Perreaux Silhouette SXCD owner manual Special Design Features

7 Special Design Features

Construction

The SXCD is stylish and unobtrusive. The front panel is made from high quality solid 6.0mm (0.2”) thick aluminium extrusion featuring our trademark machined Perreaux logo and intuitive user-interface. The front-panels are finished in durable and stylish satin chrome finish electroplate. The chassis and cover are both manufactured from heavy gauge steel. No cover fixing screws are visible. These minimalist styling cues combine seamlessly to allow form and function to blend in harmony and are typical hallmarks of the Perreaux brand.

Block

Diagram

Optical Drive

RAM	I2S
	Generator

Micro Data

Controller Clocks

SPDIF

DAC

Analog

Filter

Digital

Out

Analog

Out

L

R

Compact

Two-Box

Solution

Signal

Ground

Simple User Interface

Computer

Optical

Drive

20

User	Master
Interface	Clock

At 216mm (8.5”) wide x 58mm (2.3”) high x 172mm (6.8”) deep, each module of the SXCD is extremely compact – the two- box solution providing the flexibility and versatility to meet a wide range of placement options.

Special attention has been paid to sensitive analog and digital ground planes to maintain sonic purity. All signal grounding is optimised to provide a platform for a black background and increased dynamic range.

The five buttons on the front panel provide a simple and intuitive user interface – allowing easy access to all the standard functions of a CD player.

Using a computer optical drive to access audio data via the IDE interface, and ATAPI protocol, provides an architecture which keeps the number of jitter contributors to an absolute minimum. Extracting the data in a parallel fashion, rather than serial, via the IDE interface the transport operates independently of the master clock therefore completely eliminating jitter and data timing errors between the controller and the optical mechanism.