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Reference Manual
Macro-Tech
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24x6 & 36x12 Power Amplifiers
ILLUSTRATIONS
1.1 Macro-Tech 36x12 Amplifier ......................................................7
2.1 Front Facilities ...........................................................................8
2.2 Rear Facilities ...........................................................................9
3.1 Mounting Dimensions.............................................................. 10
3.2 Top View of a Rack-Mounted Unit ............................................ 10
3.3 Proper Air Flow in a Rack Cabinet ........................................... 10
3.4 Wiring (a Macro-Tech 36x12 is shown) .................................... 11
3.5 Unbalanced Input Wiring.........................................................12
3.6 Balanced Input Wiring ............................................................. 12
3.7 Balanced and Unbalanced Phone Plug Wiring ........................ 12
3.8 Subsonic Filter Capacitors ...................................................... 13
3.9 Unbalanced RFI Filters ............................................................ 13
3.10 Balanced RFI Filters ................................................................ 13
3.11 Wire Size Nomograph ............................................................. 14
3.12 Inductive Load (Transformer) Network ..................................... 16
3.13 Loudspeaker Fuse Selector Nomograph ................................. 16
4.1 Indicators ................................................................................ 17
4.2 ODEP and Signal/IOC Indicator States .................................... 18
4.3 Input Sensitivity and Ground Lift Switches ............................... 20
5.1 A Typical Power Supply ...........................................................21
5.2 Complex Musical Waveforms .................................................. 22
5.3 VZ Supply in Parallel Mode ..................................................... 22
5.4 VZ Supply in Series Mode ....................................................... 22
5.5 Circuit Block Diagram .............................................................24
6.1 Typical Frequency Response ..................................................27
6.2 Typical Damping Factor .......................................................... 27
6.3 Typical Output Impedance ...................................................... 27
6.4 Typical Phase Response .........................................................28
7.1 Macro-Tech 24x6 Pwr Draw, Current Draw and Therm Dis ....... 28
7.1 Macro-Tech 36x12 Pwr Draw, Current Draw and Therm Dis .....29
8.1 Installing a PIP Module ............................................................30
8.2 Installing a Level Control Shaft Lock ........................................ 32