Table of Contents: Introduction... The Gryphon... Diablo... The Man... Made in Denmark... Musical Objectives... The Gryphon Master Tape Collection... Design Principles... Exterior Design... Manufacture and Assembly. Using Your Gryphon... AC Voltage... Burn-in and Warm-up... Placement... Menu Activated functions... Balanced Connections... Choice of Cables...
Introduction Welcome to the global family of proud owners of fine audio com- ponents from Gryphon Audio Designs of Denmark. Your new Gryphon unit has been painstak- ingly designed to re-create the sound of live music taking place in its original recorded space. Every Gryphon product...
Flemming E. Rasmussen The Gryphon Head Amp 1985 The Man Gryphon Audio Designs is the brainchild Flemming Rasmussen and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to allow the purest essence of the live music experience to be recreated in the home environment.
Gryphon is located in beautiful tranquil sur- roundings. Gryphon product exists for one simple purpose: to bring the user closer in the never-ending quest for a more natural and convinc- ing musical illusion. Every Gryphon design has been built to cruise effortlessly through even the most demanding musi- cal passages, regardless of vol- ume level, with a musical pres-...
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ucts utilize conductor tracks a mere 35 um thick, Gryphon employs at least 70 um traces of the highest purity. Beginning with our very first product, “The Head Amp” all Gryphon products have featured extremely wide frequency band- width, because the ability to reproduce ultra-sonic frequen- cies with no difficulty ensures lin- ear phase across the audible fre-...
Gryphon Audio Designs in the outskirts of the small town of Ry electrical interference. Meticulous attention to such issues makes a significant con- tribution to the relaxing, open and transparent Gryphon sound. Unique, non-invasive protection circuitry offers reliable, fuss-free protection without compromising signal purity and signal path sim- plicity, with no conventional relays in the signal path to...
organically out of the audio cir- cuit design and the user inter- face for a truly unique integration of form and function. Manufacture and Assembly At our laboratories and manufac- turing facilities in Denmark, we maintain full control over every aspect of development and pro- duction, and the members of our conscientious staff diligently fol-...
The master On/Off switch on the Diablo is placed on the underside of the unit near the front. approximately 45 minutes after turn-on. With the exception of Class A power amplifiers, we recommend leaving your Gryphon components powered up at all times. Placement Care must be taken to position the Diablo only on a stable sur-...
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Naming Inputs You can assign a specific name to each input, either a pre-pro- grammed standard name or a custom name of your choice of up to 8 characters. When NAME INPUT appears in the display, press Monitor. SELECT INPUT: 1 will appear in the display.
CD – DVD – DSD – TUNER – TAPE – PHONO – DAT – MINI- DISC – AUX When the name which you wish to assign to the input is dis- played, press Monitor. The name is now stored in memory and will be displayed each time you select that input.
repeatedly until the desired level of brightness blinks. The display will immediately change to the selected brightness, unless you have selected OFF. If OFF is selected, the display will turn off after you exit the Menu. Press Monitor. The selected brightness level is now stored in memory.
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CAUTION: When Input 3 is set up as a dedicated AV connec- tion, the Diablo’s volume control is automatically set at a fixed level. The signal from the sur- round processor goes to the Diablo power amplifier section and MUST be calibrated and attenuated by the surround processor.
Subwoofer connection This output allow you to connect a active subwoofer or a second poweramplifier. Link This is a connection allowing certain Gryphon models exhange information. Balanced Connections All Gryphon products uses the AES standard for balanced con- nections. 1. Ground 2.
finish which we achieve. To maintain your Gryphon compo- nents pristine condition, please follow these simple instructions. Metal surfaces may be cleaned with a damp cloth. Some product made for treatment of vinyl inte- riors in cars may be useful. Test the product on a non-visible sur- face, before using any fluids.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Hazardous live AC Do not expose the unit to drip- ping water or moist. Placement: Do not place your Diablo on top of any heat producing products, such as power amplifiers or DACs. If you place the Diablo inside any Hi-FI furniture or cab- inets, there must be a clearance of a minimum of 10cm (4 inch-...
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Input impedance in MM mode The input impedance in MM mode is 47kOhm/200pF. Switching between MM and MC ( yellow illustration ) The selection of MC or MM is made with jumpers JP100, JP102, JP104, JP300, JP302, and JP304. 64dB...
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