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1. Safety concerns - what not
to do
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Don’t pry inside the machine. It uses high voltages. You’ll void the warranty and risk electric
shock.
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For safety reasons especially with pets and children, use the tube cage.
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Protect the machine against moisture and condensation.
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Don’t defeat the ground.
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Only replace fuses with original type (1.25A fast-blow for 230-240V version; 2.5A fast-blow for
115- 125V version)
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When tube replacements are due, please contact your dealer or our factory.
2. What your shipping carton contains
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1 x Einstein The Absolute Tune integrated amplifier inside a velour-covered wooden crate
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1 x power cord
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1 x ground wire
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2 x gloves for handling
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1 x remote control with batteries
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1 x owner’s manual
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1 x warranty card
3. Design overview
The Absolute Tune circuitry closely mirrors that of our individual preamplifier The Tube and the The Final
Cut OTL power amp. In fact, without their precedents, the stereo integrated in its current iteration would
have never seen the light of day. The OTL amp and celebrated The Tube valved linestage paved the way
for the unique and proprietary realization of circuit architecture of The Absolute Tune. To not bore you with
tech talk, let’s put it this way: The preamp section of The Absolute Tune borrows breakthrough inventions
from
The Tube
;
the output stage of The Absolute Tune is essentially the The Final Cut, albeit realized with
transistors rather than valves.
4. Setup
Insure adequate ventilation and a solid hard foundation. Do not place The Absolute Tune atop other com-
ponents nor place other components atop the EINSTEIN amplifier. Due to the enormous capacities of our
overbuilt transformers, record players and phono stages should not be placed in close
proximity to avoid
picking up hum. Proper HiFi racks with adequate spacing are most suitable and can even improve audible
system performance.
