Amplifier Tech SUM100 manual

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper R oad #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Voi ce 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com © Copyright 1997-2005, Audio Technologies Incorporated - Pr inted in USA SUM100 LINE/SUM/LINE AMPLIFIER OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL[...]

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper Road #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Vo ice 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com DESCRIPTION The SUM100 Summing Amplifier is an inex pensive, high per formance amplifier that is designed as a line level stereo to mo no summing amplifier. It is also useful as a gain block, and as an impedance converte[...]

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper Road #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Vo ice 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com GAIN STAGE A low noise NE5532 se ction (A1A) provides 26dB maximum gain. A linear control is used in a unique circ uit configuration to provid e a wide range logarithmic MASTER gain control characteristic in a variable g[...]

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper Road #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Vo ice 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com company inspect the unit and the box at y our location. Count the pieces! Don't throw out the boxes and packing material until you are sure you have everything that is coming to you. The amplifiers need either their[...]

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper Road #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Vo ice 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com shielded and free of ground loops. It may even be necessary to add shielding to the DC input leads to avoid RF pickup. POWER DISTRIBUTION Multiple amplifiers sharing a single wall-wart power supply should be looped throu[...]

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper Road #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Vo ice 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com 36VDC will cause some increased intern al heating, but above 36VDC may cause IC failure. OPERATING POINTS An internal reference voltage equal to 1/2 the supply voltag e is generated. All audio stage IC inputs and outputs[...]

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    Audio Technologies Inc. | 154 Cooper Road #902 | West Berlin, NJ 08091 | Vo ice 856-719-9900 | Fa x 856-719-9903 | www. audio.com PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS Gain: 28dB maximum, 0dB at 12 o’clock pot position Nominal Levels: +4dBu in, +4dBm out to 600 ohm balanced load Peak Levels: +24dBu in, +22 dBm out to 600 ohm balanced load Noise 20kHz B.W.: [...]