AYRE DX-5DSD - Manual (Page 11)

movie soundtracks and music sources. The Analog
Audio Outputs may also be connected to your
system at the same time as the HDMI Audio
Output, either directly to the surround-sound
processor or through a stereo preamplifier with a
pass-through function.
Note that both the Analog Audio Outputs and
the Digital Audio Output are disabled and the
status LED glows orange when the HDMI Audio
Output is connected to a selected (active) HDMI
input on your surround-sound processor (SSP).
The disabled outputs will be re-activated when the
SSP input connected to the HDMI Audio Output
is de-selected (de-activated).
The -DX-5 DSD also supports “Audio Rate Control”
(ARC), which allows the master audio clock in your
surround-sound processor to be the main clock in
your audio system for the lowest jitter possible in a
multi-channel system. (The Analog Audio Outputs
provide the lowest possible jitter in a two-channel
system.) The DX-5
DSD will lock onto this clock and
adjust the rate of its playback to ensure perfect
synchronization, and the status LED glows violet.
AES/EBU Digital Audio Output
An adapter is available from
your Ayre dealer should you
need to connect the Digital
Audio Output to an S/PDIF
input that uses an RCA
connector.
The Ayre DX-5 DSD also features a balanced
AES/EBU (S/PDIF) digital audio output. This
connection is limited to lower-quality compressed
formats such as Dolby Digital and DTS. However,
it can provide multi-channel audio to older
equipment that lacks an HDMI input for audio. The
HDMI Audio Output should be used whenever
possible for multi-channel audio.
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