Bel Canto Design manual CD-2Operation as Digital Transport, CD-2Operation as CD Player

CD-2 Operation as Digital Transport

The CD-2 produces a low jitter 24/96 data-stream from any of the 3 digital out- puts. 110 ohm AES/EBU balanced, 75 ohm BNC SPDIF or the high speed TOSLINK output can be used as required. Any or all of the outputs can be connected to any digital playback device.

While using the CD-2 as a Digital Source you can disable the analog out- put section by selecting Variable Output,

scrolling the Volume control level to 0.0 then pressing the Fixed/Variable button IN to the Fixed position.

Note that if your external DAC does not accept 96kHz data then you can set the sample rate to 48kHz. See page 12 for further information.

A BNC to RCA female adaper is includ- ed for use with RCA terminated cables on the SPDIF digital output.

CD-2 Operation as CD Player

The high dynamic range analog outputs of the CD-2 can be used to drive an amplifier directly. This is best achieved by using the 4Vrms balanced outputs directly into the balanced inputs of your power amplifier.

Place the Fixed/Variable button in the OUT position. You can then control the volume level of your CD playback through the volume control of the CD-2. The RCA outputs can also be used directly into the RCA jack of an amplifier with 6 dB lower output level.

For use into an analog preamplifier scroll the volume level to 100.0 and press the Fixed/Variable button to the IN position and use the volume control on the analog preamplifier to control system level.

Note that if you are only using the ana- log outputs on the CD-2 you may want to try setting the sample rate to 192kHz for optimum sound quality. See page 12 for further information.

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