Table of Contents: Introduction....... The Gryphon..... The Man......Made in Denmark..... Musical Objectives... The Gryphon Master Tape Collection......Design Principles..... Exterior Design....Manufacture and Assembly. Using Your Gryphon AC Voltage......Burn-in and Warm-up..Placement......Menu Activated functions......Balanced Connections..Choice of Cables....
Gryphon unambiguous sense of instru- Audio Designs of Denmark. ment location even in the loud- Your new Gryphon unit has est passages are also high pri- been painstakingly designed to orities. To achieve these objec- re-create the sound of live...
Marketing, which quickly sonic goals. became Denmark’s leading High End audio import compa- Gryphon Audio Designs was founded in 1985 as an offshoot of 2R Marketing, The first prod-...
Danish traditions Master Tape which are distilled to their The house of Gryphon, this is where all finest essence in every unit that Gryphon products are developed. Collection Manufacturing is in the hands of a bears the Gryphon name.
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All Gryphon designs are real- While printed circuit ized with an absolute minimum boards in more conventional of negative feedback, which...
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Vibration- custom-built exclusively for sensitive components, capaci- Gryphon. Because what is left tors in particular, are thus guar- out is just as important as what anteed a non-resonant environ- goes in, an absolute minimum ment.
In every Gryphon product, quality control. form follows function in a The very first loose sketch of the Diablo 300 unique synthesis of aesthetics by FER Printed circuit boards are practicality.
Diablo only on a stable sur- front. face which can reliably support Your Gryphon unit is especially If the led indicator to the left of the weight of the amplifier. The made for the AC voltage of the...
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Naming Inputs and then monitor. Diablo 300 will mute its outputs. You can assign a specific name If you do not wish to access the to each input, either a pre-pro- menu-controlled functions, grammed standard name or a press Monitor when exits blink.
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the 8-character name which press the volume buttons to you can create. If a custom move up or down through the name already been standard name list in the follow- assigned to this input, it will be ing order: displayed. To select a character (letter, number, symbol, empty CD –...
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Monitor. The selected maxi- play, press Monitor. 100% will mum volume setting is now appear in the display. Choose stored in memory. CHANGE between 100%,75%,50%,25% MAX LEVEL will appear in the and Off. Press an Input button display. Press Menu to select repeatedly until the desired the next menu-controlled func- level of brightness appears.
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Restoring Default your normal stereo loudspeak- ers with a separate surround Settings processor by connecting the You can delete all of your cus- left and right front channels tom Menu settings and return to from your surround processor the factory pre-set default set- to Input 3 of the Diablo and tings.
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12v Link NEVER connect a normal line- This is a connection allowing level source such as a tuner, CD certain Gryphon models to player, etc. directly to this input, exhange information. while it is configured in this manner. You can always restore Input 3 to normal operation via the Menu.
Balanced Gryphon audio device, it will immediately reveal the charac- Connections teristics and possible limita- tions of the other components All Gryphon products uses the in your system, as well as those AES standard for balanced con- of the interconnects and loud- nections.
Test the product on a non-visi- ble surface, before using any fluids. Acrylic surfaces should only be wiped with a very soft, dry cloth. Small scratches may be removed with fiberglass polish. Fingerprints may be removed with a damp cloth. Do NOT use spirits or paper tissue.
OPTIONAL Diablo PS2 Phono module Gain: Moving coil (MC) 64dB Moving magnet (MM) 42dB Impedance: Moving Coil ( MC ) 20 or 100 Ohm Moving Magnet ( MM ) 47 kOhm/200pf. S/N ratio: Input 250mV 1kHz >72dB Input 2.5mV 1kHz >84dB Input impedance in MC mode With the (red) jumper placed to the right side of the jumper sockets (JP101) and (JP301) the input imped-...
24, 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, up to 32 • Two four-layer printed circuit The Diablo 300 DAC is the per- bits boards up to 70my copper fect match for the new Diablo 300 integrated amplifier, •...
The Diablo 300 remote control and IR IN 3.5 mm jack socket uses the Philips RC-5 standard for infra red communication. The following RC-5, sys- tem 16 codes are used for the Gryphon Diablo 300: ON/OFF: MUTE: VOL UP: VOL DOWN:...
Warranty The Gryphon Diablo 300 is warranted against failures arising through faulty workmanship and materials for a period of 3 year from date of purchase. The warranty is not transferable. This warranty is only valid in the country where the product was pur- chased.
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