Pass Labs X260.5 manual

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    1 X260.5 Owners Manual pass TM X260.5 Owner’ s Man ual Sept 23, 2009[...]

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    2 X260.5 Owners Manual The P a ss La bo rat or ies ™ X2 60 .5 mo no am pl ifi er em bod ie s the des ig n te c hno lo g y a nd re fin em ent s o f t he “ X” se rie s a mp lif ie rs i nc lud in g e xte n- si on s o f t he pa te nte d Sup er sy mme try™ ci rc uit . The Su pe rsy mm etry™ ci rc uit to po logy w as gran te d a U . S . pa te n[...]

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    3 X260.5 Owners Manual Centur y and the eleg ance to retriev e the micro dynamics offered by the most sensitiv e loudspeakers . T he simple but powerful circuitr y mov es easily from total silence to explosiv e transient and back to silence without a trace and without infor mation loss . V er y unlike conv entional high power amplifiers, they provi[...]

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    4 X260.5 Owners Manual Y ou can position this amplifier most anywhere you wish, but it re- quires adequate ventilation. W e do not recommend placing it in enclosed cabinets or small closets without means for air to circulate freely . Stacking these power amplifiers directly upon each other is not recommended for the same reason. T his amplifier typ[...]

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    5 X260.5 Owners Manual Looking at the rear panel you will see the IEC 320 A C power cord receptacle, a mains pow er switch, two pairs of output connectors , a pair of binding post connectors for remote tur n-on, one RCA input connector and one XLR balanced input connector . Make sure that the mains power switch is off (down). Plug the A C cord into[...]

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    6 X260.5 Owners Manual The amplifier can be driv en single-end or balanced, if driving the am- plifier single-ended, leav e the supplied jumper in place (between pins 1 & 3 on the XLR). Y our amplifier will operate without the jumper in place, but perfor mance will be significantly diminished. Now that the source component is connected, make su[...]

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    7 X260.5 Owners Manual fier . The positi ve of the 12 v olts DC goes to the red connector . This connection has an actual operating rang e of about 9 volts to 15 volts at a cur rent draw of approximately 5.0mA. T his switc hing will over - ride the front panel button, so if you want the front panel button to operate, lea ve the rear connection open[...]

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    8 X260.5 Owners Manual F ortuna tel y th e a mpli fier is not sen sit iv e to the capa cit iv e/i ndu cti ve c hara cte r of s ome of th e s peci alty sp eak er cab les , so fe el free to exp eri- me nt. W e have found that about 90 per cent of bad sounding cables are in reality bad sounding connections, and we recommend that special at- tention be[...]

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    9 X260.5 Owners Manual F or more infor mation please contact: P ass Laboratories Inc. P .O . Bo x 219, 24449 F oresthill Rd., F oresthill, CA 95631 T el: 530.367.3690 F ax: 530.369.2193 www .passlabs .com © 2009, P ass Laboratories Inc. “P ass”, “ pass ”, “P ass Labs”, “P ass Laboratories”, Supersymmeter y”, “ Aleph”, and “[...]

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    10 X260.5 Owners Manual Please check with the factor y-authorized distributor in the countr y you are purchasing this product for specific w ar ranty infor mation. All P ass Laboratories products purchased from an authorized Pass Labora- tories dealer in Nor th America are cov ered by a transferable, limited 3-year warranty . T his w ar rantee incl[...]

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    11 X260.5 Owners Manual W a te r an d mo is t ur e: E le ct r ic a l d ev i ce s s h ou l d n ot be us e d ne ar w at e r ( a s p er ex a mp l e , n ea r a ba t ht u b , w as h ba s in , k i tc he n s i nk , l a un d r y tu b , w e t b as e me n t o r s wi m mi n g p oo l ) . Ca re sh o ul d be ta k e n s uc h t ha t o b je c ts d o n ot ha v e th [...]