Mark Levinson N40 User Manual download pdf (Page 137)

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The Mark Levinson Nº40 Media Console is a remarkably powerful

and flexible control center for even the most advanced home enter-

tainment system. Products such as this appeal to “power users” who

demand the highest possible performance and functionality. Yet

they also appeal to people who simply enjoy owning fine products

in general, whether they be consumer electronics or fine automo-

biles. Beyond that, both groups often have other members of the

household who will use the system, who are not themselves enthu-

siasts for this sort of thing.

How to satisfy such a potentially diverse audience? The level of

sophistication required by power users might well intimidate a

more casual user, yet both groups are important.

In general in products such as these, there is a tradeoff between

three opposing factors:

• Functionality (does it do everything people might want it to

do?)

• Ease of use (is it simple and intuitive in day-to-day use?)

• Ease of setup (is it “plug and play” in the best sense?)

Most products are strong in only one of these areas. Truly excep-

tional products manage to give you two of the three.

With the Nº40, we are doing our best to give you as much of all

three as we possibly can. In cases where it is impossible to deliver all

three factors, we deliberately place somewhat more burden on the

initial setup, rather than compromising either of the other two.

After all, most of us set a system like this up once, but its function-

ality and ease of use come into play every day.

The Nº40 supports up to four distinct listening positions, twenty

sound profiles, and twenty different inputs. These capabilities (and

others) give you tremendous power to do what you want, but we

advise starting out slowly.

Unless you have spent quite a bit of time thinking about how you

will use the Nº40, use the default inputs and profiles we ship from

the factory as a starting point, adding only as much as you really

need at first.

It is possible to “go overboard” on creating special-purpose sound

profiles that rarely get used, and end up only adding clutter and

confusion to an otherwise clean user interface. Refrain from this.

Keep it simple, and use the system for some time.

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