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Fig. 5:
This simplified diagram serves to illustrate damping factor linearization
4. 3 Mute function
Fig. 6:
Positions of the
MUTE
switch
When the switch
MUTE
is pressed, the speaker outputs of the unit are turned off. The blue
LED is still illuminated, but
the speakers get no signal.
Releasing the switch
MUTE
activates the speaker outputs.
The switch
MUTE
is designed for very short listening interruptions, to keep the unit on perfect temperature (=
optimized sound). If you’re not going listen music for a longer time (
e.g. more than 1 hour), please always switch
off the unit completely by pressing the main power switch
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on the front.
IMPORTANT!
Please use the MUTE function when connecting speaker cables. It prevents short
circuits.
4. 4 Loudspeaker cables and correct phase for the loudspeakers
For each channel the power amplifier has 2 pairs of WBT loudspeaker terminals labelled
A
and
B.
With this
arrangement you can wire your loudspeaker system in a BI-WIRING mode. If you want to control your
loudspeakers with only one cable you can either use pair
A
or pair
B
. Both connections are identical and therefore
have exactly the same characteristics.
Please use only high-quality loudspeaker cables. This is the only way to ensure that the sound quality of the power
amplifier is fully exploited.
To connect the cables to the power amplifier or loudspeakers if possible, use high quality terminal ends or banana
plugs
*)
and avoid connecting bare litz wires (except: OFC-cables) since these corrode and so restrict the signal flow.
The terminals on your power amplifier and your loudspeaker are colour coded or marked with a plus (
+
) and minus
(
-
). Connect the red (
+
) output terminal of your amplifier with the red (
+
) input terminal of your loudspeaker. Proceed
in the same way with the white or black (
-
) terminals.
