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Conrad-Johnson Owner’s Manual

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ET3 Vacuum-Tube Preamplifier

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It just sounds right.

Summary of Contents for ET3

Page 1: ...Conrad Johnson Owner s Manual ET3 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier conrad johnson It just sounds right...

Page 2: ...ng among the industry s most reli able components is a natural consequence of this engineering approach Although the ET3 has been designed to operate in an intuitively apparent way you will find usefu...

Page 3: ...ed conrad johnson dealer in the United States for use in the United States d Normal wear e Incidental or consequential damages are not covered under this warranty Some states do not allow the exclusio...

Page 4: ...ad johnson service department can also be reached by e mail at service conradjohnson com by phone at 703 698 8581 or by fax at 703 560 5360 Service If your conrad johnson audio component requires serv...

Page 5: ...s of EMI Choice of materials physical lay out grounding practice and power supply design have all been specified with a view to reducing the impact of electromagnetic fields on the performance of this...

Page 6: ...EPL OUT to the input of your signal processor or tape recorder and the EPL IN to the output of your processor or tape recorder Alternatively the EPL IN connection can be used as an additional line lev...

Page 7: ...ll overload the input circuitry of the line stage Units with high gain phono cards can be sent to the factory to be converted to low gain phono cards and vice versa There is a charge for this service...

Page 8: ...silence the preamplifier main outputs and set the level display to zero on both channels Pressing the mute button again will restore the previously selected level setting vol up vol down Level setting...

Page 9: ...hen the unit is in standby mode will switch it back on SELECTORS PH AUX TUNER CD VIDEO AUX2 You can directly access any of these inputs by pressing the associated button on the remote EPLS EPL1 EPL2 P...

Page 10: ...e final choices being made solely on the basis of sonic performance We know of no vacuum tubes available which will improve the sonic performance of your ET3 Preamplifier The tube in your preamplifier...

Page 11: ...onent in the stereo system either preserves the phase of the incoming signal and is said to be phase correct or inverts the phase and is said to be phase inverting It is unimportant whether an individ...

Page 12: ...d on one system may be a poor choice for a different system Consult your conrad johnson dealer for recommendations for your specific system Performance Tip Warm up the ET3 before listening sonic perfo...

Page 13: ...es The ET3 has two power transformers each of which is protected by a fuse These fuses F1 and F2 are located on the main pc board near the transformers There is also an ac mains fuse F3 located in the...

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