Manley TAPE HEAD PREAMPLIFIERS Manual de usuario Pagina 1

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ALIGNMENT, CONTinued8) Verify that each vernier freely adjusts from “0” to “100”. Hopefully theyshould. If one doesn’t its because the pot is at the e

There is a fair amount of confusion amongst engineers regarding record and repro eqcurves. The most important fact is that all repro heads have a freq

MORE EQWe have these variable trims on all tape machine repro cards to further modify those “standard”curves to align a tape machine to another machin

REPLACING TUBESHow long will these tubes last? We can't say for sure. Some die prematurely and some tubes lastmore than 30 years. The average for

14WARRANTYAll Manley Laboratories equipment is covered by a limited warranty against defects inmaterials and workmanship for a period of 90 days fro

WARRANTY REGISTRATIONWe ask that you please fill out this registration form and send the bottom half to:MANLEY LABORATORIESREGISTRATION DEPARTMENT1388

CONTENTSMANLEY TAPE HEAD PREAMPSUSER and TECHNICAL MANUAL3) INTRODUCTION (mostly hype but you can quote us)4) IMPORTANT (read this even if you hate m

INTRODUCTIONTHANK YOU!...for choosing the Manley and congratulations on your purchase of MANLEY LABS TUBETAPE PREAMP. This product is the result of co

Do NOT connect or disconnect the POWER SUPPLY CABLES with the power on. Disconnect themains plug first. Wait 3 minutes after powering off to remove th

WARNINGSYour preamplifier has been factory set to the correct mains voltage for your country. The voltage setting ismarked on the serial badge, locat

6TECHNICAL DETAILSThe tape inputs are unbalanced however the POLARITY switch governs which XLR pin is usedfor “positive” signal from the “floating” he

ALIGNMENTSLet us assume that the head has been properly mounted and the cables have been installed and thepreamps are solidly mounted.Let us also assu

Playback HeadsManley Playback Heads are custom manufactured new heads of a better quality than canbe obtained in any stock tape machine of any vintage

ALTERNATIVE VERNIER CALIBRATIONSome mastering engineers have found that the following procedure helps with their day today use of these preamps. The p