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Remote Control
The functions of the PrimaLuna Remote Control are self-explanatory. The remote controls all the basic
CD player functions outlined on the next page. It will also control source selection, volume, and
triode/ultralinear switching on the DiaLogue Series integrated amplifiers.
The PrimaLuna Remote Control has two high quality silicon rings on each end to protect against
damage of the remote control itself as well as your furniture. These rings can be easily removed in
case batteries have to be replaced or if you plain just don’t like them.
In the event your remote control does not function, please check batteries and if necessary, replace
with new (1.5V AAA-size). To access the battery-compartment, remove the rubber rings and unscrew
the back plate. If the remote still does not function, contact your dealer for further assistance.
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The SuperTubeClock
This is where the magic happens... the SuperTubeClock replaces the solid state oscillator normally
found in a CD player’s digital clocking device with a mini triode vacuum tube.
When you reclock a cd-drive, any noise that is generated here appears unfiltered and unattenuated at
the input of the decoder chip in the cd-player and injects jitter, which from then on is an
undistinguishable part of the digital audio stream. No amount of cleaning will ever be able to remove
this noise once it reaches this point; it has become part of the audio signal. There is a distinctive loss
of dynamics, tonal purity, intertransient silence, and sense of timing. We call this “noise modulation.”
When the clock is used to clock the DAC chip, a similar situation occurs as described above: the noise
appears at the location where the digital audio stream is converted to successive steps in a staircase
wave, which represents the analog audio signal. Each step has to be EXACTLY 1/441000th,
1/96000th, 1/176400th, or 1/192000th (depending on whether there’s oversampling or upsampling, CD
or DVD). The injected noise introduces a deviation in time which is the exact replica of that noise. This
means that the audio signal at the outputs of the DAC chip has the noise riding on it, again as an
inherent part of the signal. No amount of filtering will remove the noise once it reaches this step. Again
we experience that smear and detail masking, with that distinctive loss of dynamics, tonal purity,
intertransient silence, and sense of timing.
By replacing the standard solid state oscillator with a tube, we have significantly lowered the amount of
jitter and noise, resulting in superior detail retreival. This in turn yields superior detail and dynamics
from top to bottom, and improved overall musicality.
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