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XA30.5 Owner’s Manual
 The amplifier’s voltage and current rating are indicated on the 
rear panel.  It will be either 230 volts, 115 volts or 100 volts.  The 
larger amplifiers have a circuit breaker of  the appropriate capacity. 
The smaller power amplifiers use a slow-blow 3AG type fuse.  The 
frequency rating of  the AC line source is 50 to 60 Hz.  Please verify 
that the amplifiers indicated voltage requirements are consistent with 
the supplied voltage and current at your location.
On the rear panel you will find both RCA and XLR type input 
connections for single-ended or balanced inputs.  If  you use the RCA 
input, be certain that the XLR connector has a gold shorting plug 
between pins 1 and 3, which connects the “minus” input to ground, 
otherwise the amplifier will not operate properly.  If  you lose this 
plug, just contact the factory – we give them away all the time.
The question comes up all the time – are balanced inputs (XLR) 
better than single-ended (RCA)?  The answer is that balanced lines 
generally give lower noise and slightly less distortion.  They are 
recommended unless your favorite source component has only RCA 
outputs.
Also on the rear panel are the output connections for the 
loudspeakers.  On stereo amplifiers there is one pair per channel, and 
on mono amplifiers we provide two pairs wired in parallel to facilitate 
“bi-wiring” a loudspeaker.  As you are probably familiar, the red one 
is positive polarity, and the black one is negative.
Please note that, being a balanced output, both of  these terminals 
are electrically live – neither is grounded and should not be treated 
as ground.  This is particularly important if  you are using the 
output of  the amp to also drive a subwoofer amplifier or other 
active component.  If  there is any question, please contact the 
manufacturers of  the products involved – both they and we will be 
happy to advise you.
If  you happen to need a clean signal ground connection for any 
reason, we provide a dedicated 5 way binding post just for that on 
the rear of  the amplifier.
On the rear panel you will also find a pair of  5 way binding posts 
for external turn-on control.  Applying 5 to 12 volts DC at this 
connection will override the front panel stand-by switch and turn the 
amplifier on.