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Manley SNAPPER Owner's Manual

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MANLEY
LABORATORIES, INC.
THE SNAPPER
THE SNAPPER
THE SNAPPER
THE SNAPPER
THE SNAPPER
OWNER'S MANUAL
OWNER'S MANUAL
OWNER'S MANUAL
OWNER'S MANUAL
OWNER'S MANUAL
TUBES
TUBES
TUBES
TUBES
TUBES
brought to you by the clever folks at:
MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC.
13880 MAGNOLIA AVE.
CHINO, CA. 91710 USA
TEL: (909) 627-4256
FAX: (909) 628-2482
email: emanley@manleylabs.com
website: www.manleylabs.com
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  • Page 1 MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC. THE SNAPPER THE SNAPPER THE SNAPPER THE SNAPPER THE SNAPPER OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL TUBES TUBES RULE RULE TUBES RULE TUBES TUBES RULE RULE brought to you by the clever folks at: MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS SECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION MAINS CONNECTIONS GETTING STARTED MOVING RIGHT ALONG LEARNING ABOUT TUBES BIASING YOUR AMPLIFIERS SIMPLE TROUBLESHOOTING REPLACING A TUBE OR FUSE TUBE FAQ MORE SILLY VACUUM TUBE QUESTIONS OPTIMIZING YOUR SOUND SYSTEM 13 & 14 CREDITS SPECIFICATIONS...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    It may have been the right combination of price, power, features and styling for you. It may have been because you know the Manley Labs reputation for quality, reliability, and integrity. If any or all of these were the reasons, you made a good choice and for that, we thank you.

  • Page 4: Mains Connections

    If you relocate from, say, a 120v country to a 240v country, you will need us to rewire the Snapper's power transformer for you or get instructions from us to perform this operation if you happen to be as good at soldering as we are, or know someone who is.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    As with other equipment of this sort, it is best to keep the SNAPPER out of reach of pets or children, or be careful to keep children and pets away from the amplifier when in use.

  • Page 6: Moving Right Along

    Once they are stabilized, you may now switch ON your Snappers. The mains power switch is located on the back of the chassis right at the IEC power inlet. You shouldn't need to turn the Snapper around or get yourself behind it. You should be able to "feel" the rocker switch located next to the AC power cord.

  • Page 7: Learning About Tubes

    6 months for How can I tell when I need to replace them? Most problems reasons of tone . The SNAPPER s tubes are arranged to relating to the output tubes will show up while performing the operate in a quite conservative operating regime, allowing a bias procedure (on the next page).

  • Page 8: Biasing Your Amplifiers

    (And we’re not going to tell you what that surprise might be or it will spoil it for everybody.) You should expect extended life from the tubes in your MANLEY SNAPPER amplifiers if you adhere to the procedures described above, and check your EL34 standing current at least once every 2-3 months.

  • Page 9: Simple Troubleshooting

    HISS: Stray snakes in the room. Switch to the unused input using the RCA / XLR selector. Did the hiss stop? If so, then the source of the hiss is something upstream from the SNAPPER. If the noise level is the same, then the problem is in the SNAPPER - probably a noisey 12AT7 or 7044. Try swapping (with the power off please) one tube at a time across to the other channel to see if the hiss moves over there.

  • Page 10: Replacing A Tube Or Fuse

    Are they really new? (Hard to tell sometimes.) Are they tested? Were they tested for optimum performance in a Snapper? We didn't think so. By virtue of our experience, testing, and selection we do recommend you obtain replacement tubes from the factory. We will indeed be looking after the best interests of you and your Snapper in our tube selection travails.

  • Page 11: Tube Faq

    TUBE FAQ A few general all-too-frequently-asked vacuum tube questions from the manleylabs.com FAQ as found on our website are answered here in case you don't have internet access (which we don't doubt because after all you bought vacuum tube amplifiers, didn't you?): (Don't take that comment personally.

  • Page 12: More Silly Vacuum Tube Questions

    More silly vacuum tube questions... FAQ #16f. Should I turn off my gear between uses? While power cycling is a factor for ultimate tube life, there also is a fixed number of electrons that can ultimately jump off the cathode. In general we do recommend if you aren’t using the gear for more than a few hours you should power it down.

  • Page 13: Optimizing Your Sound System 13

    Optimising Your Sound System This section is full of Hutch's little hints that may help you get the most out of your stereo - and it may not cost anything or cost very little. Probably, you know most of this, but hopefully some of it may be new or refresh your memory or just be refreshing reading in a manual.
  • Page 14 More Helpful Hints from Hutch... You may have bought a great system but there is a good chance that you are only getting a fraction of its potential. Very frequently we have experienced top quality electronics sounding unimpressive simply because acoustics were ignored. Even amongst studio engineers, few can really tell the difference between good speakers in a bad room and bad speakers in a good room - but they all know good speakers in a good room and very likely so do you.

  • Page 15: Credits

    CREDITS CREDITS CREDITS CREDITS CREDITS MANLEY SNAPPER MANLEY SNAPPER MANLEY SNAPPER MANLEY SNAPPER MANLEY SNAPPER An EveAnna Manley Production Starring: Mitch Margolis as the circuit designer Mastered by: Baltazar Hernandez In keeping with our new tradition of naming fresh new Manley HIFI products after aquatic creatures, we set out to design a very nifty 100 watt monoblock.

  • Page 16: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Input Impedance RCA: 475 Kohm Input Impedance XLR: 15 Kohm (serial #MSN524 and below are switchable between 15 Kohm or 600 ohm) Input Sensitivity RCA: 750mV input = 110W output Input Sensitivity XLR: 1.5 V input = 110W output Gain RCA: factory set for 31 dB;...

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