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McIntosh MA5100 Owner's Manual

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THE MclNTOSH MA 5100 STEREO PREAMPLIFIER/POWER AMPLIFIER
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  • Page 1 THE MclNTOSH MA 5100 STEREO PREAMPLIFIER/POWER AMPLIFIER $1.25...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Your MA 5100 stereo preamplifier/power amplifier will give you many years of CONTENTS pleasant and satisfactory performance. If you have any questions concerning the operation or maintenance of this instrument, please contact: Guarantee Installation 2, 3 CUSTOMER SERVICE How to Connect 3, 4, 5 Mclntosh Laboratory Inc.

  • Page 4: Installation

    Position the plastic mounting template over the area of the cabinet to be cut out for installation. The design of the mounting template allows the cutout to be positioned or located from the front or rear of the panel to which the instrument is to be mounted.

  • Page 5: How To Connect

    How to connect Secure the mounting strips to the rear of the cabinet panel using two screws from the hardware package. Insert the screws in the center holes of the cabinet pane! ("B" holes on the template) and tighten. The screw head should pull into the wood slightly.
  • Page 6 How to Connect R E C O R D P L A Y E R TAPE RECORDER TUNER LEFT LOUDSPEAKER RIGHT LOUDSPEAKER...

  • Page 7: What The Controls Do And How To Use Them

    a tape recorder to the L TAPE MONitor input. head on the tape deck (one without its own elec- tronics) to the L TAPE HEAD input. Connect the Connect the cable from the right channel output cable from the right tape recorder head to the R of a tape recorder to the R TAPE MONitor input.
  • Page 8 cision tracked throughout the listening range (0 to TAPE: The TAPE switch makes it possible to instan- taneously compare recorded material with the signal —65 dB) for accurate stereo balance. source. Tape jacks on the back panel are designed MODE SELECTOR: Connects the input program to to accept a signal from a tape recorder with a moni- the loudspeaker in any of the following seven ways: tor head and preamplifier.

  • Page 9: Balancing Your Stereo

    Balancing your Stereo created by a turntable or record changer and acous- tically coupled feedback. FLAT filter disconnected. The performance and enjoyment of a stereo sys- tem is greatly increased when the sound is properly FILTER . . . low frequency rumble and noise below balanced.

  • Page 10: Listening To Your Stereo

    Performance Limits Listening to Your Stereo Performance Limits are the maximum deviation LISTENING TO A STEREO RECORD from perfection permitted for a Mclntosh instrument. Turn the INPUT SELECTOR to PHONO 1 and We promise you that your MA 5100 must be capable PHONO 2, whichever is connected to the record of performance at or exceeding these limits or you player you wish to hear.
  • Page 11 low 10 mV input; equivalent to less than 3 micro- TREBLE: The high frequency program material is volts at input. modified to suit your taste. Right channel is the outer knob, the left channel is the inner knob. TAPE OUTPUT 0.3 volts with rated input, less than 150 ohms VOLUME: Precision tracked at all listening levels.

  • Page 12: Typical Performance Charts

    Typical Performance Charts 10000 20000 1000 FREQUENCY IN HERTZ POWER VS. FREQUENCY 1000 100K FREQUENCY IN HERTZ INTERMODULATION DISTORTION VS. HARMONIC DISTORTION VS. FREQUENCY EQUIVALENT POWER OUTPUT POWER OUTPUT IN WATTS RMS POWER OUTPUT EQUIVALENT WATTS RMS...

  • Page 13: Technical Description

    Technical Description followers. The first emitter follower is driven from the output of the volume control. The second emitter follower is direct coupled to the third stage. The third stage is a high gain voltage amplifier. PREAMPLIFIER SECTION The phono and tape head preamplifier circuits in Signals pass through the input emitter follower the MA 5100 have three transistors in each channel.

  • Page 14: Block Diagrams

    Block Diagram...
  • Page 16 MclNTOSH LABORATORY INC. 2 CHAMBERS ST., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 13903 607-723-3512 Design subject to change without notice. Printed in U.S.A. Be112002 038-605...

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