connection are located at the centre of the back panel The ground connection can be used with all the ground cords of various tonearms turntables and then be easily plugged in at the back panel The front panel shows on the right side the on off and mute buttons the input selector and in the middle the display on the right side the knob fo...

Page 3: ...laced on a resonance free support for example a small granite base Connecting the cables The phono inputs are located at the left and right side of the rear panel the XLR outputs are located at the middle of the rear panel When looked at from the front the connectors at back are assigned to the respective channel There are three phono inputs input 1 is directly next to the XLR outputs and input 3 ...

Page 4: ... when the Edison is disconnected from the mains and is moved to another place Mute and the input selector can also be switched from the remote control Optimizing the sound Allow us to share some advice with you as to how to extract the Edison s best sound performance The back panel shows the switches for adjusting the resistive load on the inputs The values are 47k 10k 5k 2k 1k 600ohms 400ohms 200...

Page 5: ... tubes in the future to replace the old ones Do not use tubes from other sources do only replace with original Telefunken PCF803 preferably a matched set from our company Safety This phono preamplifier had been designed and tested according to the guidelines of EN55013 and EN55020 and it meets the safety requirements of EN60065 The phono preamplifier Edison is only to be used in dry rooms with an ...

Page 6: ...also expires after improper use and wrong connection of the phono amplifier Technical Data inputs 3 XLR 2 distortion intermodulation 0 05 0 1 signal to noise 69 dbA bandwidth linear RIAA DC 250 kHz max output signal 8 V output resistance 1 kOhm input resistance max 47 kOhm balanced input resistance max 5 kOhm output phase optional 0 180 span of the gain control 43 5 67dB power consumption 35 W pow...

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