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- Page 1 XP-15 Owner’s Manual March 27, 2009 XP-15 Owner’s Manual...
- Page 2 Power Cords: Pass Labs provides a power supply cord that meets all legislated requirements for the market in which the product was originally sold. If you choose to substitute an after-market product we urge you to choose a polarized cord that is fully safety rated by the necessary local authority.
- Page 3 (530) 367 3690 fax: (530) 367 2193 “Pass”, “pass”, “Pass Labs”, “Pass Laboratories”, Supersymmetery”, “Aleph”, and “Zen” and are all registered trademarks of Pass Laboratories, Inc., and all rights thereto are protected by law. XP-15 Owner’s Manual...
- Page 4 XP-15, Wayne Colburn’s latest phono- stage and successor to the X-ono. Thank you for purchasing the XP-15, we trust that you will find it easy to set up and a joy to use. The XP-15 has a very accurate RIAA equalization curve. This curve is accurate to better than 1/10 dB over 10 octaves.
- Page 5 This extremely low noise / high gain structure of the XP-15 is capable of cleanly and quietly delivering in excess of 0.5V line level signal output with a phono cartridge input of 80 micro-volts.
- Page 6 100 ohms with a gain of 76 In order to set the XP-15 for your particular cartridge you will need to have some salient information on the cartridge. If you do not have that cartridge information please contact your dealer or the Pass Laboratories factory.
- Page 7 XP-15 (Moving Magnet or Moving Coil). You will also need to attach the ground connection from your turntable to the single white five way binding post on the XP-15. The XP-15 will function without this connection made up but the background noise level will likely be excessive.
- Page 8 XP-15 are reduced by a like amount. In this way there is no penalty to selecting one gain setting over another. The exemplary signal vs.
- Page 9 XP-15. As long as you derive your final setting empirically you may ignore these effects, your moving coil cartridge will not.
- Page 10 1-3, 5-8 “off ”. Give the XP-15 a couple minutes to settle in electronically and turn the power-amps back on. Listen to the system critically for some time (10 minutes to an hour) using various musical selections that you are familiar with.
- Page 11 1) Simplicity and a minimum number of components is a key element, and is well reflected in the quality of better tube designs. The fewer pieces in series with the signal path, the better. XP-15 Owner’s Manual...
- Page 12 We give these precepts a great deal of thought in the design and voicing of product. You only need to address the cartridge loading till it sounds good to you. Some Suggested Resistive Loading Values ohms 1000 47000 XP-15 Owner’s Manual...
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- Page 16 15 watts Dimensions, 17”W x 12”D x 4”H Shipping Weight 25 pounds in packing carton Pass Laboratories PO Box 219 24449 Foresthill Rd Foresthill, CA 95631 USA www.passlabs.com service@passlabas.com tel: (530) 367 3690 fax: (530) 367 2193 XP-15 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 17: Warranty Information
Removal or alteration of original Pass Labs serial numbers voids the factory warranty. Product with altered or missing serial numbers will be suspect as counterfeit or stolen product.
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