References - Prism Sound ADA-8XR Operation Manual

Prism Sound ADA-8XR Multi-channel A/D D/A Converter Operation Manual - Revision 1.00
As can be seen from the plot, the largest spurious component is at –151.65dBFS, which
represents a huge improvement over competitive asynchronous rate converters, whose
imprecise conversions produce large and obtrusive aharmonic distortion components which
have given sample rate converters their characteristic 'sound' in the past.
The Prism Sound SSRC is included with the DSD I/O Module, and allows simultaneous rate-
conversion of all eight channels between any two PCM sample rates from 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2,
96, 176.4 and 192kHz.

7.7 References

The following references provide additional information about the technical background
topics:
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J.Watkinson – "The Art of Digital Audio" 3 Edition, Focal Press, ISBN 0 240 51587 0.
L.D.Fielder – "Human auditory capabilities and their consequences in digital audio converter
design" from 'Audio in Digital Times', AES Conference, New York 1989.
J.Vanderkooy, S.P.Lipshitz – "Digital Dither: Signal Processing with Resolution Far Below the
Least Significant Bit" from 'Audio in Digital Times', AES Conference, Toronto 1989.
M.Gerzon, P.G.Craven – "Optimal noise shaping and dither of digital signals" Preprint 2282,
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presented at the 87 AES Convention, New York, September 1989.
N.J.Dunn, I.G.Dennis - "The Diagnosis and Solution of Jitter-Related Problems in Digital
Audio Systems" Preprint 3868, presented at the 96th AES Convention, Amsterdam, February
1994.
S.Yoshikawa, S.Noge, T.Yamamoto, K.Saito - "Does High Sampling Frequency Improve
Perceptual Time-Axis Resolution of Digital Audio Signal?" Preprint 4562, presented at the
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103 AES Convention, New York, September 1997.
N.J.Dunn - "Anti-alias and anti-image filtering: the benefits of 96kHz sample rate formats for
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those who cannot hear above 20kHz" Preprint 4734, presented at the 104 AES Convention,
Amsterdam 1998.
S.P.Lipshitz, J.Vanderkooy – "Why Professional 1-bit Sigma-Delta Conversion is a Bad Idea"
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Preprint 5188, presented at the 109 AES Convention, Los Angeles, September 2000.
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