Krell Industries SBP-64X Krelldigitaltechnicalassistanceglossary, Powersupply, Bias, Bit, Byte

ourprocessorsgivinga true recreationof the original musicperformance,without thecolorationsnormallyassociatedwithintegratedcircuits.

BALANCEDOUTPUT

TheSBP-64Xprovidesbalancedoutputsfor those with the complimentary componentswhichallowthemto obtainstill lowernoiseanddistortion, whilepro- viding~orespecific imaging.

CLASSiX" ANALOGDESIGN

Theanalogsectionof the SBP-64Xis basedon classic Krell Highbias, Pure Class"A"designwhichhasalreadyset newstandardsfor excellencein musicalintegrity.

POWERSUPPLY

Thepowersupplyfor the SBP-64X,housedin a separateoutboardenclosure, providesthefive separatevoltagesrequiredbytheDigitalcircuitry,DACs,andAnalog outputstages.In actualitythereare three completelyindependentpowersuppliesand tencascadeddiscreteregulatorsto supplythefive voltages,

NOOPTO-COUPLING

Thesophisticationof ourdesignsprovidesa degreeof stability andisolation that surpassesanyneedfor opto-coupling,andtheir inherentbandwidthandlinearity

limitations.

KRELLDIGITALTECHNICALASSISTANCEGLOSSARY

Thefollowingglossaryrepresentssimplifiedexplanationsfor keywordsor phrasesencounteredin the courseof this manual.

32kHz

Thesamplingfrequencyof Satellite broadcast. 44.1kHz

Thesamplingfrequencyof CompactDiscs.

48kHz

Thesamplingfl'equencyof DigitalAudioTape.

ACCUMULATOR

Aworkandstorageareawheredatais heldandcomputedin a DigitalSignal Processor.

Theaccumulatormustbelargeenoughnotonlyfor thetarget data, but also for theendproductof the computationAs.the precisionof computationsincreases,the largertheresultingenddatawill be. Therefore,thesize of theaccumulatorplacesa limitonthe potentialprecisionof a processor.

BALANCEDOUTPUT

Amethodof isolating the outputsfromgroundwhichoffers increasedgain, superior imaging,and isolation fromexternal interference. Balancedoutput operationon the SBP-64Xrequiresa preampwithcorrespondingbalancedinputs.

BIAS

Acurrentor voltageappliedto a transistor to controlthe linearity of its operationGenerally.speaking,so longas thetransistoris keptwithinits tolerance range,higherbias will improvetransistoroperation.

BIT

Thefundamentalbuildingblockof digital informationThe.term, expressing thesmallestpartof a digital wordis derivedfromthewordsBinaryDigiT.

BOOT

Bootingis a termlooselyreferringto initializing thestartupsequencein a computer.

BYTE

Agroupof 8 bits. Theprimarycomponentin a digital word.