AYRE DX-5DSD - Manual (Page 5)

Overview and
Introduction
The Ayre DX-5
DSD
is a unique universal audio/video
engine that serves as the central source component
for all of your digital media. It plays all currently
available video optical disc formats (including
Blu-ray and DVD-Video), providing reference-level
picture quality for your home theater. The DX-5
DSD
also plays all currently available audio optical disc
formats (including CD, SACD, and DVD-Audio)
with unsurpassed audio quality.
To provide the highest level of performance, the
video and audio sections are totally separate. A bank
of opto-isolators provides electrical isolation
between the two sections of the player.
In addition, the DX-5 DSD also connects to your
personal computer (using either Windows, Mac
OS X, or Linux) via the ubiquitous USB port to
create a true high-performance music server. As
digital downloads continue to grow in popularity,
this feature will become more valuable as time goes
on.
The DX-5
DSD
generates a fixed-frequency master
audio clock and requests the data from the computer
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