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  WAVE DAC/Preamp
Description
Manley's WAVE unit is a magnificent sounding preamplifier with built in DAC and 4 extra analogue inputs. Offering 4 digital inputs (AES/EBU, SPDIF, Toslink & ST format) plus a new 24 bit 96KHz digital to analogue converter card designed by Fred Forssell. Manley's design team merged this new DAC with an improved tube stage and added two analogue balanced and two unbalanced inputs. Three sets of outputs and a processor loop are also all switchable from the front panel and the unit is supplied with a fully functioning remote control, the first Manley product to feature this. All fascia functions are operable by the remote, including the volume control.

The Manley WAVE is unique. Few products of this type are as at home in a professional Mastering facility as they are as key components in audiophile domestic systems.

The WAVE's combination of features and functions came to fruition after analyzing existing systems. Many were at best, functional, lacking elegance in signal flow, operational convenience and synergy. Manley's engineers and designers set out to build something they felt they could use in their own living rooms. Something that could be upgraded as new standards evolved, and something that be easily interfaced with a mixture of balanced, unbalanced and digital connections.

The WAVE has 4 digital inputs and 4 analogue inputs as standard. The digital inputs accommodate most current interconnect standards. The analogue inputs allow both balanced and unbalanced connections. The unit usually ships with 2 balanced and 2 unbalanced inputs, but the factory will custom configure a unit for special requirements (such as 4 balanced inputs) In recognition of real life day to day needs, extra input & output facilities are standard. For those who record, or have need of external processing, there is an Insert loop (a term borrowed from pro audio) similar to a tape or processing loop. There is also provision for more than one set of amplifiers/speakers with 3 outputs (2 can be switched, 1 is always on)

The WAVE has a stylish (retro-contemporary?) finish, along with an external power supply. The tube analogue section is a new design and was developed to out-perform Manley's previous benchmark, both audibly and in specifications.

 

Specifications

THE WAVE 24/96 version

  • 24 Bit 96KHz Digital to Analog Converter Board

  • Totally DUAL MONO design

  • Vacuum tube output stage (2 x 12AX7, 2 x 7044)

  • BALANCED and UNBALANCED outputs x 3

  • BALANCED and UNBALANCED analog inputs x 4

  • Motorized ALPS quad-attenuator volume control

  • 4 x switchable digital input AES, SPDIF, ST, Toslink

  • 1 x SPDIF digital output pass-through

  • 4 x switchable ANALOG inputs balanced & unbalanced

  • Tape/Processor Loop

  • Separate PSU

  • Remote Control

  • Dimensions: 19" W x 5.25" H x 13" D

  • Unit weight WAVE = 23 lbs.; PSU = 15 lbs.

  • Shipping weight: 49 lbs.


DIGITAL SECTION

  • Burr-Brown PCM1704 D-A converters operating at 96 KHz at all times
  • All inputs below 96 KHz are upsampled to 96 KHz before conversion
  • The upsampled output is clocked out via a Low Phase Noise/Low Jitter precision crystal oscillator to eliminate any interface jitter or timing problems with the incoming datastream
  • Multiple power supplies are used, with additional regulation and filtering located at all critical components
  • Differential Passive LC filtering is used on the voltage output of the DAC PCB
  • High Speed JFET Current to Voltage Conversion with differential output is used to drive the Passive LC Filter
  • It will wash your car, clean your windows, make coffee and sound good all at the same time...

ANALOG SECTION

  • ALL-TUBE BALANCED LINE AMPLIFIER (2 x 12AX7, 2 x 7044)

  • BALANCED I/O UNBALANCED I/O

  • MAXIMUM GAIN 12 dB

  • MAXIMUM OUTPUT +30 dBu, 25 V rms (70V P-P)(+31dbu @ 1.5% THD)

  • +8.25 dBu digital full scale (2.0 V Rms)

  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- .5 dB
    8 Hz to 45 kHz +/- 3 dB

  • THD+N .015% 20/20k bandwidth

  • NOISE FLOOR -88 db (20 Hz - 20 kHz) (-90 A-Wght)

  • S/N 120 dB analog (96 db digital)

  • L/R Volume Control Matching .2 dB (from -50 to max)


INPUT / OUTPUT:

  • DIGITAL INPUTS, 4, AES/EBU, S/PDIF, TOSLINK, ST (AT&T GLASS)

  • DIGITAL OUTPUTS, 1, S/PDIF follows AES or SPDIF digital input selection

  • ANALOG INPUTS 4 stereo (standard: 2 unbalanced RCA phono jack,
    2 balanced XLR)(pin 2 hot)

  • INSERT SEND and RETURN (Tape processor loop)

  • ANALOG OUTPUTS 3 stereo (standard, 2 unbalanced RCA phono jack, 1 balanced XLR)

  • INSERT I/O With analog inputs UNITY GAIN (direct connected via relays)


  • Reference level to digital full scale: With digital -14 (CD); With digital -20 (Pro)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

  • MOTORIZED ATTENUATOR WITH FULL REMOTE CONTROL

  • EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY

  • DIGITAL PHASE / POLARITY SWITCH,

  • INSERT FOR TAPE MONITOR, PROCESSOR LOOP, ETC.

  • MANUAL MUTE, WARM-UP MUTE & STANDBY MODES.

  • "Manley Blue" anodized 3/8" thick by 19" FRONT PANEL, 18 BLUE LEDS

  • UPGRADEABLE DIGITAL BOARD

MANY CUSTOM OPTIONS AVAILABLE INCLUDING:
ANY COMBINATIONS OF BALANCED AND UNBALANCED I/O INSERT MOD FOR SURROUND PROCESSORS (RETURN POST LINE AMP)




PDF Files
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