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X260.5 Owners Manual
The amplifier can be driven
Now that the source component is connected, make sure there is no signal coming from it, probably by turning the volume all the way down. With the speakers connected, push the front panel button to activate the amplifier. The “Power” LED will come on.
Do everybody a favor and try not to have shorted output cables. It happens accidentally all the time, and the amplifier is designed to sur- vive, mostly.
Of course it’s always possible that something could go wrong. If so, don’t get excited, just relax. It’s really aggravating when something like this doesn’t work, we understand, but it will get fixed. We go to a lot of trouble to make products reliable, and the failure rate of our ampli- fiers is very low. This is small comfort to the few, but take it easy and give us a call if you have problems.
People are often interested in how long it takes for these amplifiers to break in. Perhaps a more salient question is how long does it take them to reach their sonic best after turn on. It takes about an hour for them to fully warm up, and this is where we adjust them first. Then we adjust them again and again over a couple of days, keeping the bias and offset in the sweet spot. Our environment is about 23 degrees Centigrade and the heat sinks will rise approximately 25 degrees C. above that, for an average on heat sink temperature of 48 degrees C. Sonically they are at their best when the heatsinks are approximately 50 degrees C.
In your setup the temperature may vary a bit due to line voltage varia- tions and ventilation, but this is not a big deal. You should be able to put your hands on the heat sinks without discomfort for 10 seconds or so. It is normal for the heasink temperature to vary
The amplifier has a thermal cutout that will disconnect AC power if the temperature exceeds 75 degrees Centigrade. This should never occur in real life.
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You can remotely operate the
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