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Lavry Quintessence DA-N5 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Quintessence Reference DAC and Digital Monitor Control Model DA-N5...
  • Page 2 Lavry Engineering, Inc. P.O. Box 4602 Rolling Bay, WA 98061 www.lavryengineering.com June 19, 2014 Version 1.0.2...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Warning The front panel of the Lavry Quintessence is plated with 24 karat gold, which is vulnerable to scratching and abrasion. When shipping this unit, protect the front panel with a non-abrasive cloth. Table of Contents Warning ..............................3 Introduction .............................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Limited Warranty – Lavry Quintessence ....................14 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Lavry Quintessence DA-N5, reference DAC and digital monitor controller. This unit is a single stereo digital to analog converter, which comes equipped with dual stereo XLR analog outputs. The output designated Main Out, provides fixed, full scale level signals. The output designated Monitor Out, provides the same output signal as Main Out, attenuated by a user-controlled, high-precision volume setting.

  • Page 5: Layout

    The Rear Panel Layout This section gives an overview of the controls and connectors of the Quintessence. Figure 1- Rear Panel Layout 1. Fuses 2. Power Switch 3. AC Power Connector 4. Serial Number 5. Input 1 6. Input 2 7.

  • Page 6: Balanced/ Unbalanced Switches

    Each of the output pairs has its own gain Range switch. The gain range lowers the signal level by 6dB in either balanced or unbalanced operation. The Lavry Quintessence front panel has a simple user interface which consists of 6 LEDs, 8 illuminated pushbuttons, a 4 digit segmented numerical LED display, and one rotary knob with a built-in pushbutton switch.

  • Page 7: Calibration

    The Front Panel N V E R T The Lavry Quintessence This button toggles polarity inversion of all outputs on and off. This affects switches smoothly both the left and right channels of the Main Out and Monitor Out signals.

  • Page 8: Rotary Knob

    The Front Panel O T A RY N O B The Rotary Knob has a built in pushbutton switch. By pressing and releasing the knob, the volume adjustment toggles between 0.25 dB and 3 dB steps. This knob can be used to adjust the Monitor Output Volume of the currently selected digital input. Rotating the knob clockwise increases the level, and rotating the knob counter-clockwise decreases the level.

  • Page 9: Passive Features

    Passive Features Passive Features This section assumes that you have read the Layout section of the manual, and are familiar with the basic operation of the front panel controls as well as the input and output connections and switches. The unit retains all settings in non-volatile memory. When the unit is powered on, the last used settings are loaded from memory.

  • Page 10: Specifications

    Specifications Specifications • Distortion: 0.0005% at – 3dBFS, 1kHz; 0.0009% at -3 dBFS, 20 Hz- 20 kHz • Noise: -110 dBFS un-weighted • Flatness Response: 0.05 dB • Channel Separation: 107 dB (20 Hz – 20 kHz) • Mute: -125 dB (Volume = 0) •...

  • Page 11: Example Connection Diagrams

    Appendix: Example Connection Diagrams Example Connection Diagrams: The Lavry Quintessence has a unique digital monitor function that can allow precise comparisons of two or three digital sources. However, it cannot take the place of two DA converters in systems with analog processing.
  • Page 12 Appendix: Example Connection Diagrams This configuration uses the Quintessence as the monitor DA converter, and a second DA is used as the source for analog processing. The monitoring feature of the Quintessence can be used at any time to compare pre and post processing signals to each other, or to a third source such as a CD...
  • Page 13 Appendix: Example Connection Diagrams This example configuration uses the Quintessence to easily switch between inputs in order to compare the original, and modified version of an audio file. The ability to adjust channel Volume independently, enables comparing music at equal Volume.
  • Page 14 Limited Warranty – Lavry Quintessence Subject to the conditions set forth below, for one year after the original purchase date of the product, Lavry Engineering will repair the product free of charge in the United States in the event of a defect in materials or workmanship.

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