Specifications

INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Zen TABOO MKIII headphone/speaker amplifier. Before
we get started, let’s introduce you to the fundamental part of the Taboo we call “Lucid
Mode”
Note the lucid mode switches to the right and left of the large black transformer.
Lucid mode is an optional imaging enhancer that can be turned on and off via the two
switches shown above. There are actually two lucid modes, hence the two switches.
The switch on the right hand side (original lucid mode) must be turned ON when
standard 1/4 inch headphone cables are used for proper operation. Original Lucid
Mode is a form of cross-feed designed to give a more natural soundstage through
headphones. Turning the switch off will not hurt anything, but the right channel ground
path will be taken from the left channel. This effect is seldom heard on music, but if
you were to remove the left channel source you would no longer be able to hear the
right channel as well, resulting in silence.
O W N E R S M A N U A L
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ON ON
OFF
OFF
ORIGINAL LUCID MODENEW LUCID MODE