User manual – Goldmund MIMESIS 16 UNIVERSAL PREAMPLIFIER - 4 -
1
SETTING UP THE MIMESIS 16
1.1
PRELIMINARIES
Please read the following instructions very carefully. This high-precision unit will provide the
best digital signal possible to your digital-input power amplifiers thanks to its unique
technology.
For exacting technicians, musicians, and all high-fidelity music purists who demand the
very best in musical reproduction, we strongly recommend the use of top quality power
amplifiers with a digital input, since most of the digital signal performance delivered by the
Mimesis 16 preamplifier can be eroded by using lower quality amplifiers or D/A converters.
The connection between the analog and digital sources and the preamplifier as well as
between the Mimesis 16 and the power amplifiers are critical. Ultra low reflection
interconnect cables are absolutely mandatory in analog and precise impedance SPDIF
cables in digital to keep the time integrity that the preamplifier is designed to provide. In all
typical cases Goldmund recommends using the special Goldmund Lineal interconnect and
digital cables.
1.2
UNPACKING
You will find in the packaging:
- The controller itself
- The power cord
- The remote control
- This manual.
Unpack the above-mentioned parts carefully.
Keep all packaging for future use.
WARNING
IF YOU NEED TO RETURN THE MIMESIS 16 TO
THE
FACTORY
OR
TO
YOR
LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR A WARRANTY REPAIR;
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MUST BE REPACKED
IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
THIS PACKAGING HAS BEEN DESIGNED
SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT YOUR MIMESIS
16 IN TRANSIT. USE OF ALTERNATIVE
PACKAGING
IS
LIKELY
TO
RESULT
IN
DAMAGE, INVALIDATING WARRANTY COVER.
