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Owners Manual and Set-up Guide 

Genesis Integrated 60-Watt Valve Amplifier 

 

 

Version 1.2 

December 2005 

Copyright Genesis Advanced Technologies

Summary of Contents for Integrated 60-Watt Valve Amplifier

Page 1: ...Owners Manual and Set up Guide Genesis Integrated 60 Watt Valve Amplifier Version 1 2 December 2005 Copyright Genesis Advanced Technologies...

Page 2: ...Setting Up 3 Safety Information 3 About Your Amplifier 5 Introduction 5 Design and Construction 5 Set up and Operation 6 Speaker Connections 6 Source Input Connection 7 Operating and Adjustment 7 Cont...

Page 3: ...m resistors are used on a hand built discrete resistor potentiometer as a volume control The output transformers and power transformer are laboriously hand wound to precise specifications tailored to...

Page 4: ...tion of any sort Do not place them directly in front of or on top of your loudspeakers As valve amplifiers can be microphonic vibration of the tubes will distort the signal Next carefully remove the t...

Page 5: ...liquids are not spilled into the unit e Do not expose the tubes to moisture f Do not attempt to clean the device with a wet cloth or any solvents or cleaning solutions 4 The vacuum tube amplifiers ar...

Page 6: ...fier such as the Genesis I60 is capable of reproducing midrange and treble with crystal clear definition the sound can only be described as smooth and silky and musically accurate with the right timbr...

Page 7: ...nary printed circuit boards The only PCBs you see in the guts above are the boards associated with biasing of the power tubes and the soft start electronics The output transformers are custom designed...

Page 8: ...properly connected to a high current power receptacle Before you turn the amplifier on check that the speaker connections are properly hooked up and tightened Turn the volume control to minimum fully...

Page 9: ...still be hot and could burn your fingers if you touch them Leave the amplifier turned off for at least 30 minutes before cleaning or touching the tubes It is normal for a vacuum tube amplifier to run...

Page 10: ...the life of your tubes Do NOT listen to the guy in the corner store who tells you that running the tubes hot will give you more slam On each side of the I60 you will see a set of 5 little holes Three...

Page 11: ...titutions may result in fire electric shock or other hazards The only valves that may need replacement are the power output valves these should be replaced with matched pairs of KT88 s As the I60 has...

Page 12: ...or 6SN7 equivalent Rated Power Output 60w 60w RMS Frequency Response 20Hz 30kHz 1 T H D Input Impedance 250k Ohms Output Impedance 4 Ohms or 8 Ohms Preamp Input Sensitivity 380mV Signal to Noise Rati...

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