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OWNERS MANUAL AND SET-UP GUIDE
Genesis Integrated 60-Watt Valve Amplifier
Contents
Set-up and Safety Information ........................................................................ 3
Unpacking and Setting Up .......................................................................... 3
Safety Information ....................................................................................... 3
About Your Amplifier ....................................................................................... 5
Introduction.................................................................................................. 5
Design and Construction ............................................................................. 5
Set-up and Operation ..................................................................................... 6
Speaker Connections .................................................................................. 6
Source Input Connection............................................................................. 7
Operating and Adjustment .......................................................................... 7
Controls ....................................................................................................... 8
Power Switch ........................................................................................... 8
Volume Control ........................................................................................ 8
Selector Switch ........................................................................................ 8
Maintenance ................................................................................................ 9
Adjusting the Bias ....................................................................................... 9
Replacing Tubes ....................................................................................... 10
Specifications ................................................................................................ 11
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I60 Owners Manual Ver 1.2 2
A Message from Genesis
The Genesis Integrated 60-Watt Valve (or vacuum tube) Amplifier is a
limited-edition product that was created as proof of concept that a well-
designed, well-executed, value-priced amplifier will be able to drive any
Genesis loudspeaker with ease and authority.
The transparency, detail retrieval, dynamics, and wide frequency extension
of Genesis loudspeakers place great demands on the quality of
amplification. Because of our emphasis on absolute fidelity-„˘ above all else,
the speakers do represent a difficult, but not impossible load for an amplifier
to drive. The I60 was created as a partner to a pair of Genesis loudspeakers,
and as a result, it has the quality of amplifiers costing much more.
The I60, together with a pair of Genesis loudspeakers, will give your entire
music collection a whole new life. In a well set-up system, it is capable of
transporting the musical performance into your room. The hiss and hum
normally associated with vacuum tubes are completely absent, while
retaining the richness and rightness of the best of this genre of amplifiers.
While developing a value-priced product, quality has not been scaled down.
Hand-selected, precisely matched components are used throughout:
custom-made military-spec paper-in-oil capacitors with aluminum cans are
selectively used; tantalum-film resistors are used on a hand-built discrete
resistor potentiometer as a volume control. The output transformers and
power transformer are laboriously hand wound to precise specifications
tailored to the circuit and tubes used. Point-to-point wiring using solid-core
silver wire is used in the entire signal path. This reduces the resistance,
capacitance and inductance normally associated with ordinary printed circuit
boards. Each and every unit is first burned-in on the test bench, and then run
in for over 100 hours before final test and packaging.
Very little feedback is used -“ just enough to make the amplifier
unconditionally stable. Not the excessive amount usually employed to make
amplifiers measure better at the expense of musicality. The result of all this
obsessive attention to detail is a fabulously musical amplifier capable of
driving almost any loudspeaker in the world.
Before using this unit, please take the time to carefully review the safety
instructions and operating information contained in this Owners Manual and
Set-up Guide. Becoming familiar with your new amplifier and the correct
operating procedures will help assure you of safe usage, reliable operation,
and maximum musical enjoyment.
Please write the serial number and
purchase details of your Genesis
I60 Integrated Valve Amplifier here
for future reference.
Serial No.: ___________________
Bought at: ___________________
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Date: _______________________
Address: ____________________
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Tel: ________________________
