Mark Levinson Media Player N51 user manual

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Nº51
MEDIA PLAYER
PRELIMINARY

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Nº51 MEDIA PLAYER and laser-engraved artwork. The chassis Introducing the Mark Levinson cover is formed from a single piece of alu- Nº51 Media Player minum which incorporates a secondary The Nº51 is a milestone product for Mark shield to provide a seamless electro-magnetic Levinson. An all-new design, the Nº51 is the barrier. The chassis itself is partitioned to pro- first media player to wear the Mark Levinson vide electrical isolation for critical circuits name. Its goal is to provide superb

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Interior view of the Nº51 displaying the cast aluminum transport assembly. it from the audio section and other sections of Power to the digital audio and video sections the player. The damper bridge is machined is provided by a switch-mode power supply from solid aluminum, increasing mass and that delivers a single constant voltage. This is rigidity, thus helping to eliminate flexure distributed to local modules where it is con- from day-to-day operation and promoting sta- verted to the voltages

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conversion to eliminate letter boxing and pil- The Audio Processor lar boxing. High quality 14-bit / 216MHz As in the Nº40, the Nº51 employs a Direct video Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) Digital Synthesis circuit incorporating a very provide exceptional video output for analog high frequency reference clock. The jitter per- displays. The On-Screen-Display is unique to formance is limited only by the characteristics the Nº51 and complements the elegance of of the original clock and yields an

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the critical current-to-voltage conversion based digital attenuation only to fill in the stage with dedicated operational amplifiers gaps for the very lowest level volume control possessing superlative rise time and band- steps, we do not suffer the loss of resolution width characteristics. Each channel incorpo- associated with pure digital volume controls. rates two of these DACs in a dual-mono mode configuration. Following this, a custom For music reproduction, the Nº51 offers sep- active filt

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©2005 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. "Mark Levinson" is a registered trademark of Harman International Industries, Incorporated. 3 Oak Park, Bedford, MA 01730-1413 USA All rights reserved. Tel: 781-280-0300 | Fax: 781-280-0490 www.mar klevinson.com Not responsible for typographic errors. Part # 072-17292 PRELIMINARY