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Congratulations on your purchase of the World acclaimed “Sterling” triode amplifier from Audion. Your Audion Amplifier is the result of nearly 20 years exhaustive research and development culminating in our current world class product. The chassis is made of anodised aluminium designed to minimise magnetic interference and reduce internal noise to an absolute minimum.
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Carefully remove the Audion Amplifier from its packaging and store both the box and the foam in a safe place, should, in the unlikely event that you ever need to return your Audion to us for maintenance, upgrading or servicing. The packaging has been specifically designed to protect your amplifier.
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Valves/Tubes You will now need to place the valves/tubes into your Audion. The Sterling Mark 1 and 2 use a E88CC or 6922 in the left hand side front and a 5687 on the right hand side front. All Models use either...
WARNING – Do not attempt to remove or replace valves/tubes whilst your Audion is in operation, as by so doing you could destroy the amplifiers circuitry – risk electrical shock to yourself and invalidate your Audion’s warranty.
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The top white sockets are for the Left input(s) the bottom red sockets are for the Right channel(s). Next, connect the loudspeaker cables to your Audion. For all Stereo models the left and right channels are marked by red/black colouring and also ground &...
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Finally Check again – make sure everything is correct. Using your Audion Congratulations you are now ready to switch your Audion on. But first we recommend turning the volume control on the front panel anti-clockwise to zero. On the rear panel locate the on/off button.
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1 to 5 and the Record button allows recording via RCA pair No. 6. In general use your Audion should give many years of trouble free use. The anodised aluminium chassis should be wiped regularly with a clean lint free cloth to remove dust.
<0.1% No Feedback Frequency Response: <10 to >40KHz ±1 db Sensitivity: Variable >200mV Full output Noise: < (CCIR) – 85 db Consumption: 180 Watts Tubes: 2 x KT88, 1 x 5687, 1 x E88CC Revision 1.40 Sterling - 9 - Audion International...
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Sensitivity: Variable >200mV Full output Noise: < (CCIR) – 85 db Consumption: 160 Watts Tubes: 2 x KT88, 1 x 5687, 1 x E88CC Audion International Chez Reynaud Le Haut Mont 17360, La Genetouze France www.audion.co.uk Revision 1.40 Sterling - 10 -...
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