Cary Audio Design Xciter - Manual (Page 6)

WELCOME
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THANK YOU
Dear Cary Audio Customer:
I am so pleased and excited about the new Cary Audio Design Xciter, stereo vacuum tube
integrated amplifier. I have spent countless hours designing and refining this very special
vacuum tube amplifier. The Xciter started life in April of 2008 as a companion to a new digital to
analog USB converter I was designing. I had recently discovered the merits of computer full
bandwidth audio. In fact I found my self watching DVD’s on the computer and using the new
Xciter amplifier and a pair of C4 Dynaudio loudspeakers in my listening room. In my lab I found
myself listening to the Xciter amplifier with the amazing Grado GS-1000 headphones. What a
neat combination. I thought this combo had merit and began percolating the final designs in my
in my head. Then to the drawing board.
In October, six months after the initial prototype I had the cosmetic package complete. I needed
to have these new babies on display at the January 2009 CES Show.
Well it is now December of 2008 and I am once again an excited “design-boy” watching the new
Xciter integrated amplifiers go down the Apex, North Carolina, Cary “toy” shop production line.
The companion Xciter DAC will come into production in February of 2009. I can now answer the
question: “How does it sound?” “Amazing, I love it, I love it!!!!!!”
Enjoy the music in your home, or office with your new Xciter integrated amplifier and thank you
for your support.
God Bless you and your family.
Dennis and the Cary Audio Team
WARNING
Electrical hazard! Misuse or failure to follow instructions properly may result in
personal injury or death!
CAUTION
No risk or personal injury; however, misuse or failure to follow instructions may result
in damage to equipment.
NOTE
No risk of personal injury or equipment damage; however, misuse or failure to follow
instructions may prevent proper performance of the equipment.