Plinius Audio 9200 manual

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2 CONG RATULATIO NS on your d ecision to become the pr oud owner of this Pliniu s 9200 Integr ated Am plifier . This manual has been prepared to hel p you und er stand the ope r ation of your amplifier, and to provide inf or mation abo ut its desi gn and t he var iety o f w ays it ma y be u sed. We have designed and manufactured this amplifier t o [...]

3 DESI GN PHILOS OPHY Fro m a dist ance yo u can see th at the design of t he Pliniu s pro ducts is mor e than an appl ied st yli ng exercise to the front panel. We have star ted from t he ground up to produce a casing for our electronics that is un rival l ed in it s physic al st ren gth an d visual si mplic it y. Wher ever po ssible w e have r ed[...]

4 C ONTENTS Int rod uct ion .................................................................................................................. ............. Page 2 Design Ph ilo sop hy ............................................................................................................. ........ Page 3 Prec aut ion s ........................[...]

5 P RECAUT IONS Please tak e special no te of the follo wing prec autio ns befor e operat in g your new amplif ier: • The P linius 9200 Inte grated Ampli fier ca n de liver in ex cess of 200 watts in to 8 ohm s. Thi s am plifie r is a lso ca pab le of a v ery la rge pea k cu rrent de livery . • The Plinius 9200 Integrated Amplifier operates in [...]

6 RECO RD SOURC E V OL UM E xx x TUNE R TA P E 1 T APE 2 ST A NDB Y CD PH ONO PLINIUS A MPLIF IER F EATURES – F RONT P ANEL The f ro nt of t he Plinius 9 200 I ntegrated A mplif ier incor porates al l t he faci lities you w il l r equir e on a dai ly basi s. F RON T P AN EL L AYOUT S HOWING V OLU ME K NOB , R ECO R D A ND S OURC E S EL E CTO RS ,[...]

7 A MPLIF IER F EAT URES – R EA R P ANEL This pa nel inc orp orates al l term ina ls f or con nectin g the i npu t sig nals from you r CD pla yer, tune r, e tc, a nd th e out puts to t he loudspeaker s and main s su pply. Ple ase remem ber th at your P linius 9200 Integ ra ted Amp lifier i s a h igh q uality electroni c ins trum en t capable o f [...]

8 C D XLR INPU T TER M INAL S Below the CD RCA inpu ts are a n a ddi tiona l se t of ‘ li ne lev el’ X LR ba lance d inp uts fo r use with sou rc e compo nents t hat feat ure XLR bal anced outputs. B alanced signal s are carr ied via a thr ee way cable. The XLR pin configuration used in all Plinius product is: PI N 1 to G ND PI N 2 to + S ign a[...]

9 GROUND LIFT SWITCH Thi s swit ch al lows the signal ground to be disco nnec ted fr om the chassis. I n some instal latio ns a hum lo op may exist due to duplicat e ground pat hs from di fferent equipment . Use this switc h to remove the connection from 0V to ground thus allowing some flexibility in your particul a r set-up. PR O CESSOR SOURCE AND[...]

10 I NSTALLAT ION AND O PERAT ION PL AC EMENT AN D V ENT ILAT ION Your P linius 920 0 ma y ope rate a t a m odera tely hi gh temperat ure when being dr iven hard. The ideal lo cation i s upon a rigid st and, or floor mo un ted aw ay from dir ect contact wit h any temperat ure sensitiv e mater ials or deep pi le car pets. Ven t ilat i on thr ough an[...]

11 I NP U T / O UTP UT C ONNECTION It is impor tant that yo u connect your loudspeakers (output s) and source component s (inpu t s) to t he Plinius 9200 Integrated Amp lif ier correctly to ensu re t he a mplif ier is not damag ed, and sounds it s best with your system. N o w that you have r e a d and familiarised yourself wit h the connect ions on[...]

12 to th e Plin ius 9 200 inp uts , s elect the line in put ch osen abov e on the rece iver (eg . ‘ Line 1’) an d ope rate the re ceiv er a s no rma l. You w ill be a ble to se t the P lini us 920 0 vo lume con trol to a le vel that will a llo w th e loudn ess of i t s source co mponents to match those fr om th e rec eiver. Al l volume c ontro [...]

13 P HAS ING ( OR PO LAR I TY) It is important to achieve go od ster e o imaging in your l istening room. By observing the wi r ing instructions above, each p ower amplifier/loudspeak er comb inatio n should be in phase. If you experience poor ste r eo image and/o r a l ack of bass, chec k that the loudspeaker wiring has been co nnected c orrectl y[...]

14 9200 F EAT URES REMOTE CONTROL Prov ided with you r Plini us 9200 is a thre e functi on re mo te contro l. Th e two bu ttons at th e top of the rem ote ad jus t the volu me le vel, and the bu tton be low switc hes the am plifi er in a nd out of m ute. Two AAA batt eri es power the r emo t e, and these ar e replaced by r emoving the t wo posi-dr [...]

15 To re-fi t the fu se, ins ert the fu se a nd ge ntly tu rn it as far as p ossible antic lockwis e (to the le ft). Now p ush the fu se ca p in firm ly, th en turn clo ckwi se (to the ri gh t) un til i t comes to a st op. Relea se i nward pres sure on t he cap and the f use will be fitt ed secur ely. IM PORT AN T : DO NOT FIT A FUSE WITH A H IG H [...]

16 L OUDSPEAKER S ELECT ION Your Plinius 9 200 I ntegrat ed Amplif ier is designed f or use with h igh fi delit y loudspeaker s. It shou ld no t be used t o operat e any ot her t ype of appl iance or equipment . Choice of loudsp eak ers is one of pers on al ta ste, provid ing the ch ose n loud spe ake rs are s uitab le for us e with your amplifier [...]

1 7 S PEC IFICATIO NS 200-W ATTS RMS PER CH A NNEL INTO 8 OHMS. BOTH CHANNELS DRIVEN FROM 20Hz TO 20kHz A T LESS THAN 0.2% TOTAL HARMONIC DISTOR TION.  F REQUE NCY R ESPONSE : 20Hz to 20k Hz ± 0.2dB. -3dB at 5H z and -3dB at 70kH z.  D ISTORTION : Typi cal ly <0 .05 % T HD at rat ed power . 0 .2% THD and IM w or st case pri or to cl ippin[...]

18 I NDEX Bi -w iring ...................................................................................................................... ............ Page 12 Date o f Manuf act ur e ............................................................................................................ ........ Page 3 Fr ont Panel L ayou t .................[...]

19 C ONTA CT D ET AIL S Al l o peration al, tech nical and descript ive mat erial publ ished here i s subject to change at any time wit hout notice. For fu rt her product information or quer ies, please cont act us at t he address below. PL INIUS pr oduc ts ar e design ed and manuf actur ed by: Plinius Audio Lt d. P.O . Box 1836 Pa lm erst on Nor t[...]