SPL SMC Surround Monitor Controller

$737.18
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The SPL Surround Monitor Controller (SMC) is a one-point analog volume control and switching matrix for system-independent 5.1 surround and stereo monitoring for essentially any audio application:

Surround and stereo production
DVD-V, DVD-A, SACD and DTS authoring
Film and video postproduction
Video and game production
A/V and multimedia production
Audiophile home entertainment systems

The advantages of the SMC become especially apparent in combination with modern audio and video production tools such as ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase, Logic, Deck etc. Monitor levels and source management can be handled independently of the software and with virtually no loss in quality. You no longer need to set up additional aux sends or an alternative surround master for monitoring. In addition, you won't have to worry about over- or underdriving the converters due to monitor levels.

One of the SMC's biggest advantages is the possibility to manage several input sources: comparing and monitoring SACD or DVD material is much easier than having to import all of your audio files and set up monitor mixes - not to mention the conversion of multichannel audio.

Standard A/V receivers are often used for this task. The problem with this is that the audio has to be either AD/DA converted or manipulated by signal-degenerating control circuitry (VCA's, DAC's etc.) for volume control, so you never hear the unadulterated audio - especially frustrating when you're working on SACD or DVD-A projects.

The SMC's rugged and ergonomic steel-blue desktop enclosure with its slanted front panel harmonizes perfectly with the desktop production environment and can be placed exactly where control is needed.

Specifications:

Input impedance, balanced (Sub-D): 50 kOhms
Unbalanced (RCA): >10 kOhms
Output impedance, balanced (1/4" TRS): <600 Ohms
THD+N:
- Input level -10 dB: 0.04%
- Input level 0 dB: 0.01%
- Input level +10 dB: 0.006%
- Input level +18 dB: 0.002%
- Input level:+22 dB: 0.1%
Noise, A-weighted: -98 dB
Maximum input level: +22 dB
Dynamic response: 120 dB
Common mode rejection:
- @100 Hz: >70 dBu
- @1 kHz: >70 dBu
- @10 kHz: >60 dBu
- @100 kHz: >50 dBu
Frequency response: 10 Hz-100 kHz (-3 dB)
Phase: -36° (10-120kHz, -3 dB center frequency)
Phase, linear 20 Hz-100 kHz
Dimensions H x W x D: 91 x 272 x 220 mm (3 9/16" x 10 11/16" x 8 21/32")
Weight 2.3 Kg (5 lbs)