Ayre Acoustics Comprehensive Guide for Ayre P-5xe Installation and Connections

Connections and

Installation

The Ayre P-5xe is easy to connect and use. The following guidelines will ensure that the installation goes smoothly.

Location

A good location for your phono preamplifier is in a cabinet or on a shelf. Please note that the high-gain circuitry required to amplify the low-level signal from a phono cartridge may be sensitive to the magnetic fields from transformers in other equipment.

It is recommended to maintain a distance of 10" to 20" (25 cm to 50 cm) to other components to minimize hum levels.

Inputs

The balanced configuration As the phono cartridge is an inherently balanced

yields maximum sonic device, the Ayre P-5xe offers balanced inputs via

performance with minimum XLR connectors. Since most tone arms and/or

noise and hum. turntables are not currently equipped with XLR

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