Valve amplification company vac standard preamplifier & standard preamplifier le instructions manual issued - 7 april 2004 revised 07/15/2009 revised 09/09/2009 please read carefully before installing copyright 2004 and 2009 by valve amplification company. All rights reserved..
Page 2 welcome congratulations on your purchase of the vac standard preamplifier, and welcome to the family of vac owners! Your vac is designed not to the latest fad but to substance, providing the highest quality of sound. Time spent familiarizing yourself with this manual will be well rewarded. It...
Page 3 general precautions & safety notes 1. Dangerous voltages exist within the main chassis. Do not remove chassis cover until unit has been switched off and unplugged from the wall outlet (power) and all components for 15 minutes. Tubes become hot in use, and can cause injury. Do not expose chass...
Page 4 installing the standard preamplifier physical requirements: 1) provide adequate ventilation. 2) the chassis cover will become warm during normal use. 3) this component must be installed in a secure, properly built (and ventilated) stand, cabinet or enclosure. It is heavy, and could inflict se...
Page 5 operating the standard preamplifier front panel controls: although most of the front panel controls (volume, power, mute) are self explanatory, vac has outfitted this unit with several advanced features which bear further description: phono section mm (option): when fitted, input “l6" will be...
Page 6 on units with remote control, this knob is spring loaded; moving the control clockwise will toggle between the “mute” and “operate” condition. When muted, a red glow will be observed in the led. On occasion the preamplifier may seem not to have responded to a turn of the “mute” knob; this is ...
Page 7 maintenance chassis care: although your vac chassis and faceplate are extremely durable, their finish can be scratched, chipped or damaged if improperly treated. Cleaning with a soft, damp cloth while the amplifier is switched off and unplugged should restore the finish to its original lustre...
Page 8 general information about tubes it is a truth that each brand of tube sounds different in a particular high resolution circuit. This is because no two manufacturers make a tube type in quite the same way, and the central tendencies of the performance parameters will differ slightly with each ...
Page 9 vac standard preamplifier specifications (typical) type: vacuum tube line stage with external power supply and home theater (direct power amplifier) mode. Options: remote control for volume & mute dedicated mm phono input dedicated mc phono input line stage preamplifier: gain: 24 db maximum i...
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