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- Page 1 JUBILEE MONO SE Owner's Manual English...
- Page 3 20 years that will – quite liter- OCTAVE is able to achieve a musical quality ally – provide you with hours of musical pleasure and degree of reliability that seemed impossi- for many years to come.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Removing the grille ..................Installing the power tubes ................. Recommended procedure ................. Operating components ................JUBILEE MONO SE rear panel ..............JUBILEE MONO SE top control panel ............Advanced functions ................... Bias measurement facility ................5.1.1 How the bias works ................... -
Page 6: Introduction
We design and consistently high sound quality. make our own custom transformers. We OCTAVE amplifiers are equipped with a power maintain extremely high quality standards management system whose design is unique. through close cooperation with specialist... -
Page 7: Jubilee Mono Se Product Description
It goes with- amplifiers is that we have employed the classic, out saying that this amplifier - like all OCTAVE yet almost forgotten, pentode configuration. products since - was equipped with OCTAVE's... -
Page 8: Safety Instructions
For reasons of safety, please ensure that servicing, repairs and other modifications to Grounding OCTAVE equipment are carried out only by a This amplifier is a protection class 1 device qualified technician. Fuses should be also be (with an earth conductor). To exclude the risk of changed only by a qualified technician. -
Page 9: Placement
In your own interest, please observe the 1. Location Safety precautions and positioning advice (Chapter 2) OCTAVE equipment is designed strictly for use in a dry domestic environment. Do not use it in the 2. Before connecting your OCTAVE amplifier open air or in damp environments! -
Page 10: Getting Started
3. GETTING STARTED 3.1. Unpack and check the contents Package contents for two JUBILEE MONO SE: 16 power tubes and 4 spare tubes packed separate Tools: 3 screwdrivers: 4.0 x 100 slot screwdriver for adjusting the bias TX 10 torx screwdriver for removing the side panels ... -
Page 11: Installing The Power Tubes
Mono 2 Please don't mix up the tubes from JUBI- The output tubes are numbered with the position LEE MONO SE 1 to JUBILEE MONO SE 2! (1 - 8 ) and the serial number of the correspond- ing unit Insert the power tubes into their sockets. -
Page 12: Recommended Procedure
3. GETTING STARTED 3.4. Recommended procedure Please note: Before you use your LED A and B go out once the start phase amplifier for the first time, we has been completed. Your amplifier is now strongly recommend you to follow ready for use. - Page 13 3. GETTING STARTED Functional test Power Pre Selector in position “Bias high” After checking the readings in the low setting, Checking the bias of the tubes while the muting function is ON, the reading of the you can activate “Bias high”. display shows the value less than 100 of all Bias high is indicated by the blue LED D.
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Page 14: Operating Components
4. OPERATING COMPONENTS 4.1. JUBILEE MONO SE rear panel... - Page 15 4. OPERATING COMPONENTS 4.1. JUBILEE MONO SE rear panel Remote operation Ecomode Switch DC-Input for remote operation. Connector: 6,3 mm Mono-Plug Voltage: 12 V / 50 mA (see chap. 5.7) Mains Input AC input, IEC socket ...
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Page 16: Jubilee Mono Se Top Control Panel
4. OPERATING COMPONENTS 4.2. JUBILEE MONO SE top control panel... - Page 17 4. OPERATING COMPONENTS 4.2. JUBILEE MONO SE top control panel On/Standby (Power) button Power Pre Selector The push button switch in the top control This function reduces the bias current panel can only be used to switch the to approx 50% of its nominal value.
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Page 18: Advanced Functions
5. ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 5.1 Bias measurement facility... -
Page 19: How The Bias Works
5. ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 5.1 Bias measurement facility 5.1.1. How the bias works The bias measurement facility makes it easy for The protective screen does not have to be you to check and adjust the idle current of the removed to do this. output tubes. -
Page 20: The Electronic Protection System
The tubes is showing a value of 400 +/- 20 %. The power consumption of the JUBILEE MONO SE deviation of the reading in position “Low” is amplifier is reduced in the position “Low”. “Low”... -
Page 21: Muting Function
300 W in normal operation mode. Note: Therefore the running unit produces no heat, If you switch on the JUBILEE MONO SE with because the heater voltage and the high Ecomode active, it will go through the start voltage of the power amplifier section are procedure. -
Page 22: Tubes
6. TUBES 6.1. Tube layout Output tubes: V1 - V8: KT120 The output tubes should be se- lected, but due to the separate bias regulators selection grade is not critical Driver tubes: V9 - V11: ECC82 =12 AU 7 V 9: Output stage driver V10: Main amplifier tube... -
Page 23: General Procedure For Changing Tubes
6. TUBES 6.2. General procedure for changing tubes Only qualified personnel should replace tubes. Adjustment after the tube changing General procedure: New driver tubes Replacement driver tubes require no adjustment. Switch the amplifier off and disconnect the plug from the mains supply. Allow it to cool down for New output tubes: 10 minutes. -
Page 24: Removing The Protective Cover To Change Tubes
6. TUBES 6.4. Removing the protective cover to change tubes 6.4.1. Removing the protective top cover to change output tubes See chap. 3.2. 6.4.2. Removing the side panel to replace the driver tubes. Driver tubes normally do not require periodical replacement. Operating the amplifier without the side panel is dangerous and not recommended! Tubes should only be replaced by qualified personnel. -
Page 25: Troubleshooting
Although the JUBILEE MONO SE is also grounded, it is equipped with a special The channels are unbalanced and/or there technology that reliably prevents ground loops. -
Page 26: Identifying Defective Tubes
7. TROUBLESHOOTING 7.2 Identifying defective tubes There are especially four l reasons why tubes To monitor this effect, we have included a can become defective. Control measurement setting in the bias measurement system 1. Breakage of the heater filament and The meter shows the setting required to internal contact problems achieve the correct idle current. -
Page 27: Technical Data And Dimensions
8. TECHNICAL DATA AND DIMENSIONS In- and Outputs Inputs 1 x RCA, 1 x XLR Outputs 2 x Loudspeaker output Amplifier Power output 400W RMS and 450W peak power into 4 ohms 10Hz - 80kHz / 0.5 dB Frequency response ... -
Page 28: Technical Data, Diagrams
9. TECHNICAL DATA, DIAGRAMS Distortion in % at 10W into 4 ohms between 30 Hz and 20 kHz at a variety of bias settings 0.05 = 0,025% 0.02 0.01 Curve 1: Bias adjusted correctly; bias high with selected tubes Curve 2: Distortion curve with unselected tubes Curve 3: Distortion curve bias low... - Page 29 9. TECHNICAL DATA, DIAGRAMS Noise spectrum (1 kHz at 10V) -100 -120 -140 -160 -180 The FFT analysis demonstrates the superb spectral purity of the output signal. No mains-borne noise (normally at 50 and 100Hz) is present THD between 30Hz and 20 kHz 0.01 0.001 0.0001...
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Page 30: Faq
Under normal circumstances, a short circuit efficiency? condition at the speaker outputs will not The impedance and efficiency of modern damage the amplifier. loudspeakers is not an issue for OCTAVE How do you recognize a faulty tube? amplifiers. often-quoted damping... - Page 31 We reserve the right to alter and improve the specifications in pursuit of better. OCTAVE logo is a registered trade mark of Andreas Hofmann. Copyright by Andreas Hofmann. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited. OCTAVE AUDIO Germany www.octave.de...
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