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Product Description
The Apogee Big Ben is fundamentally a Grade 1 master clock generator able to operate at any of the standard rates from 44.1kHz to 192kHz. It provides six word-clock outlets, two AES outputs, a coaxial S/PDIF socket and a configurable optical port for S/PDIF or ADAT interfaces. Two of the word-clock outputs can be configured to provide DSD, Super Clock, or various other multiple-rate references. There is also an option-card slot which can be used to extend the unit's compatibility with future interface standards. Firewire compatibility is already available, and a video generator card is expected shortly. Many master clocks are designed to run independently, but the Big Ben can be slaved to an incoming clock reference signal (including video), if required. Apogee claim that any jitter on an external reference clock is removed to such an extent that it is usually impossible to tell the difference between Big Ben's operation slaved to an external clock or running from its internal clock generator. An extension of this de-jittering functionality is that, when using a reference input carrying audio (in other words AES, S/PDIF, ADAT, or Firewire), the data is automatically de-jittered before distribution to all the other audio-capable clock outputs.
INPUTS
2 x AES-EBU on XLR 44.1k-192k single-wide and 88.2 k192k double-wide.
S/PDIF optical on TOS-LINK 44.1-48k
S/PDIF coaxial on RCA 44.1-192k
ADAT 44.1-48k
ADAT/SMUX II for 88.2-96k
ADAT/SMUX IV for 176.4-192k
Word Clock BNC 44.1 192k
Video
Optional video sync (X-Video card)
OUTPUTS
2 x AES-EBU on XLR single or double wide 44.1-192k
S/PDIF coaxial 44.1-192k
S/PDIF optical on TOS-LINK 44.1-48k
6 x BNC Word Clock 44.1-192k (of which 2 can output 256fs at low sample rates)
ADAT
SMUX II
SMUX IV
Optional video sync (X-Video card)
SPECS
Sample rates: 44.1/48-88.2-96-176-192 . All +/- 10%
Video: PAL/NTSC/60Hz
"SuperClock" (256fs)
Pull up/down 0.1% and 4% from any sample rate
Apogees new Ultra Low Jitter C777 clock
Three stage termination indicator (under/correct/over) on each
Word Clock output:
4 digit numeric true sample rate indication
Universal power: 15 W 90-250 VAC 50-60 HZ
Specifications
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