D’Agostino MLife manual / page 11
Making connections to the MLife
Speaker cables
Install the speaker cables first. We recommend the use of highquality cables terminated with
spade or ring lugs that will fit the Momentum’s binding posts. We advise against the use of pin
connectors, banana plugs or barewire connections. Note that the positive (+) binding post has
a red ring and the negative () binding post has a black ring. Double check to confirm that you
are connecting your speaker cable’s conductors to the appropriate binding posts—red to
positive, black to negative. If your cables are marked to show desired signal flow, orient the
cable so that the installation conforms to the cable manufacturer’s instructions.
To install speaker cables tipped with spade lugs or rings, use a binding post wrench to
carefully loosen each speaker binding post. Turn counterclockwise to loosen. If using spade
lugs, insert each spade lug so that its two tines straddle the binding post, then tighten the
binding post nut with the binding post wrench. If using rings, remove the binding post nut
entirely, place the ring on the binding post, then replace the nut and tighten it securely. A firm
connection, tight enough that the spade lug or ring cannot move, is all that’s needed. Too
much torque could damage the binding posts. Do not use a conventional wrench to tighten the
binding posts.
Analog interconnect cables
We recommend the use of highquality balanced XLR audio interconnect cables with
the MLife. If you have a source device that does not offer XLR connections, please
contact your D’Agostino Master Audio Systems dealer to acquire the proper adapters.
First connect the source devices (phono
,
server, etc.) to the appropriate inputs. Connect
each XLR cable (or XLRtoRCA adapter) to the appropriate XLR jack by pushing the
plug into the jack. To release the plug, push on the small tab atop the jack and gently
detach the plug. Never grasp interconnect cables by the cable itself—you could damage
the cable. Be sure to connect left channel to left input, right channel to right input.
Note that the MLife does not incorporate a phono stage; you will have to add an
external phono stage in order to use the MLife with a turntable. We recommend using
the Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Momentum phono stage.
Digital audio and Ethernet cables
The MLife has an input for a Toslink optical digital audio cable, a USB cable and an
Ethernet cable. The Toslink and USB cables are frictionfit—just push them in and pull
them out. Be sure to grasp the cable by the connector and not by the cable itself,
otherwise you could damage the cable.
The Ethernet cable pushes into the connector on the MLife and locks. To remove the
cable, press the tab on the underside of the connector and gently pull the cable out.