Ifi PRO Ican User Manual

Pro iCAN

User Manual

Thank you for purchasing this Pro series iCAN. The Pro iCAN is both :

(i)

a Professional Headphone Amplier;

(ii) a fully-edged, High-end Preamplier.

WARNING: The Pro iCAN is VERY POWERFUL and can oer very large amounts of sub-bass boost. As a start-

ing point, always use the lowest gain possible and start with the volume set low and

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set to OFF. iFi

is not responsible for any ancillary equipment damage caused by the Pro iCAN.

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1

4

6a

7

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iCAN

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3

1.

LED Logo (illuminated)

2.

Power Switch

3.

Input Selector

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Bass Correction System
Operation Modes (Solid-State/Tube/Tube+)
Headphone Output Sockets

5 6b 6c 6d 9 10 11

7.

P. 4
P. 4
P. 4
P. 4
P. 5
P. 6

Holographic for Headphones® /
Holographic for Loudspeakers® Systems

8.

NOS GE5670 Tubes

9.

Gain Selection

10.

Volume Control

11.

IR Remote Control

P. 7
P. 9
P. 9
P.10
P.10

12 13 14

1815

171619

Balanced Input

12.

Unbalanced Inputs 1-3

13.

Balanced Line Output

14.

Unbalanced Line Outputs

15.

P.10
P.10
P.10
P.10

16.

Quad-Damped Isolation Base Mount

17.

DC Loop-Out

18.

Connector for iFi Electrostatic Add-On Module

19.

DC Power Supply Input

P.11
P.11
P.11
P.11

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1.

LED Logo

Warming-up: Orange (ashing)
Tube/Tube+ mode: Orange
Solid-State mode: White
Protection: Red

Tip: See Section 5 for details of the dierent operation modes.

Power Switch

2.

ON/OFF.

Note: When switched on, the Pro iCAN will go through a warm-up sequence of 45 seconds before it is operational.

3.

Input Selector

Input 1-3: RCA, single-ended.
Input balanced: XLR, balanced.

Tip: Even if single-ended RCA inputs are used with balanced outputs, the Pro iCAN will still operate in fully-balanced mode for

the highest sound quality.

Bass Correction System

4.

Dierent recordings and dierent headphones exhibit dierent frequency responses. is an analogue signal processing
(ASP) circuitry. It is sonically superior to Digital Signal Processing (DSP) systems. is tailored to correct the bass deciency
in the headphone/loudspeaker and achieve the desired level. It is NOT a traditional tone or loudness control. The maximum
boost is 12dB and the frequency at which this maximum boost it achieved is as follows:

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