Silver Night Power Amplifiers User Manual Models Covered Stereo 300B - 7 Watt Mk1 & 2 Stereo Integrated 300B - 7 Watt Mk1 & 2 Stereo PX25 Mk2 – 8 Watt Stereo Integrated PX25 - 8 Watt Mk2 Parallel Single Ended 300B Mk1 & 2 Push Pull 300B Mk1 Revision 1.
Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the World acclaimed “Silver Night” triode amplifier from Audion. Your Audion Amplifier is the result of nearly 20 years’ exhaustive research and development culminating in our current world class product. The chassis is made of anodised aluminium designed to minimise magnetic interference and reduce internal noise to an absolute minimum.
Getting Started Upon opening your box you will find: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Audion Amplifier Power cord This User Manual Product Registration and Warranty form Authenticity Certificate (Mark 2 versions only) Valves/tubes Please keep all packaging and store in a dry and safe place. Carefully remove your Audion Amplifier from its packaging and store both the box and the foam in a safe place, should, in the unlikely event that you ever need to return your Audion to us for maintenance, upgrading or servicing.
Valves/Tubes You will now need to place the valves/tubes into your Audion. The Silver Night Mark 1 uses a 6922 in the left hand side front and a 5687 on the right hand side front. The Silver Night Mark 2 Stereo and Push/Pull uses 6922’s in both the left and right hand sides. The Silver Night P.S.E. uses a CVX100 in the left hand side and a CVX120 in the right hand side. All Models use either 300B or PX25 valve/tubes in the rear sockets depending on the model ordered. Revision 1.
All Audion valve/tubes are dynamically selected and where applicable are supplied as matched pairs. All are supplied with a six (6) month return to base warranty. Please Note Inserting the valve/tubes the wrong way around will at the very least damage the valve base pins and may result in a loose valve causing crackling.
POWER 5 TAPE INPUTS 3 4 2 1 0 L 1 R OUTPUTS OFF ON H.T. fuse Ground lift GND RIGHT LEFT GND Audion Silver Night Integrated / Remote Amplifier Rear Panel POWER 0 INPUT 1 OUTPUTS Off On H.T. fuse Ground lift 1 2 3 4 Audion Silver Night Mono-block Amplifier Rear Panel First connect audio input leads to the input RCA connectors. In the case of the integrated / remote models , connect all audio input leads.
The ground lift switch is used to effectively reduce a ground feedback loop and hence noise from some installations. Finally connect the power cord to a mains electricity supply. Before proceeding – Are all the connections fitted correctly and securely tightened? Finally Check again – make sure everything is correct. Using your Audion Congratulations you are now ready to switch your Audion on. But first we recommend turning the volume control on the front panel anti-clockwise to zero.
The remote model has three buttons – Up, Down and Record. The up and down buttons change inputs from 1 to 5 and the Record button allows recording via RCA pair No. 6. In general use your Audion should give many years of trouble free use. The anodised aluminium chassis should be wiped regularly with a clean lint free cloth to remove dust. Under no circumstances should solvent or solvent based products be used on or near your Audion.
Technical Specifications Stereo Mk 1 Power: 2 x 7 Watts Class A into 8 Ohms at 240V AC Load: 4 – 16 Ohm Nominal Distortion @ 1Watt: <0.1% No Feedback Frequency Response: 20 – 24KHz ±3 db Sensitivity: Variable >150mV Full output Noise: < (CCIR) – 90 db Consumption: 145 Watts Tubes: 2 x 300B, 1 x 5687, 1 x 6922 Stereo Mk 2 Power: 2 x 7 Watts Class A into 8 Ohms at 240V AC Load: 4 – 16 Ohm Nominal Distortion @ 1Watt: <0.
