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Time Machine Sounds
Amplifier Operating Instructions
(Instructions for Installation, Use and Care)
Foreword
These Operating Instructions apply to the TMS valve (tube) audio amplifiers 6060
Professional (TMS 6060P) and 6060 Boutique (TMS 6060B).
Contents
Warnings
Safety Precautions
Safety Instructions
Installation
Ventilation
Connection, Power Supply
Connection, Instructions Ancillary Equipment
Switching On
Transport
Trouble-shooting, General and Valves
Changing or Replacing a Valve
Biasing Output Valves
Disposal
Contact Information, Servicing
Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of a valve amplifier from Time Machine Sounds (TMS).
This amplifier is hand-crafted with great care and patience from high quality components. It
was developed over a period of several years and embodies knowledge gained from a
century of experience with valves in audio electronics. Classic valve and modern solid-state
technologies have been combined, to optimise performance in critical areas such as noise
reduction, distortion minimisation and power handling.
Your TMS amplifier should give you many hours of musical listening pleasure with proper
treatment and care, before it may need new valves or servicing.
Please read these Operating Instructions carefully for your safety and enjoyment.
In case service, under warranty or otherwise, is required, please take a moment to write
down your model and serial number, located on the back panel of your equipment, and
attach a copy of your receipt to this manual.
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Summary of Contents for TMS 6060 Professional
- Page 1 Your TMS amplifier should give you many hours of musical listening pleasure with proper treatment and care, before it may need new valves or servicing.
- Page 2 Always supervise use of this equipment by children and people with physical, mental or sensory incapacitation. Disconnect the AC power cable from the mains outlet if you are not using the equipment for long periods of time. 200313 ES TMS Amplifier Operating Instructions ENV12 2 / 11...
- Page 3 Never use liquid cleaners or solvents on the equipment. Servicing: In models TMS 6060P and TMS 6060B, the valves can be replaced by the user. Instructions for changing valves are provided (in a video) on the website and summarised here. If you prefer, changing the valves can be performed by qualified service personnel.
- Page 4 If the XLR sockets are used, leave the first pair of RCA sockets unoccupied. The amplifiers TMS 6060P and 6060B will accept up to six input sources which are selected with a switch on the front panel. The XLR sockets are selected with the input switch in position 1.
- Page 5 Valve amplifiers with new valves usually require several days of operation before they develop their full performance potential. TMS equipment is operated continuously for at least 72 hours on the work bench, in order to make final checks and adjustments. In this time, the equipment is effectively run-in for the customer before delivery.
- Page 6 “bubble-wrap”. It is advisable to remove the valves first and protect each one like delicate household glass items in bubble-wrap or foam. See instructions below for changing or replacing valves. 200313 ES TMS Amplifier Operating Instructions ENV12 6 / 11...
- Page 7 Internal fuse in high voltage power supply blown. Refer to qualified service personnel. Do not attempt any access to or testing of high voltage supply. Danger of shock and serious injury 200313 ES TMS Amplifier Operating Instructions ENV12 7 / 11...
- Page 8 TMS uses new valves available from current manufacture, rather than “New Old Stock” (NOS) ones. This measure is intended to prevent redundancy even after stocks of NOS valves are exhausted.
- Page 9 Put discarded valves in the recycling for electrical and electronic items. Biasing of Output Valves TMS uses manual biasing for output valves in its equipment rather than semi-automatic or automatic biasing because of reliability and sound quality concerns with the latter systems.
- Page 10 With the cabinet removed in the TMS 6060B and TMS 6060P, a row of 4 biasing potentiometers can be found located on the right-hand side of the amplifier chassis towards the back. The potentiometers are numbered, front-to-back, 1 to 4, and correspond to the output valves, seen left-to-right, 1 to 4.
- Page 11 TMS products by appropriate component replacement and repair strategies. Recycling should be considered as a last-resort solution for equipment which is irreversibly damaged. Disposal of the equipment: It is mandatory that electrical and electronic equipment may not be disposed of in household waste.
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