Octave V 50 MKII Owner's Manual - page 5
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE V 50 MKII
A novelty in our range of products is the integrated amplifier V 50. Compact, highly efficient and
equipped with all features, it represents the minimum demand according to our philosophy of
sound reproduction.
Without our 15 years of experience in the field of preamplifiers as well as power amplifiers, it
would not have been possible to develop such a component. For example, a completely new
technology of power supplies and power transformers had to be developed to enable us, to put a
sensitive phono MM/MC input in such a powerful neighbourhoood. The bias of the amplifier
V 50 is regulated electronically and thereby secures a long lasting high-quality performance
and makes the V 50 very easy to handle. This kind of regulation - with the above described ad-
vantages - can nowadays not be found elsewhere.
The power amplifier delivers 2 x 50 Watt (basic version with 4 x EL 34) in AB-mode and is able to
drive even difficult loudspeakers. The auto-bias makes it possible to use the following tubes:
KT88, 6550 A, 6 L 6, 5881 (6 CA 7).
Construction of the V 50
The signal flow inside the OCTAVE V 50 is designed that noise or hum due to electromagnetic
interference is ruled out and the signal path is as short as possible.
The magnetic shielding inside the housing also suppresses feedback from the transformer to the
sensitive input stages.
OUTPUT
INPUTS
Input
stages
Output stage
Output
transformers
Mains
transformer
Power supply
electronics
Magnetic
shielding
Signal flow
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