“Linked amplifiers?” you ask
The communication required between preamplifier and power amplifier(s) is more limited than between other components. In particular, the new 300 series Mark Levinson amplifiers will:
•toggle between standby and operate in conjunction with the Nº38(S) they are Linked to;
•when in standby, all of the standby indicator LEDs (sources, preamp and power amps) blink in sync with one another;
•report certain fault conditions to the preamplifier if they must shut down for some reason.
For this reason, it made sense to define a somewhat simpler communications Link between preamps and power amps. In this case, the Nº38 or Nº38S acts as the “master” to the power amplifier(s) “slave.” Multiple amps may be daisy- chained via their slave in and slave out ports. The Nº38 runs this smaller “net- work” and passes necessary information back and forth as needed.
Hence, our seemingly confusing nomenclature on the rear panels of the various products. “Master” is connected to “Slave In”, then the
| slave out |
Nº37 |
|
digital output | slave in |
| Link |
| cable |
digital input | master |
Nº36 |
|
analog output |
|
Link
cable
any input | slave |
Nº38
master
Link
cable
slave in
Nº333 |
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