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the USA and
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The Zen TORII Mono's can liberate
even the most fanatical
audiophiles from the buy and sell
merry-go-round.
DECWARE flagship amplifiers
representing solidity and
timelessness.
These amplifiers are designed to be
your final amplifier purchase.
They achieve this ability by getting
everything down to the last detail...
right. The kind of "right" that
goes WAY beyond their impressive specs
or appearance. They are created BY
human ears FOR human ears.
With these Zen designed amplifiers
from DECWARE, you can see better with
your eyes closed!
Zen Mono's are for People who want
MORE than to just hear the
music... they want to float in it!
Each
Zen Mono is hand built right
here in the USA by Decware and
has been hand voiced and
matched down to the finest
details.
The fidelity of these
amplifiers catch most
audiophiles off guard... Then
their face starts to hurt
from smiling so big!
These Zen Mono's easily maintain the
glowing transparency and imaging that
have become known as the Decware Sound
and I'm proud to put them at the top
of our line of world class
amplification.
I should also mention that these hand
built works of art are made in limited
quantities
each year.
Steve Deckert - owner DECWARE
High Fidelity Engineering
60 watt class-A monoblocks.
2 Transformer Balanced XLR
Inputs - selectable.
1 Single-ended RCA input.
Input level control.
Ultra cool bias adjustment - no
tools required and can be done
on-the-fly.
Large Simpson Meters - let you
maintain PERFECT tube matching
without effort.
Exotic parts - cost no object
design.
KT88 Ultra-linear output stage.
These amps can run speakers between 4
and 16 ohms.
One
of the things that makes the
Zen Mono's unique are their insane
power supplies.
A typical tube
amplifier this size uses
capacitors with a value of
around 80 micro-farad.
The Zen Mono's have
500 volt main caps totaling
4,400 micro-farads.
Yes, that's 55 times
more than normal but we did
mention that it was a cost
no object design and the
massive capacitors come with
some huge sonic
benefits. Each
amplifier's power supply has
enough stored energy to
start your car and melt all
four tires to the garage
floor!
You can select from the Black Figured
Base shown above OR the
Contemporary Style solid hardwood
bases shown below.
Natural
Maple
Black
Satin Finish
Dark
Walnut
Natural
Cherry
You can select these options (and what
color knobs you would like) from the
shopping cart.
The gold knob in this picture is the
input level (gain) control. It
features a 21 position gold contact
stepped attenuator. Optional black
knobs can be selected at checkout.
With the Zen Torii Mono's you get the
very best parts money can buy...
carefully chosen for their consistent
sound quality.
Ceramic
tube sockets thatfeature
gold plated connectors
offering high pressure
contact area on the
surface of each tube
pin. Like the
amplifier, they last
forever and are guaranteed
for life.
Specially
ordered for the Zen
TORII Mono's are these
Simpson Current Meters
with jeweled
movements. You can't
get a more dependable
or accurate meter at
any price. And since
they are in the
cathode signal path
they effect the sound
of the amplifier in
some rather wonderful
ways.
Special
giant computer grade 500
volt capacitors were
selected to handle the needs
of the Zen TORII Mono's
power supply. Shown
laying in front of the two
huge caps are the normal
size caps that would
typically be used in an
amplifier of this size.
This theme of using over the top parts
continues throughout the amplifier so
it is impossible to further "upgrade"
these amps... we've already done it
for you and with great care.
Even
the hand assembly and
soldering are not left to
chance. Here is a custom
assembly bench set up just
for the Zen Torii Mono's!
These
amplifiers have a bias meter
for each output tube and a
simple balance control
located between the meters
allowing you to easily
adjust your amp so that both
tubes are exactly matched at
all times! You can do it
on-the-fly while you listen
to music or any time while
the amplifier is turned on.
If an amplifier DOESN'T
have a bias meter for each
output tube, you can be
assured that the current
draw of the tubes will
NEVER be exactly
matched. This is
because of the differences
between tubes (even
matched ones) combined
with warm up time
(temperature) and the way
the input stage/phase
inverter (smaller tubes)
effect it. It's
possible to have a
perfectly matched pair of
output tubes but a small
imbalance in your phase
inverter tube causes the
them to draw
different amounts of
current in some cases
exceeding 30%.
Getting the output tubes
to draw identical amounts
of current is the KEY to a
perfectly matched
set.
This is one of the RARE FEW
amps that tackles this
problem.
Of course having meters on
your amp is like having the
worlds best custom tube
tester designed just
for your amplifier and will
show you at a glance how
strong your tubes are.
Watching how the meters
behave during the tube's
warm up cycle is also
telling of the future of
that tube. It is
actually possible with this
amplifier, to use a pair of
UN-matched output tubes and
MAKE them match using this
simple balance system.
We have also created a
window of adjustment so it's
impossible to adjust it too
high or too low... this way
you can't get into any
trouble. And finally,
meters let you see if there
is any clipping and if so to
what degree. An
excellent real time
indicator of how close to
full power your amp is
playing at.
With a bias system that
works this well, you can be
assured your investment in
even the most exotic output
tubes will not be cut short
from premature tube failure.
We hand select and match the tubes for
these amplifiers. The amplifiers are
tested and burned-in with these tubes
insuring that you have a perfect set.
These include two Russian Military
Grade 10,000 hour 6N1P-EV's with gold
grids and two KT88's per amplifier.
KT88's were chosen for the output
tubes in these amplifiers for several
reasons not the least of which is
their sound and huge popularity -
translating into a huge selection of
different brands and big time
availability.
We include transformer balanced inputs
- two of them, using the famous Jensen
transformers on each XLR jack. There
is a switch in the front of the
amplifier to select which jack to use.
The single-ended RCA jack is active at
all times.
Very few amplifiers have high quality
transformer balanced inputs, let alone
two of them which allows two sources
to be plugged in with total isolation
to eliminate ground loops that can
cause hum and noise.
120/240 volt 50/60Hz
OPERATION: CLASS A1
INPUT TUBE CHOICES: 6922, 6N1P
OUTPUT TUBE CHOICES: EL34 6CA7
KT77 6550 KT88>
INPUTS: 2 BALANCED XLR INPUT JACKS
FOR EACH CHANNEL - SELECTABLE
INPUTS: 1 UNBALANCED RCA INPUT
JACK
OUTPUTS: 1 PAIR HEAVY GOLD 3 WAY
BINDING POSTS PER CHANNEL FOR 4, 8,
16 OHM SPEAKERS
IDLE CURRENT: 50~90 MILS PER
OUTPUT TUBE - ADJUSTABLE
HIGH B+ VOLTAGE: 510 VDC WITH LOAD
INPUT IMPEDANCE: 38 K OHMS
INPUT SENSITIVITY: FULL POWER @
2.0 VOLTS ON RCA INPUT
POWER INTO 4 , 8 or 16 OHMS: 58.6
WATTS PER CHANNEL
NOISE: -90dB>
SILVER CONTACTS on SOURCE SWITCH
MACHINED OUTPUT SOCKETS WITH
MACHINED GOLD CONTACTS
TOP GRADE SIMPSON CURRENT METERS 0
to 100 MA with JEWELED MOVEMENT<
WINDOWED BIAS CONTROL to ADJ
OUTPUT TUBES
DYNAMIC BIAS BALANCE CONTROL FOR
PERFECT MATCHING of EVEN UNMATCHED
TUBES
FOIL SIGNAL CAPACITORS
20 POS STEPPED ATTENUATOR w/ GOLD
CONTACTS for INPUT LEVEL (GAIN)
CONTROL
4400 UF 500V LABORATORY GRADE
POWER SUPPLY CAPS
TOP GRADE GOLD TEFLON INPUT JACKS
RECTIFICATION: ULTRA FAST RECOVERY
3 AMP 1000V
MACHINED ALUMINUM CHASSIS with
ANODIZED and POWDER COAT LIFETIME
FINISHES
TOP GRADE FUSED IEC CONNECTOR for
REMOVABLE POWER CORD
SOFT START- NO STANDBY NEEDED
SHIPS WITH:
PREMIUM GRADE KT88 OUTPUT TUBES
PREMIUM GRADE 6N1P INPUT TUBES
REMOVABLE DHC-1 SILVER TEFLON
POWER CORD
SIZE: 19-1/8 " DEEP x 13-3/4 "
WIDE x 8-3/4 " HIGH
NET WEIGHT: 36.8 lbs.
WARRANTY: LIFETIME TO ORIGINAL
OWNER / 90 DAYS ON TUBES
ZEN TORII MONO OWNER'S MANUAL
SPECIAL OFFER
Each 120V amplifier will come
with a FREE - DECWARE Silver
Reference Power Cord
(Offer not available for
240V models - limited time offer).
ZEN TORII MONOBLOCK -
FRONT VIEW
in optional maple base
MODEL
TORII MONO
60 watts x 2
Hand made in the USA
and sold Factory
Direct with a L
i f e t i m e
W a r r a n t
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