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- Page 1 O W N E R S M A N U A L MANUAL NO. 01 REV. DATE: 5/20/2017 The Zen Taboo MK IV P l a n a r H e a d p h o n e MODEL TABOOMKIV Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
- Page 2 • Hi & Lo output modes to accommodate both efficient and non-efficient headphones • Drives Planar Headphones and Dynamic headphones with 1700 mW per channel • Cryogenically treated Beeswax Caps, UFO wide bandwidth output transformers and NO circuit boards. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
- Page 3 Do not confuse this tube with a New Old Stock 274B or one from TJ Full Music Company as those tubes are not compatible with the Taboo or any Decware amplifiers. The ValveArt 274B is just a ruggedized 5U4 that also happens to sound better.
- Page 4 If your 9 pin tubes have bent pins, they can be easily straightened with a tube pin straightener occasionally available on eBay, or pins can be individually straightened with a small needle nose plier. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
- Page 5 RCA sources, or one RCA source and one XLR source. There is a source switch for each channel located just in front of the RCA jacks. SOURCE SWITCH Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
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Page 6: Power Switch
If you plan to use the Taboo to drive loudspeakers, hook them up to the speaker jacks shown below. Red is + and Black is -. Do not hook the two black speaker jacks together or to ground as the Taboo will not work properly. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com... - Page 7 These readings indicate milliamps. As long as each tube falls between these two numbers it is ok to use. If a tube reads higher or lower it should not be used. Average tube life is 3000 ~ 6000 hours. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
- Page 8 If you hear any hum, set the switch to the lower setting. You are now ready to listen to music. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
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Page 9: Operation
When the dial is fully counter-clockwise the effect is difficult to detect right away. When the dial is fully clockwise the effect is obvious. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com... - Page 10 This arrangement also typically sounds better than a cable with only 3 conductors. Below is the pin out of the Taboo 4 PIN XLR headphone jack. Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
- Page 11 Extraction. Using too much will often ruin the recording. (The prior version of the Taboo had Cross-Feed and Extraction on two separate switches and neither were adjustable.) Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...
- Page 12 Input jacks RCA type 24K Gold / Teflon Output jacks Gold 5-way binding posts accept 8 gauge wire Warranty Lifetime to original owner / 90 days on tubes Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com...