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We want you to be confident using your new Chord amplifier.
You’re probably an audiophile with extensive knowledge of audio equipment.
However, you may not be!
So in the following section we explain a few basics to help you get started, or get you
back up to speed if you’re a little rusty.
connecting your equipment
Chord amplifiers are supplied with and designed to be connected using balanced
inputs. The interconnecting cables you use will depend on the available input and
output sockets on your other equipment. We have installed unbalanced inputs on all
Chord equipment, thus enabling you to mix Chord and other manufacturer’s
equipment.
Balanced inputs carry twice the strength of signal of unbalanced inputs and are able
to be fed down long lengths of cable with less deterioration of signal. They are also
less prone to interference than unbalanced inputs. Balanced inputs have three pins
and use Neutric XLR style connectors. Pin 1 is earth, pin 2 is positive and pin 3 is
negative.
Unbalanced inputs use RCA phono connectors which are gold plated with teflon
high performance dielectric insulators for optimum performance.
outputs
speakers
power amplifier
pre-amplifier
or
integrated
amplifier
audio source
inputs
outputs
inputs
CD player
tuner
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