Bryston SP3 Owner's Manual

 2 CHANNEL BYPASS
Selects Left and right (or the front left and right)
inputs from whatever analog source is currently
selected. If the DIGITAL mode is active (i.e. if
the LED above the DIGITAL button is ON) then
this becomes a digital down-mix into a stereo
Left and Right output.
 STEREO & STEREO DOWNMIX MODE
If this button is selected and the supplied bit-
stream is more than 2 channels, the decoder will
automatically implement a stereo down-mix.
Otherwise, analog or digital two channel signals
are passed as conventional stereo.
NOTE: Down-mix is a software based auto-
matic mixing function available within the
SP3.Thisprocessexistsbecausewheneverthe
number of active decoder outputs or loud-
speakers selected in setup is less than the
numberofchannelsintheDolbyDigitalpro-
gram, some channel combining will be neces-
sary to present the program on the available
numberofchannels/loudspeakers.
 Asapartofanyprogram’sproduction,itspro-
ducers can set and adjust the type and ratios
allowed for down-mixing somewhat to ensure
optimum results without compromising the full
Multichannelbalance.This is accomplishedby
includingspecificdatawithintheDolbyDigital
bitstream which represents different mixing
coefficients for the centre and surround chan-
nel signals.
 Thesewill be detected bytheSP3 and used to
producethedown-mixifthismodeisselected.
D: VOLUME CONTROL / ROTARY ENCODER
Continuous rotary optical encoder for determin-
ing volume level as well as an input for most vari-
able settings and other selections within both the
System andSource menus.
Note that when the volume level is being adjusted
the display changes to large numerals showing the
level in decibels

Bryston SP3 Specifications

General

Brand	Bryston
Model	SP3
Category	Amplifier
Language	English