GETTING STARTED
1. Choose the right location.
Mani 2 has a lot of gain, so where you put it
matters. If it’s sitting on top of a power amp
with a giant transformer inside, it’s going to
hum. If you wrap a power cord around it, it might
not be all that great either. So:
a. Put it near your turntable.
b. Keep it away from the turntable motor,
especially if it’s one of those that’s big enough
to run a Tesla.
c. Don’t run the AC cord to the turntable around
it or underneath it, or near the cables.
2. Choose the right cables.
You heard that thing about a lot of gain, right?
Well, Mani 2 can also pick up crud that comes
in through the cables from the turntable.
We recommend the following:
a. Choose short, well-shielded RCA cables from
the turntable to Mani 2.
b. Short means short. 0.5m is good. 0.25m is
even better. Or, in USAish, 6-12 inches.
c. Well-shielded means well-shielded. Open
braided cables, even if they’re using yak-hair and
magic crystal insulation, are not a great idea.
You want a 100% coverage shield.
3. Start with the factory settings.
For most turntables owned by actual mortals
(that is, turntables that use moving-magnet, or
MM, cartridges), start with Mani 2 at the factory
settings. We’ve already set it up for 42dB of
gain, and 47pF/47kΩ loading.This works best
for most systems.
IMPORTANT
When changing gains on Mani 2, turn down
your preamp all the way, or, in systems with no
preamp (you are crazy, by the way), turn off your
amp before changing gains.
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