Owners Manual
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Owner’s Reference Stellar Gain Cell DAC
Owner’s Reference
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Rev A
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Balance
Phase
Filtering
Menu Settings
It’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the dierent functions in the Stellar Gain Cell DAC’s menu. To
access the Menu, simply long press the menu selector button to the left of the Display. When the word
Setup appears, release the button and the rst menu will appear. The menu will display for 7 seconds if
no input is registered. After this the Stellar will default to the volume screen saving your settings.
The rst menu feature is the balance menu. Simply rotate the knob and the display will show the
balance oset in dB. The oset is measured in 1/2 dB steps. The maximum oset is 48dB. Note the
arrow to either the left or the right. This will indicate the channel that is receiving maximum gain. This
arrow will carry over to the main volume screen if left unbalanced indicating adjustment.
The next menu item is the phase setting. It can be set to normal or inverted by rotating the knob.
This will invert the absolute phase (polarity) of the audio signal. This is the same thing as reversing
the loudspeaker inputs, placing + to – and – to +. Phase reversal happens on many recordings,
sometimes even within the same CD or DVD. If the track sounds a little “o ” try reversing the phase
with this control.
The next menu item is the lter section. There are 3 selectable lters in the Stellar Gain Cell DAC.
These lters have no eect on the analog sources. The lters only operate on PCM digital audio
sources and do not aect DSD source material. Digital lters generally have a trade-o between how
sharp the lter is and how much ringing results. A sharp lter allows the most high frequency signal
to pass through, but at the expense of greater ringing. The lter you select will display as F- 1, 2 or 3
in the main volume screen.