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To our valued customer and music enthusiast,
with the purchase of your new
ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
MONO III
–
MK 2
you have opted for a product which
incorporates the most modern technology to achieve excellent sound and quality. To make sure that you have
pleasure for as long as possible with your amplifier we kindly ask you to thoroughly read this instruction manual
through to the end.
We wish you many enjoyable hours of listening to music with your new unit.
ACCUSTIC ARTS
®
/ Lauffen (Germany)
C o n t e n t
1 MONO III
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MK 2 highlights ____
Page 2
2 Important safety instructions ____
Page 3
3 Introduction and positioning ____
Page 4
4 Installation ____
Page 5
4. 1 Input selection: balanced / unbalanced
4. 2 Damping factor linearization
4. 2. 1 General information
4. 2. 2 The technical part
4. 2. 3 Claims and reality
4. 2. 4 Solution: damping factor linearization
4. 3 Mute function
4. 4 Loudspeaker cables and correct phase for the loudspeakers
4. 5 Connection to mains power
4. 6 Replacing damaged mains fuses
5 Start-up ____
Page 10
5. 1 Description of function
5. 2 Operating instructions
6 Looking after your amplifier ____
Page 11
7 Troubleshooting ____
Page 11
8 Specifications ____
Page 12
9 Copyright, trademarks, warranty ____
Page 13
1 MONO III
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MK 2 highlights
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Extremely powerful mono power amplifier
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20 selected MOS-FET output transistors in premium quality
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Magnetically shielded and encapsulated toroidal core transformer
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Optimum smoothing thanks to more than 110,000 µF power supply capacity; Premium quality capacitors
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Very high damping factor for perfect speaker control
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ACCUSTIC ARTS® damping factor linearization (switchable)
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Professional protective circuit against clipping, HF oscillations and too high DC offset
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Switch-on current limitation for highest operational safety
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Constant low operating temperature due to generously dimensioned heat sinks
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Balanced input (XLR) and unbalanced input (RCA)
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inputs are switchable
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Very high quality WBT speaker terminals (bi-wiring / bi-amping)
