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Longing for detail, naturalness and imaging in digital?
Your system needs a reliable conductor.
CC2: the affordable clock you can't afford to miss.

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  • Page 1 Longing for detail, naturalness and imaging in digital? Your system needs a reliable conductor. CC2: the affordable clock you can’t afford to miss. Please read this manual before operating the Please read this manual before operating the unit. unit.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Important Safety Instructions 3. Installing 4. Signal Connections 5. Operation 6. Jitter Explained 7. Specifications 8. Grimm Audio Limited Warranty Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    Large parts of the CC2 circuitry, This manual describes how to set up the CC2 in your like the oscillator and its power supplies, use a discrete studio, live sound or home environment as well as design.
  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

    Grimm Audio gaat er van uit dat u deze Engelstalige tekst Read these instructions. volledig begrijpt. Als u hier moeite mee heeft dient u contact op te nemen met Grimm Audio. Op verzoek sturen wij u een Keep these instructions. vertaling toe.
  • Page 5 13. Clean only with a dry, soft, non-fluffy cloth. Do not combination to avoid injury from tip-over. spray any liquid cleaner onto the cabinet, as this may lead to dangerous shocks. Do not spray any Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 6: Installing

    CC2 for servicing, you can do so supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the safely.
  • Page 7 Padouk. The panel is finished with an environmentally friendly oil. To maintain the The CC2 does not have a power switch on the front outstanding looks, one is advised to take some panel; a convenient way to power down the unit is to...
  • Page 8: Signal Connections

    Central Clock Source 75Ω CAUTION Wired for Risk of Handcrafted in the Netherlands electric shock 230V Serial # 12-0.001.xxx Do not open 115V BNC Outputs Impedance Mains power connection (75 Ohm or Lo-Z) Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 9: Operation

    5. Operation Output impedance The CC2 is a high performance master clock, it has no Word sync connections are usually 5V square waves slave option. Switches on the front and back offer transmitted using 75 ohm (video) coax cables. Although adjustments to the needs of your system and project.
  • Page 10 In case you need more word clock outputs, consider to buy our CC1 clock The output impedance of the CC2’s may need to be set distributor, which has 16 outputs. “low” in some cases. For instance, a parallel-terminated...
  • Page 11: Jitter Explained

    All energy is concentrated on an infinitely narrow frequency band, see the top picture below. When jitter is present, side bands occur. Some spectral energy is located away from the clock. The faster the Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 12 Digital audio presumes uniform sampling. That way, given a string of numbers and frequency knowledge of the sampling interval, you can perfectly reconstruct a sampled signal. With jitter that theory falls Spectra of clock signals apart. Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 13 What’s worse in this case is that the numbers we’ve recorded are now wrong. In the previous case we could slap in a better DAC, with a jittery ADC the game is over. Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 14: Specifications

    Internal intrinsic clock jitter <0.6 ps RMS (> 10 Hz). • Wood type of front: Padouk. • Clock frequency master mode: 44.1 or 48 kHz ± 25 PPM, -5 +50 °C. • Maximum ambient temperature for operation: 50 °C. Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 15: Grimm Audio Limited Warranty

    All period of two (2) years for parts and for a period of two authorized returns must be sent to Grimm Audio or an (2) years for labor from the date of original purchase.
  • Page 16 Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 17 © 2019, Grimm Audio BV. All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. Specifications subject to change without notice. Grimm Audio CC2 manual v1.1, 12/02/19 Manual CC2 © Grimm Audio...
  • Page 18 Grimm Audio BV Egelstraat 2 5622 AK Eindhoven The Netherlands +31 40 213 1562 info@grimmaudio.com www.grimmaudio.com...