dCS Verona User Manual

Manual for Software Issue 1.0x

dCS Ltd

September 2004

 

 

Using a Verona with a DSD upsampler

If you have a Verdi rather than a La Scala, you can still upsample your CDs to DSD by adding a 1394-equipped Purcell to the system.

dCS Verona Master Clock

 

 

WORD CLOCK OUTPUTS

 

 

 

SPDIF OUTPUTS

EXT. REF. IN

1394

SUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINK

 

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

 

POWER ~

44.1kHz Word Clocks

dCS Verdi SACD Transport

CAUTION: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE

 

 

 

 

LASER RADIATION. WHEN OPEN,

 

 

CLASS 1

 

 

 

LASER PRODUCT

 

DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES

 

RCA

BNC

TOSLINK

CH1

CH2

 

 

1394

SUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SDIF

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORDCLOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 bit / 44.1kS/s

 

 

 

 

 

DSD

 

dCS Purcell Upsampler

 

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(SACD)

 

 

 

DIGITAL INPUTS

 

 

WORDCLOCK

 

DIGITAL OUTPUTS

 

OPTION

 

POWER

 

AES

RCA

ST

 

A

 

B

AES1

AES2

 

RCA

SUC

 

 

 

PUSH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BNC

TOSLINK

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

BNC

1394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(SACD+CD)

 

dCS Elgar Plus DAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

R

OUTPUT

L

AES 1

AES 2

RCA1

A

ST

CH1

CH2

SUC

B

POWER

 

 

LEVEL

 

 

PUSH

 

PUSH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

RCA2

BNC

TOSLINK

 

DSD / SDIF

1394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT

 

REC OUT

L

R

 

R

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balanced

- or -

Unbalanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outputs

 

Outputs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier

Figure 2 - Using Verona to clock a Verdi, a Purcell and an Elgar Plus

do this: Connect up as shown in Figure 2.

do this: The first time you use this arrangement, open the menu and run the Factory routine on all four units. This sets the Verona to 44.1kHz.

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