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Owner’s Manual MOON Evolution Series ANDROMEDA Reference CD Player[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’s instructions. 8. Do not insta[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Important Safety Instructions (cont’d) The lightning flash with the arrowhead symb ol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffic ient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Table of Contents Congratulations .............................................. 5 Unpacking ....................................................... 5 Introduction ................................................... 6 Installation & Placement ................................... 7 Connecting the Andromeda Po wer Supply .[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Congratulations! Thank you for selecting the MOON Andromeda Reference CD Player as a part of your hi-fi reproductio n system. This CD Player has been designed to offer state-of -the-art high-end performance in an eleg ant package, while retaining all the sonic hallmarks on which Simaudio has made its reputation. We have spa[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Introduction Your MOON Andromeda CD Player incorporates many significant design features to achieve its “world class” level of performance. This is an abbreviate d list of the more important features: 24-bit/705.6kHz internal up sampling using BurrBrown DF1704 Digital Filter with 16X oversampling . Four precision matche[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Installation & Placement The MOON Andromeda Reference CD Player is very heavy. It requires reasonable ventilation to maintain an optimum and consistent operating temperature. Consequently, it should be pl aced in a location with empty space around it for proper heat dissipation. As well, it should be placed on a solid l[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Connecting the Andromeda Power Supply Figure 1: Connecting th e MOON Androm eda (top) to its Power Supply (bottom) 1. There are two connections that must be made between the MOON Andromeda CD Player and its separate power supply as shown above in Figure 1; First, using the supplied 4-pin XLR cable, connect the end with the [...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Loading A Compact Disc Conventional CD players utilize a clamping system to secure the disc with a large co ntact area and relatively strong downward pressure, coupling the disc firmly to th e platter. Simaudio engineers discovered that minimizing disc vibration yielded a significant sonic improvement; Our tests de termined[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Front Panel Controls Figure 3: MOON Andromeda Front panel The front panel will look similar to Figure 3 (above). The large digital display window indicates the track number of the compact disc currently playing (or the total number of tracks in stop mode) and coresponding time information. There are four (4) different displ[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Front Panel Controls (continued) The “Display” button allows you to adjust the brightness of the large digital display window. It also provides you with the option of turning off the display. There are three (3) different levels of brightness; The default is medium. Pressing the “Display” button once will increase t[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Rear Panel Connections Figure 4: MOON Andromeda Rear panel The rear panel will look similar to Figure 4 (above). On the far left side are a pa ir of analog audio outputs for the right channel labeled “Right Analog” with both a single-ended RCA connector and a balanced XLR co nnector. Next is a 4-pin XLR connector labele[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player SimLink ™ The SimLink™ provides communication features between various MOON components. For example, if you were to connect the Andromeda CD Playe r to t he P-8 Preamplifier via the SimLink™, pressing the X (play) button on the Andromeda would make the preamplifier automatically switch to it’s de signated input for [...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Balanced Operation When using an unbalanced interconnect, the audio signal runs th ro ugh both the center wire and the shield/ground wire. Any noise picked up by this interconnect (ie. n e a r b y m a g n e t i c f i e l d s s u c h a s a n A C p o wer cord) will be reproduced by both the preamplifier and amplifier, then he[...]
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MOON Andromeda CD Player Specifications Configuration ......................................................... Fully balanced, dual-mono Digital Power Supply Transforme r ............................ 75VA Analog Power Supply Tr ansformer ............................ 22.5VA Digital Power Supply Capa citance ............................ 17,600µF An[...]