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    1 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual pass TM XP-30 Owner’ s Man ual Nov ember 25, 2011[...]

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    2 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual In an area of electronics where it is often thought that ev er ything that can improv e the sound has already been done, where other designers are concentrating on mechanicals and eye-candy , we offer better sound. The XP-30 is the best preamplifier line stag e ev er made by P ass Labs . By extension it is possibly the bes[...]

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    3 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual The XP-30 is a modular preamplifier consisting of one control / pow er supply chassis and additional gain chassis , each containing the analog circuits of a single channel. The XP-30 is meant to typically be used as a tw o-channel product, but you can use the control c hassis to ser ve up to six c hannels . Each c hannel i[...]

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    4 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual volts to a balanced no-feedbac k follow er output stag e? The XP-30 is fully capable of both tasks at once. The inter nal gain of each stag e can be boosted another 16 dB via an internal jumper and the preamp can ser ve as the lo w source impedance front end to the new generation of Class A power follo wers . Don ’ t lau[...]

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    5 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Setup and Operation So muc h for self-cong ratulation. Lets pla y some music! On a more sober note, please read and understand the operational instr uctions and safety issues associated with this product. All of us at Pass Laboratories put great effor t into building a soundly engineered and superbly perfor ming r ug ged p[...]

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    6 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Additional channels bey ond the nor mal two ma y require a different fuse v alue, please contact the factor y for y our specific application. The input frequency rating of the power -supply is presumed 50- 60 Hz in all instances . Some individuals ma y wish to use a pow er regeneration apparatus, and slightly higher lines [...]

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    7 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Connect the pow er supply / control chassis to the gain stag es b y the supplied DIN-25 umbilical cables . They must be pressed fir mly into the receptacles , keeping in mind that the connector shell is trapezoidal, which k eys the proper orientation. Fing er tighten the screws on either side of the connector shell. Do not[...]

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    8 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual The home theater “Pass-thru” command is simply a software setting that selects input 6 and sets the gain to 0 dB with a minimum of keystrokes . The keystrok e shor tcut selects input 6 and slo wly advances the v olume control to step 89, star ting from 0. The slow advance of level is intentional; 0dB (step 89) is appro[...]

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    9 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual The monaural function is selected only from the front panel, it is not av ailable from the hand remote. When mono is selected, rather than creating a tr ue mono signal it creates a frequency dependent blend of signal from two chassis . T he blend has been c hosen such that it minimizes noise while maximizing infor mation t[...]

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    10 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual “P ass”, “ pass ”, “P ass Labs”, “P ass Laboratories”, Supersymmeter y”, “ Aleph”, and “Zen” and are all registered trademarks of Pass Laboratories , Inc., and all rights thereto are protected b y law .[...]

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    11 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual W ater and moisture: Electrical devices should not be used near water ( as per example , near a bathtub , washbasin, kitc hen sink, laundr y tub , wet basement or swimming pool ). Care should be taken suc h that objects do not hav e the oppor tunity to fall, and that liquid is never spilled onto or into the device enclosu[...]

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    12 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual Pass Labs W arranty All P ass Laboratories products purchased new from an authorized P ass Laboratories dealer in North America are covered b y a transferable, limited 3-year warranty . This war ranty includes all parts and labor charges incur red at the factor y or factory specified repair facility , exclusi ve of any su[...]

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    13 XP-30 Owner’ s Manual pass ® P ass Laboratories Inc. PO Box 219, F oresthill, CA 95631 voice: 530.367.3690 - fax: 530-367-2193 - w eb: passlabs .com[...]