Introduction - moon i-5080 Owner's Manual

MOON i-5080 Integrated Amplifier

Introduction

Your MOON i-5080 integrated amplifier incorporates many significant design features to achieve its
"world class" level of performance. This is an abbreviated list of the more important features:
Proprietary "Advanced Renaissance" Technology which eliminates feedback. The results are as follows:
Real-time amplification is achieved since interactions from the speaker back to the amplifier are virtually
eliminated; More accurate musical reproduction with respect to tonality; Virtually non-existent transient
intermodulation distortion (which is far more degrading to sonic performance than harmonic distortion);
The elimination of common phase errors resulting from feedback.
A custom proprietary toroidal transformer design with lower magnetic, electrical and thermal loss,
yielding a much better power transfer and lower regulation factor, resulting in improved current speed and
better dynamics.
An oversized power supply.
An extremely short capacitor-free signal path measuring under twenty inches in length, from input
RCA connectors to output binding posts, for a faster transient response.
A gain section that uses a Crystal microprocessor functioning as a "shunt to ground" that doesn't
degrade sonic performance regardless of the selected setting.
J-FET input devices in the preamplifier section. Precision matched Bipolar output devices, in the
amplifier section, which offer superb linearity throughout the entire audio frequency spectrum.
One single-ended audio input which functions as a "pass-through", bypassing the gain stage to
accommodate a component such as a home-theater processor, whose own volume control is used instead.
Class A output to 5 watts to maintain efficiency.
Precision matched Bipolar output devices which offer superb linearity throughout the entire audio
frequency spectrum.
A symmetrical circuit design with accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic
components.
Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics.
Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance.
Low operating temperature for a longer than normal life expectancy.
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