Features & credits – Manley The WAVE DAC/Preamp 24/96 Version Serial Code WAVE016-present 2002 - present User Manual

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FEATURES:

24-Bit 96KHz Digital to Analog Converter Board
DIGITAL PHASE / POLARITY SWITCH
4 x switchable digital inputs AES, SPDIF, ST Glass, Toslink
1 x SPDIF digital output pass-through
4 x Stereo ANALOG INPUTS: (standard: 2 x stereo unbalanced RCA, 2 x stereo balanced XLR)
INSERT SEND and RETURN (Tape processor loop) Available balanced XLR or Unbalanced RCA
Motorized ALPS quad-attenuator volume control
Vacuum tube output stage (2 x 12AX7EH input tubes; 2 x 7044 JAN NOS USA output tubes)
3 x Stereo ANALOG OUTPUTS: (standard: 2 x stereo unbalanced RCA, 1 x balanced XLR)
(Output 1 is always on.)
Reference level to digital full scale:

With digital -14 (CD consumer setting);
With digital -20 (Pro Studio Reference Setting)

Remote Control operates the whole faceplate
MANUAL MUTE, WARM-UP MUTE & STANDBY MODES
Separate outboard Power Supply Unit
"Manley Blue" anodized 3/8" thick by 19" rackable front panel, 17 BLUE LEDS

MANY CUSTOM OPTIONS AVAILABLE INCLUDING:
Any combinations of balanced and unbalanced I/O, or any combination of digital input types.
(Expect extra NRE charges for anything involving custom silk-screening of faceplate)
INSERT MOD FOR SURROUND PROCESSORS (RETURN POST LINE AMP)

CREDITS:

An EveAnna Manley Production. The WAVE was EveAnna's concept and most of the cosmetic look and
list of functions and feature set came from her conceptual design. It had to be good enough for her living
room too. (It is).

Baltazar Hernandez is Manley's Chief Draftsman and he spent the most time on this project on the CAD
programs laying out circuit boards, panels and boxes. He built the first few prototypes by hand as well.

Craig 'Hutch' Hutchison is Manley's Chief Designer and the new balanced line stage is from his bench as
well as the myriad of options and configuration possibilities. Hutch and EveAnna wrote this silly Owner's
Manual with some English-as Second-Language contributions from Humberto Rodriguez in our QC
department.

Jerry Garszva designed the logic involved in the front panel and remote control. You can also see his name
on any copy of Steely Dan's Gaucho and Fagen's Nightfly for which he received a few Grammys.

Bascom King & Fred Forsell are behind the 24/96 digital board.
And many other good folks contributed in listenening tests and suggestions.
Our thanks to all of these unsung heros!

FEATURES & CREDITS