Decware SE84C+ Owner's Manual page 6

OWNERS MANUAL
MANUAL NO. 01
CLIPPING
The first thing everyone is going to do when setting up a Zen amp with a given
set of speakers is find out what the max volume is going to be and if that volume
is enough. Because the clipping characteristics of this amplifier are so polite
it can be hard to hear exactly when the amp is beginning to run out of power
(clip) so here is a secret way to tell:
Turn off the lights and look into the output tubes.
square holes in the gray plate inside the tube where if you look through
them you can see a blue glow on the internal grid of the tube.
plasma is your visual clipping indicator.
that lets you see the blue glow, and raise the volume of the amp until you
see the glow start to flicker to the music.
of the amplifier without distortion.
somewhere past 3/4 on the volume control and on some softer CD's all the
way up.
BIAS SWITCH
This switch as seen in figure 1 is here for one reason only—to change the sound
of the amplifier giving you two possible sounds at any given point while listen-
ing. The switch changes the bias current of the input tube which results in a
more laid back signature vs. a more pronounced signature.
wrong way to set this switch.
it is a function of the source and or preamp you use as well as the type of
speakers you have that determines which way will sound best to you.
This switch can be operated while listening without damage to the amplifier or
speakers even though you will hear a significant Tick, or Pop when the switch is
changed. At 2 watts the amplifier is incapable of blowing up a speaker (even
tweeters) On a similar note, the amplifier itself is impossible to blow up again
for the same reason—it doesn't have enough power to hurt itself.
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Simply find the line of sight
This is the max clean volume
There is no right or
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REV. DATE: 2/2008
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