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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of this JBL Synthesis
®
SDEC Digital Equalizer! You have chosen a product that
embodies the best of what JBL, Inc., has discovered about the emotional power of audio reproduction in more than
sixty years of preeminence in the field. This Digital Equalizer has been designed and crafted to provide the user
with a high level of sonic performance. Special attention has been paid to minimize the number of components in
the audio signal path, resulting in extremely low distortion, excellent transient response and wide dynamic range.
Synthesis
®
products set new benchmarks in audio technology, and, when used as part of a complete JBL Synthesis
system, will bring the ambience and acoustics of some of the world’s greatest concert halls and theaters into your
home. To obtain the best performance from this Digital Equalizer, please be sure to completely read this user’s
manual and use the SDEC Digital Equalizer only in accordance with its instructions.
From its inception, JBL Synthesis has been the answer to the questions: “How do you build a state-of-the-art home
theater system and make it sound superb in every installation?” and “How can you be sure all the hardware is compatible?”
These were the big questions Synthesis components answered fifteen years ago. Today, JBL Synthesis systems
move beyond the competition yet again. The JBL Synthesis Digital Equalizer (SDEC) is a 12-channel-in/20-channel-out
24-bit, 96kHz digital audio signal processor. Unlike nearly all other audio components on the market, the SDEC has
been designed to work specifically with other Synthesis system components. This narrow application focus has
allowed JBL engineers to design a product with far fewer compromises, resulting in unequalled system performance.
By reading the following pages, you will become familiar with the technological features and unique capabilities
incorporated within the SDEC and available nowhere else.
Until now, anything beyond the most basic equalization has been impossible without expensive acoustical instru-
mentation and the knowledge to use it. This is why, traditionally, equalizers have been general-purpose devices,
designed to be applicable to any audio system, and usually doing more harm than good! Add to this situation the
fact that equalizing a speaker system by ear is truly a futile exercise. This helps to account for the generally low
acceptance of equalizers outside of professional audio applications.
FEATURES
• Up to 256 bands of fully parametric EQ
• Built-in crossover for bi-amp outputs (SDEC-4500 only)
• Delay adjustment for each output
• Delay adjustment for driver compensation
• Screen compensation
• Driver compensation
• Web-based Java remote for basic system setup
• Windows application for advanced system setup
• Custom configuration possible
• Remote VPN monitoring
• Four subwoofer outputs (SDEC-4500 only)
• Three pairs of side speaker outputs for large rooms with multiple rows of seating (SDEC-4500 only)
• 24-Bit DSP
• 96kHz sample rate on all inputs and outputs
• Balanced or single-ended (unbalanced) inputs and outputs
INTRODUCTION AND FEATURES
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