Perreaux Silhouette SXCD owner manual 6Special Design Philosophies

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6Special Design Philosophies

6Special Design Philosophies

Minimalist

Design

Perreaux has been designing and manufacturing only the highest quality audio componentry for more than a quarter of a century. Technology has continued to evolve rapidly over that time and our knowledge and application of design, materials and manufacturing techniques has advanced in tandem with this. Today’s Perreaux range comes closer to fulfilling our shared vision than at any other time in the past.

The SXCD has been developed to meet customer demands for compact higher quality products. Careful attention has been taken throughout the development phase, not to make compromises that would degrade the high quality of reproduction that the unit is capable of delivering.

To follow is a discussion on some of Perreaux design philosophies that have been incorporated into the entire range.

Leading British architect, John Pawson, writes:

“The Minimum can be defined as the perfection that an object achieves when it is no longer possible to improve it by subtraction. This is the quality that an object has when every component, every detail, and every junction has been reduced or condensed to the essentials. It is the result of the omission of the inessentials”.

Perreaux has historically embraced the minimalist ethic from an audio design perspective only. The concept of “less equating to more” has been at the heart of all Perreaux audio designs for more than a quarter of a century. Our current product offering takes the minimalist ethic to new levels by totally embracing the concept.

Minimalist Electronics

We wish to maximise the quality of your listening pleasure by keeping the componentry and signal path as uncluttered, short and clean possible. All components in the signal path, even those of the highest quality have an effect on the signal, thereby altering the quality of the reproduction in some way. Our aim is to recreate in its entirety, the original performance by not adding or subtracting anything, irrespective of the source.

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Contents Compact Disc Player Silhouette SXCDPage This page has intentionally been left blank Perreaux Silhouette Series Introducing theiiImportant Safety Instructions Table of Contents 1Unpacking and Placement Instant Install Turn on your preamplifier Electronics Module Pressing and holding this button will scan backwards through the currently playing disc. Upon releasing the button, the disc will play. If the start of the disc is reached the disc will stop The 50-wayheader allows connection to the SXCD transport unit using the ribbon cable supplied The RJ45 pins are configured for RS232 as follows The SXCD compact disc player facilitates this functionality by allowing the internal master clock to be disabled and sourced from an external device, such as an external digital to analog converter DAC Page Use only the supplied 50-wayribbon cable Transport ModuleUnderside Functions Electronics InterfaceThe disc drawer glides out to accept a compact disc and retracts to play it. Place the disc in the drawer label-sideup and make sure the disc is properly centred in the tray Placement Options 6Special Design Philosophies John Pawson writes Special Design Features The increased 4x-8xread speed of the optical drive, compared with 1x-2xspeeds of standard mechanisms, gives the drive more opportunity for error correction - ensuring the audio data stream is a true reflection of what is presented on the compact disc Conducted and radiated digital noise can wreak havoc on power supplies and sensitive circuits. Filtering is heavily employed throughout to stop conducted digital noise infecting power supplies and sensitive circuits, and greatly reduce radiated noise Care and Maintenance Warranty Information S I L H O U E T T E S X C D Extended Warranty3 Year Extended Warranty Form Registration FormTroubleshooting Guide Check that a disc is inserted for the SXCD to play 12Specifications Transport Component Crosstalk is caused by stray inductances and capacitances between components and lines, which results in unintentional mixing of stereo signals. Meticulous wire routing ensures excellent high-frequencyseparation Physical Dimensions Page Contact Details Installation Notes
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