Proceed CDP - Manual (Page 11)

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tal processor that is incorporated within. The two most common digital interfaces
are supported for the widest compatibility:
eiaj optical (sometimes called
“TosLink™”) and s/pdif electrical, via an RCA connector.
A high quality S / PDIF digital output is also provided via an RCA connector. This
digital output may be used to feed the selected source signal to the input of a
digital recorder or to an outboard digital processor. (This output benefits from the
closed-loop jitter reduction circuitry described above when the CD transport is
the selected source.)
Fully balanced design The CDP is fully balanced in both the analog and digital domains. The auxiliary,
single-ended digital inputs are immediately converted to balanced signals before
any further routing or processing of the signal. Conversion to analog is accom-
plished in two opposing polarity 18-bit converters per channel.
This approach maintains the integrity of the signal, reducing the opportunities for
music-destroying noise and digital artifacts to enter the signal path.
24 bit digital architecture
and HDCD ® compatibility
All digital filtering and processing maintains a true 24-bit throughput capability,
providing greater digital resolution than any existing source component. Even the
most stringent requirements of professionals can easily be met with this design.
In addition, the CDP also incorporates High Definition Compatible Digital ® de-
coding to take full advantage of the increased resolution available from HDCD ®
encoded 16-bit CDs. The High Definition Compatible Digital ® format retains much
of the resolution inherent in professional twenty bit recordings by encoding this
information more efficiently within the sixteen bit space available within the
Compact Disc format.
Volume Control The CDP’s volume control may be enabled in the Setup menu (see Customizing
the CDP). Through most of the useful range of this scale, the increments are
slightly more than
1 ⁄
2
dB per step, providing excellent volume resolution. Signifi-
cantly, this volume control circuitry uses an advanced hybrid analog and digital
design that avoids the sonic penalties associated with purely digital volume con-
trols.
Industrial Design The CDP shares the handsome industrial design of other Proceed components
such as the PRE preamplifier. Dark buttons against a light face simplify the opera-
tion of the CDP, even in a dimly-lit room. The large, easily read display provides
information as to the operational status of the CDP from across the room, making
the supplied remote control more genuinely useful than on products lacking such a
display.
In keeping with its sophisticated design, the CDP also incorporates a Madrigal-
designed loading mechanism. Contrasting strongly with the bulky, plastic drawers
commonly used, the slim
1 ⁄
8
inch drawer is machined from a solid piece of alumi-
num and rides on highly polished steel and Teflon™ bearings. Its variable-speed
design opens and closes quickly, but without jarring the disc contained within,
nor risking a jam from dislodging it.