T+A Elektroakustik 1235 R user manual Sacd Operation, Standard OVS

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SACD Operation

CD/DVD and SACD discs have a totally different data structure.

ForaCDorDVDrecordingtheanaloguesignalissa mpled atahighrate(44.100or48.000samples/second). The audio signals have to be bandwidth limited before t he samplingprocesstogetridofsignalcomponentsab ove20 kHzbecausethesecouldnotbecorrectlydigitized.

The20kHzbandwidthlimitingisnotnecessaryfor SACD recordings. It is thus possible to record and store audio frequenciesupto100kHzonSACDs.However,allSA CD recordingsuseaprocesscall“noiseshaping”toac hievea dynamic range comparable to CD/DVD systems. This noise shaping leads to a substantial amount of high frequencynoiseintherange40...100kHz.

Thereisapracticalproblem withthenoiseshaping

;the

high frequency noise associated with SACD recording

s

cannotbehandledbyallamplifierandspeakersys

 

tems.

Insomeofthesethehighfrequencysignalscontain

 

edon

SACDs lead to distortion and thus degrade the sound

 

quality.Insuchcasesitisnecessarytolimitthe

bandwidth

of the system to about 40 kHz. This would mean to

 

sacrificethemainadvantageoftheSACDsystem.

 

 

 

To get the best possible performance out of your Hi

Fi

system,the DVD 1235 R offers analoganddigitalsignal

 

processingmeanstotailortheanalogoutputsignal

 

exactly

totherequirementsofyouramplifierandspeakers.

 

 

 

Theseprocessingmeansconsistof4differentdigit

 

alfilters

with different bandwidths and different stop band

 

attenuations.(OVSstandard,1,2,4).Additionally

 

youcan

selectthe 'WIDE'bandwidthmodefortheanalogoutput,if

 

your system is capable of handling frequencies up t

o

400kHz.

 

 

 

WiththeOVSandWIDEbuttonsonthefrontpanelyo u canexperimentandfindthecombinationofoversamp ling andanalogprocessingthatdeliversthebestsonic results withyourequipment.

Amplifiersareverylineardeviceshavingaveryw ide bandwidth. So you can use all possible OVS/WIDE combinations without limitation. We recommend a wid e bandwidthconfigurationusingOVS1or3withoura mps.

Standard OVS

This filter introduces a slight limitation of the h

igh

frequency bandwidth. It is suited for most amplifie

r /

speakersystems.

 

OVS 1

This filter features a wider frequency range. Good amplifierswithatleast100kHzbandwidtharerequ ired.

OVS 2

This filter has the narrowest bandwitdth and is recommended for amplifiers with a frequency respons e <50kHz.

OVS 3

Thisfilterintroducesnobandwidthlimitationoft heaudio signals. A very good amplifier / speaker combinatio n which can handle signals above 250kHz without problemsisrequired.

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T+A Elektroakustik 1235 R user manual Sacd Operation, Standard OVS