OWNER’S MANUAL MODEL ZP3 REV. DATE 2/2016
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12AU7
12AX7
5Y3G or 5U4G
OA3 or VR75
ON / OFF
GROUND
OUTPUTS
INPUTS
Page 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL MODEL ZP3 REV DATE 2 2016 www decware com Zen Triode Phono Stage Model ZP3...
Page 2: ...eeded and with enough capacitance to easily power a 40 watt amplifier This was done to eliminate voltage sag by brute force rather than using a smaller power supply and fancy solid state regulation wh...
Page 3: ...OWNER S MANUAL MODEL ZP3 REV DATE 2 2016 www decware com 12AU7 12AX7 12AX7 5Y3G or 5U4G OA3 or VR75 ON OFF GROUND OUTPUTS INPUTS...
Page 4: ...es between some tubes are not unlike the differences between cartridges If you re going to explore some tube rolling as we like to call it you should begin with the front input tube 12AX7 This particu...
Page 5: ...tube is what fires it causing the glow you see the tube make flicker on and off several times on start up or on shut down or on both This is normal Once this tube has a steady glow to it high voltage...
Page 6: ...to the ZP3 and the ground wire from your turntable to the ground lug on the back of the ZP3 It is important to make sure your preamp or amplifier volume control is all the way down prior to connectin...
Page 7: ...COIL CARTRIDGES A moving coil cartridge has up to 10 times lower output than a moving coil cartridge and requires a step up device to bring it s output level up to that of a standard moving magnet ca...
Page 8: ...TA set perfectly for a thick 200 gram record but you want to play one side of a skinny LP without having to go through the trouble of re adjusting your VTA So normally you just play the record but bei...
Page 9: ...es will become more important to the resulting sound than ever before due to uncanny transparency of the ZP3 We highly recommend some experimentation if your tonearm can accept different cables This c...
Page 10: ...IPS tape speeds with NAB or IEC equalization The Tape Equalization can be calibrated for each channel The range of the calibration spans the difference between NAB and IEC curves so you can precisely...
Page 11: ...n the frequency balance on a tape by tape basis This comes in very handy for improving tapes that sound a little off By modifying your tape deck with a pair of RCA jacks that are wired directly to the...
