User’s Manual
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1. Introduction
This extension card enables the Manhattan II DAC owners to playback vinyl records by connecting the
gramophone to the DAC directly. There are electronically controlled precision MC, MM solid, and MM
transfomer phono preamplifier circuits onboard . Among the multitude of input impedances the board
offers two different RIAA filters and two MC input stages – all settings available from the Manhattan
front panel. The Phono Preamp card is compatible with the Manhattan II DAC only.
All the best,
The Mytek Digital Team
2. Package Content
• The Phono Preamp expansion card
• Two 2-wire cables for connecting the card audio output to the Manhattan II DAC mainboard
• Ribbon for connecting the power and control signals
• Spare 4 x M3 screws for mounting the card on the spacers
• Jumper connecting the ground post wire net to virtual input ground or common analog ground
(default)
3. Features
The extension card offers:
• Compatibility with typical moving magnet (MM) cartridges.
• Compatibility with various moving coil (MC) cartridges.
•
Two types of first stage MC preamplifier – solid state and transformer.
•
RIAA / RIAA+ analog filters.
