Madrigal Imaging power amplifier, N33 manual Speaker Binding Posts

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Your Mark Levinson dealer can help you take advantage of these design features to maximize your system’s versatility.

4SPEAKER BINDING POSTS

The Mark Levinson Nº33 is equipped with custom made, gold-plated, high- current binding posts for output termination to a loudspeaker system. To take full advantage of the Nº33’s sonic quality, we recommend using high- quality speaker cable; see your Mark Levinson dealer.

NEVER connect the Mark Levinson Nº33 output terminals to any device other than a loudspeaker.

NEVER short-circuit the amplifier's output terminals.

NEVER connect the output terminals of one amplifier to the output terminals of another amplifier.

We recommend connecting speaker cables to the Mark Levinson Nº33by means of a high-quality spade lug or hook lug, soldered to the cable (or crimped with extremely high pressure).

Spade lug Hook lug

Connect a + (positive or red) output post of the Mark Levinson Nº33 to the

+(positive or red) input terminal of the appropriate loudspeaker. [If biwiring, repeat using the other + (positive or red) output post of the am- plifier and the + (positive or red) input terminal of the loudspeaker.]

Connect a – (negative or black) output post of the Nº33 to the – (negative or black) input terminal of the appropriate loudspeaker. [If biwiring, repeat using the other – (negative or black) output post of the amplifier and the – (negative or black) input terminal of the loudspeaker.]

5AC MAINS CORD AND AC MAINS SWITCH

Conventional IEC standard power cords cannot be used in the Nº33, due to the potential current requirements of Nº33 when operating into low imped- ance loads. (The highest available current rating for an IEC standard three- conductor connector such as is used on most stereo equipment, including other Mark Levinson products, is 16 amperes.) Instead, the Nº33 incorpo- rates a high current AC cord which is attached directly to the amplifier itself via a specially-designed AC mains module, located at the bottom of the rear panel. A high current AC connector is included with the Nº33 and may be attached to the end of the AC mains cord.

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