Mark Levinson N 326S - page 29

Requirements & ConnectionsComponent
All slave chains:
•Must include compatible Mark Levinson components. The
Nº326S is compatible with the components listed on page 2-9.
Refer to the appropriate documentation for Link compatibility
information about other Mark Levinson components.
•Must connect components in a certain order to prevent
communication from terminating. In general, components
must be linked as follows: digital audio processor, to digital
transport, to Nº326S, to power amplifier.
Note
Link communication port names differ among Mark Levinson
components. The Link communication port names used in
the table below correspond with the component listed in the
Component column.
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Nº326S Preamplifier Basic Operation
Digital Audio
Processor*
(e.g., Nº360S)
•Serves as the master component in the slave chain.
•Maximum of one per slave chain.
•Connect the master communication port on the digital audio processor to the slave in communication
port on the first digital transport. If no digital transports are included in the slave chain, connect
the master communication port on the digital audio processor to the slave in communication port
on the Nº326S.
•No maximum number per slave chain.
•Must be positioned after the digital audio processor and before the Nº326S and power amplifier(s).
•Connect the slave in communication port on the first digital transport to the master communication
port on the digital audio processor. Digital transports CANNOT be included in a slave chain that
does not include a compatible Mark Levinson digital audio processor.
•Connect multiple digital transports in a “daisy chain” using slave out-to-slave in communication
port connections. Connect the slave out communication port on the last digital transport to the
slave in communication port on the Nº326S.
•No maximum number per slave chain.
•Connect the slave in communication port on the Nº326S to the slave out communication port on
the last digital transport. If no digital transports are included in the slave chain, connect slave in
communication port on the Nº326S to the master communication port on the digital audio
processor.
•Connect the communication port on the Nº326S to the input communication port on
the first power amplifier.
•Maximum of six per slave chain.
•Connect the input communication port on the first power amplifier to the communication
port on the Nº326S.
•Connect up to six power amplifiers in a “daisy chain” using input-to- control
communication port connections. The control communication port on the last power
amplifier is not connected.
Digital
Transport*
(e.g., Nº37)
Preamplifier
(e.g., Nº326S)
Power
Amplifier
(e.g., Nº432)
*The Nº39 and Nº390S CD Processors can serve as either a digital audio processor or a digital transport in a slave chain.