Settings, Available menu item and options | Esoteric X-05 instruction

Settings

MODE

1Repeatedly press the MODE button to select the menu item to be changed.

Each press changes the display.

WORD DF DSD (iLINK)

(normal display)

<If you leave the unit idle for 10 seconds, the setting mode will be cancelled.

2Use the SKIP buttons (.//) to select the options within the menu item.

3Repeatedly press the MODE button until the display returns normal to exit the setup mode.

Pressing the STOP button or leave the unit idle for 10 seconds also finishes the setup mode.

<Settings are stored even when power is turned off and the unit is unplugged. If left unplugged for an extended period, the settings may be lost.

Available menu item and options

WORD

Turns on or off the word sync function.

The WORD button of the remote control unit provides the same function.

This feature is used when you want to get your whole system locked to a single sync signal (clock) by connecting this unit to the Esoteric AI-10, AZ-1, G-03X, G-0Rb, G25U, G-0/G-0s or other devices that are capable of outputting a sync signal (word clock).

Use the WORD button to switch between Word ON (the indicator ring of the MODE button lights and blinks) and then Word OFF (lights steady when the clock is detected).

<The main unit can accept and synchronize to the following frequencies received from external devices:

44.1kHz, 88.2 kHz, 176.4 kHz

This unit also accepts a

Universal Clock frequency of

100kHz.

<It takes several seconds for the unit to detect and lock to an external clock. If no valid word sync signal is received, the display shows “No Word!”.

<Make WORD SYNC connections before powering on the unit.

DF (digital filter)

Selects the characteristic of the FIR digital filter. Choose either “Wide” or “Narrow”.

Wide

This filter has a slow roll-off characteristic and provides a smooth immersive sound with a wide soundstage.

Narrow

This filter has a sharp roll-off characteristic and provides deep, well-defined sound but with a more narrow soundstage.

DSD

Normal

Outputs DSD signal with the DSD digital filter processing of a 50 kHz cut-off frequency.

Direct

Outputs DSD signal without the DSD digital filter process.

<The analog level in the Direct mode is 3 dB lower than in “Normal” mode.

<When connected with some amplifiers of a narrow correspondence frequency range, irregularity or noise is generated at the time of Super Audio CD playback. In this case, select “Normal”.