Finally got this beautiful thing. Although, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to select the "MAIN-IN" input. Any Accuphase folks out there care to lend a hand? I'm still doing some listening, and have the DAC-50 and AD-50 add-on boards. I'll be updating with some impressions mid next week after some thorough listening, and comparison. Speakers are Magico S5 MkII, using Roon for streaming (with Raspberry Pi) and a Technics SL-1210GAE w/ ZYX Ultimate 4D cartridge.
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Accuphase E-480
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restorer-john
Grand Contributor
Absolutely lovely amplifier.
Plug your sources into either the main in RCA or main in XLR.
Open the door and select the appropriate main in input to correspond. In normal mode, it is looped, balanced or line disconnects the preamplifier stage. The main in of course has no volume control- be careful.
I think the main in is only used when you want to use it as a power amp, rather than an integrated. You should use one of the other inputs for sources.
Your Main In should be set to Normal and the receiver should be plugged into the Line 1 input (if it is RCA). If you have that small dial on the front of the E-480 set to Line, you are turning it into a power amp and it will only amplify the signal coming in on the Main In input. It does not matter what input you choose at that stage as it is no longer working as an integrated amp.
GDK is correct in his answers.
Also congrats, that's a very nice piece of gear you have acquired.
restorer-john
Grand Contributor
Line 1,2 and 3 are RCA (unbal). Balanced is "Bal" They are all on the remote.
Main in is just that, either RCA or Balanced with the respective input selected on the switch under the panel.
Main in is just that, either RCA or Balanced with the respective input selected on the switch under the panel.
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Ahh, I see. So no way to set it to "main" like on the Luxman 509x. On the Luxman there was a way to hold down one of the inputs, and it would go to the main (read: no preamp) input. This is for a family room setup, so TV watching will now require some 1970s-style getting up to set the right input on the Accuphase. Thank you!
One other thing that's been bewildering is that there doesn't seem to be a way to get my RoPIEEE to stream "native DSD" to the DAC-50 add-on board. I would have expected I could "force" it, but I don't see that option. The DAC-50 supports 11.2MHz DSD as far as I can see.
Thank you!One other thing that's been bewildering is that there doesn't seem to be a way to get my RoPIEEE to stream "native DSD" to the DAC-50 add-on board. I would have expected I could "force" it, but I don't see that option. The DAC-50 supports 11.2MHz DSD as far as I can see.
Helicopter
Major Contributor
Congratulations on the lovely new amplifier. Nice choice!
If expensed for the service literature that would be acceptable considering a non-service depot is receiving docs that are sometimes protected via a assigned territory. Service bulletins do occur and they oftentimes are a req'd part of proper ownership. So ask about service bulletins for your serial number or date of manufacture etc etc. It's a current model and most likely is a fresh serial number and not a old number that was sitting about in inventory for months.
Nice layout.>>>
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