More front panel controls – Manley The WAVE DAC/Preamp 24/96 Version Serial Code WAVE016-present 2002 - present User Manual

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INSERT CONTINUED:
NOTE 1) The insert send and return can be factory wired for either balanced or unbalanced loops. Balanced Inserts use XLR
3 pin connectors appropriate for professional reel to reel tape decks and pro EQs (like the Manley Massive Passive) or other
balanced hifi gear. For a nominal charge we can also provide sensible tape monitor switching and input/output for 2 tape decks
and EQ (but we expect very few will need this level of complexity).

NOTE 2) On special request, the factory can modify the INSERT for appropriate surround sound decoders so that the INSERT
RETURN bypasses the Volume Control and Tube Line Amplifier and comes back right before the Output Select. This assumes
the surround sound decoder becomes the master volume control. This arrangement allows the high quality WAVE DAC and
selected analog inputs to feed the surround sound decoder and retains the 5.1 calibrated levels while also allowing multiple
outputs and an integrated way to quickly return to a true audiophile two channel mode. This mod is called the HT BYPASS or
Home Theater Bypass function. Contact us for more details.

I) OUTPUT 2: The WAVE has 3 final stereo outputs. Unless muted, Output 1 is always on and there are no relays in this signal
path on the output end. Output 2 and Output 3 can be turned on and off separately. The WAVE is standardly and normally set
up in an interlocked fashion so that either output 2 or 3 is on and pushing either button toggles between these two. Both cannot
be activated at the same time. This allows alternative amplifier/speaker selection. This is often needed by mastering engineers
(they typically use a few different speakers to verify quality and compatibility) and reviewers for A/B testing as well as audiophiles
with dedicated headphone systems and surround set-ups, or big speakers vs. little speakers, driving two systems from the WAVE,
but not both at the same time.

NOTE: There are internal jumpers (see page 12) that change this arrangement so that Output 2 and Output 3 can be used in
an independent fashion and both outputs can come on at the same time if you want. Pushing Output 2 will activate Output 2 and
pushing it again will turn it off. Independently, pushing Output 3 will turn it on and pushing the button again will turn it off.
An application for this is would be multiple room systems where the WAVE feeds amps and speakers in several locations at once
and you have tunes playing all over the house. If the WAVE is set to use Output 2 and Output 3 independently the remote will
only control Output 2. Output 3 can only be selected on the front panel, and not on the remote control. That's the way it is.

J) OUTPUT 3: As above. Output 3 is a transformer coupled balanced floating XLR output and is fully compatible to drive
balanced or unbalanced inputs and is the best choice when long lines need to be driven. Pin 1 (Shield/Ground) may be
disconnected in situations where ground loops and hum are be a problem.

K) MUTE: Simply silences the WAVE when activated. The WAVE has two other conditions that force MUTE. There is a 20
second time delay MUTE when the WAVE is first powered up to prevent noisy bangs and big thumps that are typical before the
tubes are drawing all their current and the output caps are charged up (it also mutes quickly on power-down to prevent more
of the same). The second "force mute" condition is when one of the digital inputs is initially selected and there is no data (or
the data is invalid). Again, this is to prevent un-controlled glitches and digital noise that you probably do not want to hear.

L) STANDBY: This is a "barely on" "sleep" mode that turns off the power to the DAC, relays, LEDs & tubes and just uses a
trickle of power to allow the front panel logic to remember its settings, respond to buttons and to the remote control. The Standby
indicator should be dim and all other LEDs will be fully off when in STANDBY mode. When STANDBY is pushed again, all
the LEDs return to the last used setting, except the MUTE which is in "force mute" for 20 seconds as the tubes warm up.

NOTE: There may be a short learning curve involved between the various combinations of MUTE, OUTPUT 2 & 3, INSERT
and INPUT SELECT where it seems annoying that you have to push buttons to get music. If you are like us, the cause is a bit
of impatience while waiting for the warm-up mute delay to disengage and pushing buttons which end up re-routing the signal
where you don't expect it to go and causing confusion when it was only muted during the warm-up. If you wait the 20 seconds
before pushing any buttons, the WAVE will return to the last used setting, where it was, before it was put in Standby.

When the WAVE is unplugged or the power turned off at the external power supply at the IEC power cord, the settings are lost
and it tends to power up with the PHASE, MUTE and OUT 3 selected but with no source selected. There is no default initial
setting so this may be random (including INSERT). You will probably need to push the PHASE, MUTE and select one of the
eight INPUTs. Depending on your system OUT 2 may have to be toggled as well. The settings are not retained with a battery,
and the logic is discrete rather than employing a micro-controller to prevent another source of clocked logic noise entering the
system. You just have to look at what is lit after you first turn it on, but using STANDBY will be painless if you have 20 seconds
worth of patience.

Very rarely the digital input reciever may lock-up when switching between various sources. Switching to a different digital input
and back usually cures this and STANDBY totally resets the DAC board.

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