Pass XP-17 Owner's Manual

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XP-17 Owner’s Manual

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For your protection please read the following:

Water and moisture: Electrical devices should not be used near

water ( as per example, near a bathtub, washbasin, kitchen sink,
laundry tub, wet basement or swimming pool ). Care should be
taken such that objects do not have the opportunity to fall, and
that liquid is never spilled onto or into the device enclosure through
openings.

Power Sources: An electrical device must be connected to
a mains power source in strict accordance with the supplied
product owner’s manual. Please verify that the AC mains voltage

specied in the product manual matches those requirements

indicated on the unit and the AC voltage provided to your location
by the power company.

Grounding: Adequate precautions should be taken so that the
grounding provisions built into an electrical product are never
defeated.

Power Cords: Pass Laboratories provides a power supply cord
that meets all legislated requirements for the market in which the
product was originally sold. If you choose to substitute an after­market product we urge you to choose one that is fully safety rated
by the necessary local authority.

Power Cord Protection: Power supply cords should be routed so
that they are not likely to be walked on, abraded, or pinched by
items placed on or against them, paying particular attention to
cords where they enter plugs or exit from a device. Never under
any circumstance insert a cut or damaged power cord into a
mains power socket.

Power and Signal: Cables should never be connected /
disconnected with equipment powered up. Failure to heed this
warning may damage or destroy equipment.

Ventilation: Power-ampliers run hot, but you should be able to

place your hands on them without discomfort. You must allow for
this heat in installation, by providing for free air circulation around
the product. Electronics should not be subjected to sources of
excessive radiant heat. Excessive heat can shorten the life of the
product and may cause the electronics to self-protect and shut
down.

Servicing: To reduce the risk of re, electrical shock or other injuries,

the user should not attempt to service the device beyond that
which is described in the operating instructions. All other servicing

must be referred to qualied service personnel.

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Introduction:

For well over 60 years, Audiophiles have loved their vinyl. Not only
has analog vinyl been treasured for it’s unique sound character,
but for the true vinyl cognoscente there is something cathartic

about displaying, handling and playing LP’s on a ne turntable.

Technology frequently becomes better with age and with age
technology frequently becomes high art. So, it is with analog
reproduction; the media as we know it today is capable of truly
amazing performance. For many audiophiles, it continues to be
the media of choice.

Pass Laboratories has long been respected for building some of the

nest phono-stages in the audio industry. Since 1999 the venerable

Pass Laboratories X-ono has been respected by both consumer
and professional user as one of the premiere reference phono-

stage pre-ampliers.

As associated equipment in the audio chain has improved we at
Pass Labs found ourselves longing for an improved phono-stage
with even lower noise, greater resolution and sonic ease than we
had enjoyed with the Pass Labs earlier phono stages. The XP-17
takes what we learned from developing our premier product line
and has brought some of those elements to a smaller, less costly
package

The XP-17 has a very accurate RIAA equalization curve. This
curve is accurate to better than 1/10 dB across 10 octaves. The
accuracy of this curve does not vary with an adjustment change of
gain or cartridge loading.

The XP-17 features gain adjustable from between 56dB and 76dB;

a range sufcient to allow successful operation of not only high

output moving magnet cartridges, but also the lowest output
moving coil cartridges without the use of an auxiliary step-up
transformer.

This extremely low noise / high gain structure of the XP-17 is
capable of cleanly and quietly delivering in excess of 0.5V line
level signal output with a phono cartridge input of 80 micro-volts.

These are some of the best performance gures in the industry, and

spectacular for a piece at this price point.

Thank you for purchasing the XP-17, we trust that you will nd it easy

to set up and a joy to use.

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