10
D/A Converter Settings
A number of special settings are available for the
Music Player’s
D/A
converter; they are designed to fine-tune the characteristics of your amplifier to
suit your listening preferences.
Calling up and operating
the D/A converter options
Briefly press the
button on the remote control handset in order to call
up the D/A converter set-up options. This action opens a set-up window in
which the various options are displayed.
•
Now use the
/
buttons to select a set-up option.
•
In each case the displayed option can be altered using the
/
buttons.
•
If no further action is taken for a period of a few seconds, the set-up window
disappears again from the screen.
D/A set-up option
Bandwidth
The analogue output filter can be switched from 60 kHz (normal mode) to
100 kHz bandwidth (
'
WIDE
'
mode).
The ‘WIDE
’
setting is recommended for use with amplifiers which are capable
of processing high frequencies up to 400 kHz cleanly. If you are not sure, we
recommend that you ask the manufacturer of your amplifier whether the device
is suitable for such high frequencies.
The 'WIDE' setting can be used without restriction with all
amplifiers.
D/A set-up option
Filter
(not with iPod and Tuner)
The
Music Player
can exploit two different filter types offering different tonal
characters:
Filter 1 is a classic
FIR
filter with an extremely linear frequency response.
Filter 2 is a peak-optimised filter – superb in 'timing' and dynamics.
Please refer to the Chapter
'
Glossary / Supplementary Information, Digital
Filter
'
for an explanation of the different filter types.
D/A set-up option
Output
(not with iPod and Tuner)
At this point it is possible to toggle between normal and inverted phase in the
signal.
With particular instruments or voices the human ear is certainly capable of
detecting whether absolute phase is correct or not. However, absolute phase is
not always correctly recorded. The problem can be corrected by pressing this
button to invert the signal (i.e. turn it through 180°).
The correction is carried out at the digital level, and has absolutely no adverse
effect on sound quality.
