Harman Kardon CITATION 16A Owners Manual - Page 4

p ui IanaI algeleEl Citation 16 Under demanding full output test conditions, Citation 16 TIM components are approximately -50dB below full output. 10 110 (;0 70 1,0 5 0001-1/ 10,000 Hz 1 voquoi icy in I lerilZ 15,0001-1z Citation 16 (series A) Under the same test conditions, Citation 16 (series A) TIM components are better than -80dB below full output. 0- i0 ;)0 10 Transient Intermodulation Distortion One of the major developments in high fidelity design was the discovery of the beneficial effects of applying negative feedback to amplifier circuits. The result is a self-regulating, distortion reducing process. Unfortunately, if the amount of feedback employed is too great, the input stage becomes saturated and produces transient intermodulation distortion (TIM). TIM is audible as a harshness similar to that produced by crossover distortion. The Citation 16 reduced TIM to very low levels. The Citation 16 (series A) diminishes it still further. Feedback is reduced and is set at a level which achieves extraordinarily low distortion simultaneously avoiding input stage saturation. TIM is dramatically reduced. 9p u! lanai awl% 0 -- 00 -- 70 11( 5,000 Hz 10,0001 1z •equency in i lertz 15,000 Hz