Krell Industries CD Player USING THE FILTER BUTTON or Key 11, continued, SACD Format Filters

Front Panel and Remote Control Description, continued

USING THE FILTER BUTTON or Key (11), continued

Conventional Compact Disc Format Filters

Filter 1 and 2 are designed to eliminate aliasing artifacts that are the result of the D/A re-construction process.

FILTER 1

This filter operates flat from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, with a very steep roll characteristic above 20 kHz (21.5 kHz, -3 dB).

FILTER 2

SACD Format Filters

This filter operates up to 20 kHz (-3 dB) with a more gradual roll-off characteristic compared to Filter 1.

Filter 1 in the SACD format has the same relative output gain as Filter 1 and 2 in the CD format and it has the highest bandwidth of the four SACD filters. Filters 2, 3 and 4 in the SACD format operate at reduced bandwidth with steeper slope filtering and different output gain.

FILTER 1

This filter operates up to 180 kHz (highest bandwidth) and has the slowest roll-off characteristic with no change in output gain.

FILTER 2

This filter operates up to 75 kHz and has the steepest roll-off charac- teristic. It has a +.5 dB increase in output gain over the entire audio pass band compared to Filter 1.

FILTER 3

This filter operates up to 80 kHz and has the 2nd steepest roll-off characteristic. It has a +5.5 dB increase in output gain over the entire audio pass band compared to Filter 1.

FILTER 4

This filter operates up to 90 kHz and has the 3rd steepest roll-off characteristic. It has a +3.5 dB increase in output gain over the entire audio pass band compared to Filter 1

USING THE SHUFFLE Press this button or key once to enable the SACD Standard to select

BUTTON OR KEY (13) and play tracks in a random sequence. To cancel this function, press the shuffle button or key again.

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