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START SOUND MODE
When a Super Audio CD hybrid layer discs that has both a Super Audio CD high sound quality stereo area and an Audio CD area information are to be played, this player makes it possible to set the layer/ area (Super Audio CD or Audio CD) to be preferentially played.
This setting can be made when the tray is closed and there is no disc in the disc tray.
qPress SOUND MODE button on the player. The currently selected layer/area is displayed. If the Super Audio CD is selected : Super Audio CD
If the Audio CD is selected : CD
wPress the SOUND MODE button again to display the layer/area to be played first, and then leave the setting for at least two seconds to register the setting for the start sound mode.
Caution
*Start sound mode has a memory retention function where the settings remain stored and unchanged even when the disc is changed or the power is turned off.
*At the time of shipment, the sound mode is set to Super Audio CD.
MAKING YOUR FAVORITE AUDIO
SETTINGS
The settings can be made using the remote control
To change the settings again, make the changes using the same procedure. The settings can be changed when the track is stopped.
PLAYING THE CD LAYER OF AN AUDIO CD OR
SUPER AUDIO CD
qNoise shaper operation
In this unit, you can select noise shaper on or off for playing tracks.
The noise shaper is turned on and off by pressing the NOISE SHAPER button while the track is stopped. When turned on, the NSHP indicator lights up on the LCD.
*Noise shaping is a type of digital feedback used in the algorithms for oversampling. This digital feedback enables improved linearity for low levels
Although no measurement differences are shown in the
wDC filter operation
The DC filter is turned on and off by pressing the DC FILTER button while the track is stopped. When turned on, the DCF indicator lights up on the LCD.
*The DC filter is effective when the speakers vibrate abnormally for discs with recorded audio having extremely low noise characteristics. (The cutoff frequency is set to 1.7Hz.)
eDigital output off operation
The digital output function is turned on and off by pressing the DIGITAL OUT button while the track is stopped. When digital output is turned off, the D OFF indicator lights up on the LCD.
*When digital output is not used, setting to digital output off enables you to enjoy better sound quality.
Note
*The noise shaper, DC filter, and digital output off have a memory retention function where the settings remain stored and unchanged even when the disc is changed or the power is turned off.
AUDIO CD, CD LAYER OF SUPER AUDIO CD, AND
HIGH SOUND QUALITY STEREO AREA
Filter operations
The filter settings can be made while the track is stopped. The filters shown in the table below are available for providing distinctive filtering according to the operation and Audio CD or Super Audio CD. Each time the button is pressed, the filter types cycle from FIL1 → FIL2 → FIL3 → FIL1.
The filter setting has a memory retention function so that the setting remains stored and unchanged even when the disc is changed or the power is turned off.
Filter Selection Table
Filter type | Audio CD | Super Audio CD |
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FILTER 1 | This is an original filter using short FIR | This is a direct mode that does not |
| with asymmetric preecho and postecho | perform any filtering on the DSD data. |
| in the impulse response. The analog | The original source data is reproduced |
| characteristics exhibit slow | without any alteration. |
| creates a sound venue with richness, |
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| smoothness, and depth consistent with |
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| the image of analog record performances. |
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| This is a filter without preecho or | This filter attenuates sections of the |
FILTER 2 | postecho in the impulse response. It | DSD data that exceed 100kHz. In the |
| is a special short coefficient FIR filter | DAC, operation is also asymmetric for |
| which gives priority to fs (original sample | giving priority to DAC resolution and |
| data). With analog characteristics, it | raising the multilevel performance to |
| acts as a slow | approximately 40 levels. |
| sound quality by faithfully reproducing |
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| music signals from deep bass to |
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| midrange. |
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| This is a long coefficient FIR filter with | This filter attenuates sections of the |
FILTER 3 | symmetric preecho and postecho in | DSD data that exceed 100kHz. In the |
| the impulse response. With analog | DAC, it provides fully symmetric |
| characteristics, it acts as a standard sharp | operation for 23 levels. |
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| coefficient of 4fs operation that Marantz |
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| adopted in the past with the |
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| referential digital filter for audio CD, |
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| but then boosts operation |
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Note: When playing back the high sound quality stereo area in Super Audio CDs, the analog output level varies slightly in each filter.
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