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Summary of Contents for SBP-64X

Page 1: ...0 0 d DIGITAL INC 0 WNERSREFERENC SBP 64X SOFTWARE BASEDPROCESSOR ...

Page 2: ...oursystem comes the firmknowledge that youwill beableto increase its capability andvalueas timegoes by In the unlikelyeventthat yourSBP 64X shouldrequireservice youwill be pleasedto notethat yourcomponent is backed bya comprehensive Customer Satis factionPolicy andoneof themost advanced service facilities in theindustry If uponreadingthis Owner s Reference youshouldhaveany questions or suggestions...

Page 3: ...ing materials While unpacking yourSBP 64X takenoteof the following items A 1 SBP 64X Software Based Processor B 1 Power Supply complete with2 bluespanning cables C 1 AC power cord D 1 Packetwithowners manual andwarranty materials Note If anyof theseitemsare notincluded contactyourauthorized dealer immediately forassistance PRECAUTIONS Disconnect youramplifier s AC cordfrom thewallreceptacle Turn o...

Page 4: ...hof thepower supply spanning cables PLACEMENT 1 Placethepower supply in its selected location insertingthefemale endof theAC cordintothesocketontherearof its chassis THE MALE END ISSTILL NOT PLUGGED INTO THE WALL 2 ATTHIS TIME VERIFY THAT THE ON OFF SWITCH ON THE POWER SUPPLY IS INTHE OFF DOWN POSITION 3 Run thebluespanning cablesto the selected processor location 4 Position theprocessor in its ap...

Page 5: ...at thefiveindividual power supplies are operating andstable B Aftera periodof 5 to 20seconds the DACs will stabilize andthe LED corresponding to the Sampling Frequency of yourdigitalsource willilluminate Caution Should youhaveanymajordeviation fromthis sequence do not attempt to play the unit Disconnectit prior to powering upanyother components attd contactyourKrell Digital dealer immediately 4 Yo...

Page 6: ...ctionsINand OUT from the processor Checkall powerconnections Make certain that the powersupplyis switchedinto the ON or UPposition Haveyouselected the correct source on your preamp Check the front panelLED s for power supplystability If youstill havenosound turn off the power andcontactyourdealer Q I havesomevery fine audiophile interconnect cable whichhas superior sonic characteristics CanI use t...

Page 7: ...ona scaledfigurewhich compounds the error oneachcomputation Thus the size of the accumulator limitsthe potentialprecision of a processor s calculations TheMotorola DSP 56001 givesyourKDI SBP 64X substantiallyhigherprecision thanothercomponents basedondifferentprocessors 28 MHZ clock speed TheSBP 64X is run at over28 000 000 cyclespersecond Thishighspeed coupled withthe DSP 56001 s ability to perfo...

Page 8: ...ords or phrasesencountered in the courseof this manual 32kHz Thesampling frequency of Satellitebroadcast 44 1kHz Thesampling frequency of Compact Discs 48kHz Thesampling fl equency of DigitalAudio Tape ACCUMULATOR Awork andstorageareawhere datais heldandcomputed in a DigitalSignal Processor Theaccumulator must belargeenough notonlyfor thetargetdata butalsofor theendproduct of the computation Asthe...

Page 9: ...e thantheless expensive IC s DITHERING Dithering is a processbywhich random noiseis mixed in withlowamplitude signalscreated as a byproduct of quantization errors Thisdithermasks the unwanted signalspartiallythrough random cancellation andpartiallybyraisingthe noisefloor to envelop thesesignals Dithering is commonly performed in digital recording to counterthe quantization errors which commonly oc...

Page 10: ...Krell design Proprietary 100 discrete Proprietary 100 discrete BalancedandSingle Ended Proprietary Highbias Class A Krell design Completely independent power supplies for Analog Digital and DAC power in separate housing Ten 100 discrete cascadedstages of regulationto providethe five necessary voltages SOF INVARE DATA Krell Digital Inc proprietary Waveform Replicator softwarewhichinclude high order...

Page 11: ... recorded samples in orderto increasethe timedomain resolutionof the playback waveform POLYNOMIAL Polynomials simply stated are long highorderequations which canbeused to specify exacting oversampled pointswhich accurately follow thenaturalprofileof a musical waveform QUANTIZATION Theprocess bywhich analog music is converted intodigitaldata SAMPLES Adigitalsample is a quantized coordinate represen...

Page 12: ...egulated power suppliesin the SBP 64X are isolatedintothree groups DIGITAL POWER ANALOG POWER DAC POWER The indicators represent stablepower conditions in their respective groups OOoo0 oCZ3oE oCZ OF F IH FIGURE 1 2 PROCESSOR UNIT REAR C Balanced OutputsL R D SingleEnded Outputs L R E Analog DAC Power Input F DigitalPower Input G DigitalSignal Input Coaxial H Digital Signal It put Fiber Optic POWER...

Page 13: ... j D G TAL NC Krell Digital Inc 20 No Plains Industrial Rd Suite 12 Wallingford CT06492 ...

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