Apogee

Founded in 1985, Apogee initially made its name designing filters that solved many of the early problems associated with digital audio. Today, Apogee converters are still regarded among the best in the audio industry.

AD-16X & DA-16X

The AD-16X and the DA-16X, Apogee’s latest and most advanced conversion systems, take the legendary quality of Apogee a step forward. Features such as a redesigned power supply, standard 192kHz sampling rates, the C777 clocking technology found in Big Ben, and optional Pro Tools HD and FireWire expansion cards, make the AD & DA-16X the most powerful and flexible conversion combination ever.

Features
- Up to 192k sample rates with Apogee sound
- Redesigned Power Supply with Synchronous Switching and stable low jitter clock and filtering technology
- Redesigned Analog Section with a selection of premium, contemporary opamps
- C777 Clocking with advanced Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) technology and DSP-based digital filtering
- Direct connectivity to Pro Tools HD or any FireWire Enabled Computer through expansion slot
- SoftLimit: Maximize levels with up to 6dB of additional gain without over
- UV22HR: industry standard down-dithering with 24-bit Detail
- High Performance Output with true transformer behavior, ultra low output impedance, high current driver, up to 26 dBu and perfect symmetry when used in balanced mode (even with an unsymmetrical load) and no increased distortion when used as unbalanced

AD-16x Inputs
- Analog in 1-8 Balanced, DB25 connector
- Analog in 9-16 Balanced, DB25 connector
- WC in: BNC 75 ohm with switchable termination

AD-16x Outpus
- Optical: toslink x 4, supporting ADAT and SMUX
- AES-EBU out x 8, transformer balanced, DB25 connector (192k single wide compatible)
- WC out: BNC 75 ohm

DA-16x Inputs:
- Optical: toslink x 4, supporting ADAT and SMUX protocol
- AES-EBU in x 8, transformer balanced, DB25 connector (192k single wide compatible)
- WC in: BNC 75 ohm with switchable termination

DA-16x Outputs
- WC out: BNC 75 ohm
- Analog out 1-8 Balanced, DB25 connector.
- Analog out 9-16 Balanced, DDB25 connector.

Specs AD16x & DA16x
- Sample rates internal: 44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192k
- Sample rates external: 44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192k +/- 10%
- Frequency response at 44.1 k : 5 - 20.000 Hz (+/- 0.2 dB)
- Analog levels: 6 to 24dBu max through digital gain adjustment. (Compatible with -10dBV levels)
- THD+N: -107 dB
- Dynamic range: 118 dB A weighted
- Power: 100 -240 VAC, 50 - 60 Hz, 65 Watt

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X-HD Card

The Apogee X-Series-HD option card allows for direct connectivity between Pro Tools HD systems and the AD&DA-16X, Rosetta 800 and Rosetta 200.

The result is a powerful combination of Avid's industry leading Pro Tools HD systems with Apogee's renowned conversion and clocking quality.

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BIG BEN

The BIG BEN is a high quality versatile clock generator. It is based on the C777 PLL that Apogee has developed using the most advanced Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) technology available along with DSP based digital filtering. The result is an aggressive jitter reduction so that BIG BEN is able to re-clock devices with excessive jitter and function as if it were the master clock.

BIG BEN offers real-time format conversion using it’s intuitive digital display to go from S/PDIF to AES, AES to ADAT, ADAT to S/PDIF.

The multi-standard X-Video card option allows BIG BEN to function as a master video sync generator, outputting a composite video blackburst (including color burst for PAL and NTSC color). When functioning as a master video sync generator BIG BEN can perform as a clock slave to the video-board and generate digital audio clocks based on the video standard selected. Alternatively, the X-Video card can function as a Slave video sync generator. In this mode the output video will be a regeneration of the input video. The X-Video card will maintain the color-phase and field information through Genlocking, while simultaneously stripping the original signal from its pixel information.

Adaptive Loop Filtering (ALF) maximizes BIG BEN’s clocking ability with an intelligent low pass filter. Because the C777 has made all incoming signals into data (1’s and 0’s) BIG BEN is able to dynamically compensate for excessive jitter and even improve already acceptable clock signals.

BIG BEN features “SureLock”. If BIG BEN encounters a dropped signal it will compensate by remaining locked on the last relevant frequency sent by the delinquent device. When the signal resumes, BIG BEN will gradually, and smoothly re-synchronize without interruption.

Last but not least BIG BEN will also chime in with a visual indication of over or under termination on it’s digital display for each word clock output, allowing you easy clock troubleshooting.

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