Connecting Recording Equipment - Quad Electroacoustics QUAD II Classic Integrated Owner's Manual

Stereo valve integrated amplifier
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Cartridge Selection
The QUAD 11 CUsm lategnttd amplifier accept! a wide varies of magnetic and
moving-coil camidger Pietsing the MM/MC selecmr button adecta moving-coil
(me) camidgu; releasing the button selects moving magnet carctidges.
Uk ^e MM poaidan fisn
Sfandajd moving magnet cartridges
High output moving-coil cantidgei (rad die manu&cniicr's guide)
Low output movii^-coil cartridges connected via it^up devices (e.g. a m-c
cartridge with lo own transformer or head amplifier).
Use die MC poehloa fbn
Standard Irw output movli^-coil cartridges only.
Note: Lew output moviug-eoil certriJges ere very lew mpeJeua devica. ^jou pl^ e
meviug meptet cartridge wids the telector tet to MC you will get huge ameurat efditterted
seund with vimielfy lu treble. If you do the reverse the output will be very lew and sbrilL
Connecting line Inputs
Virtually any line level audio source component may be connected to the line level
inputs. Hiese indude tuners, CD players etc.
Connect a pair of big^ quall^ screened abler tenoinated in RCA j^tHio
from
the IJNE OUTPUT of the source component to the chosen input of the amplifier
Connecting Recording Equipment
Connea a suiable pait of RCA phono cables from the LINE IN or REC sockets of
the recorder to die TAPE REC sockets of the amplifier.
Connea anodiet pair of RCA phono ables from the LINE OUT or PLAY sockets of
the recorder to die TAPE PLAY sockets of the amplifier.
Conneefing Loudspeakers
Strip any outer aleeve fiom the loudspeaket cable to a d^ifa ^ around 40 mm
(1.5*).Strip die top 7mm of sleeving to expose the bare wire. If you ate using stranded
cable, lighdy twist tbe strands to gather any loose ends.
Pardalty uiuoew the terminal to expose the cross hole at the tesminal base. Push the
bate end of tbe cable inco the hole. Ensure that the polarity is conea and there ate no
loose strands which could touch adjacent terminals. Tighten securely.
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