Owner`s manual

CREDITS
An EveAnna Manley Production
Featuring concept, layout and industrial design by EveAnna Manley,
Starring: Paul Fargo for Input Innovations
Hutch for Output Outovations
Mastered by: Baltazar Hernandez
Titled by: J. Gordon Holt
Contributing Players:
Michael Hunter transformer specialist
Marcelino Tornez assembly supervisor
Elias Guzman silk screens and PCBs
It all began at the HI-FI '97 show, at the bar of course -J. Gordon Holt with his traditional martini,
and EveAnna Manley with her stimulant of choice, a cup of coffee. She was describing this new
integrated amplifier she wanted to build and drew a one of those legendary "bar napkin
drawings". Gordon remarked "It looks like a stingray" (the fish, not the car) - and so, in honor of
Gordon, we call this little jobbie "The Stingray".
The Power Amps are from David's 50 watt Monoblocks with newly developed transformers from
Michael and Hutch (for exceptionally clean highs and more power in the lows). The passive
PreAmp came from EveAnna and her talent of finding just the right parts. The Input stage was
developed by Paul to further extend the HF response. Balta did all the circuit board and metal
work drawings and assembled the prototypes - no small feat. Speaking of small feet, we machine
each foot and knob in-house. Marcelino oversees the entire assembly process and designed one
of the PCBs. Paul strenously tested every prototype and Hutch, as usual, just listened.
You can blame this silly manual on Hutch. Why not? (But EveAnna and Humberto mucked with
it too.)
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